Armistice Day
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Armistice Day is an annual observance marking the end of World War I hostilities on November 11, 1918, and honoring those who served and died in the conflict.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Armistice Day canonical | 14 |
| Veterans Day | 14 |
| Remembrance Day | 13 |
| Armistice Day (11 November) | 1 |
| Independence Day (November 11) | 1 |
| Remembrance Day in the United Kingdom | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T141320 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Armistice Day Context triple: [World War I, commemorationDate, Armistice Day]
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A.
King's Day
King's Day is a nationwide Dutch holiday celebrated each April with street festivals, orange-themed festivities, and open-air markets honoring the birthday of the reigning monarch.
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B.
V-J Day
V-J Day marks the Allied victory over Japan in World War II and the effective end of the war following Japan’s surrender in August 1945.
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C.
Bastille Day
Bastille Day is France’s annual national day commemorating the 1789 storming of the Bastille and the symbolic beginning of the French Revolution.
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D.
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a public holiday observed on December 26 in several Commonwealth countries, traditionally associated with giving to the less fortunate and now also known for sporting events and post-Christmas shopping.
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E.
New Year’s Day
New Year’s Day is the first day of the Gregorian calendar year, widely celebrated around the world with festivities, traditions, and reflections on new beginnings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Armistice Day Target entity description: Armistice Day is an annual observance marking the end of World War I hostilities on November 11, 1918, and honoring those who served and died in the conflict.
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A.
King's Day
King's Day is a nationwide Dutch holiday celebrated each April with street festivals, orange-themed festivities, and open-air markets honoring the birthday of the reigning monarch.
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B.
V-J Day
V-J Day marks the Allied victory over Japan in World War II and the effective end of the war following Japan’s surrender in August 1945.
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C.
Bastille Day
Bastille Day is France’s annual national day commemorating the 1789 storming of the Bastille and the symbolic beginning of the French Revolution.
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D.
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a public holiday observed on December 26 in several Commonwealth countries, traditionally associated with giving to the less fortunate and now also known for sporting events and post-Christmas shopping.
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E.
New Year’s Day
New Year’s Day is the first day of the Gregorian calendar year, widely celebrated around the world with festivities, traditions, and reflections on new beginnings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commemorative observance
ⓘ
public holiday ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Armistice Day
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surface form:
Armistice Day (11 November)
|
| commemorates |
Armistice of 11 November 1918
ⓘ
surface form:
armistice of 11 November 1918
end of World War I hostilities ⓘ military personnel who died in World War I ⓘ military personnel who served in World War I ⓘ |
| conflictCommemorated | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Australia
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Austria ⓘ Belgium ⓘ Bulgaria ⓘ Canada ⓘ Croatia ⓘ Czech Republic ⓘ Denmark ⓘ Estonia ⓘ Finland ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Greece ⓘ Hungary ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Italy ⓘ Latvia ⓘ Lithuania ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Norway ⓘ Poland ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Romania ⓘ Serbia ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ Slovenia ⓘ Spain ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | 11 November ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
peace
ⓘ
remembrance of war dead ⓘ |
| locationOfEventCommemorated | Compiègne Forest ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Allied Powers of World War I
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surface form:
Allied nations of World War I
|
| observesEvent |
Armistice of 11 November 1918
ⓘ
surface form:
Armistice of Compiègne
|
| relatedTo |
Armistice Day
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Sunday national service ⓘ
surface form:
Remembrance Sunday
Armistice Day self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Veterans Day
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| significantEvent | signing of armistice between Allies and Germany ⓘ |
| slogan | Lest we forget ⓘ |
| startTime | 1919 ⓘ |
| timeOfEventCommemorated | 11:00 CET ⓘ |
| typicalActivity |
memorial services
ⓘ
military parades ⓘ two-minute silence ⓘ wreath-laying ceremonies ⓘ |
| typicalSymbol | poppy ⓘ |
| yearOfEventCommemorated | 1918 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Armistice Day Description of subject: Armistice Day is an annual observance marking the end of World War I hostilities on November 11, 1918, and honoring those who served and died in the conflict.
Referenced by (44)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Remembrance Day
this entity surface form:
Remembrance Day
this entity surface form:
Remembrance Day
this entity surface form:
Remembrance Day
this entity surface form:
Remembrance Day
this entity surface form:
Armistice Day (11 November)
this entity surface form:
Remembrance Day
this entity surface form:
Veterans Day
this entity surface form:
Remembrance Day
this entity surface form:
Remembrance Day in the United Kingdom
this entity surface form:
Veterans Day
this entity surface form:
Veterans Day
this entity surface form:
Remembrance Day
this entity surface form:
Veterans Day
this entity surface form:
Independence Day (November 11)
subject surface form:
Eternal Flame (Australian War Memorial)
this entity surface form:
Remembrance Day
this entity surface form:
Remembrance Day
this entity surface form:
Remembrance Day
this entity surface form:
Veterans Day
this entity surface form:
Remembrance Day
this entity surface form:
Veterans Day
this entity surface form:
Veterans Day
this entity surface form:
Remembrance Day
this entity surface form:
Veterans Day
this entity surface form:
Veterans Day
this entity surface form:
Veterans Day
this entity surface form:
Veterans Day
this entity surface form:
Veterans Day
this entity surface form:
Veterans Day