Your Country Needs You
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"Your Country Needs You" is a famous British World War I recruitment slogan and poster featuring Lord Kitchener pointing directly at the viewer to encourage men to enlist in the army.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Your Country Needs You canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4139196 — 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: Your Country Needs You Context triple: [Horatio Herbert Kitchener, hasPartInMotto, Your Country Needs You]
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A.
Bring Him Home
"Bring Him Home" is a poignant solo ballad from the musical Les Misérables, sung by the character Jean Valjean as a prayer for the safety of the young revolutionary Marius.
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B.
Front of the Nation
Front of the Nation is an Israeli political party whose name, translated from Hebrew as "Hazit HaAm," reflects its populist, nationalist orientation.
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C.
Our Song
"Our Song" is a track by the English progressive rock band Yes, featured on their 1983 album "90125."
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D.
White Flag
White Flag is a 1955 painting by American artist Jasper Johns that depicts a large, monochromatic version of the U.S. flag, exemplifying his exploration of familiar symbols and the boundary between painting and object.
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E.
Think of Me as Your Soldier
"Think of Me as Your Soldier" is a soulful R&B track by Miki Howard that showcases her emotive vocals and themes of devotion and support in a relationship.
- 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: Your Country Needs You Target entity description: "Your Country Needs You" is a famous British World War I recruitment slogan and poster featuring Lord Kitchener pointing directly at the viewer to encourage men to enlist in the army.
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A.
Bring Him Home
"Bring Him Home" is a poignant solo ballad from the musical Les Misérables, sung by the character Jean Valjean as a prayer for the safety of the young revolutionary Marius.
-
B.
Front of the Nation
Front of the Nation is an Israeli political party whose name, translated from Hebrew as "Hazit HaAm," reflects its populist, nationalist orientation.
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C.
Our Song
"Our Song" is a track by the English progressive rock band Yes, featured on their 1983 album "90125."
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D.
White Flag
White Flag is a 1955 painting by American artist Jasper Johns that depicts a large, monochromatic version of the U.S. flag, exemplifying his exploration of familiar symbols and the boundary between painting and object.
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E.
Think of Me as Your Soldier
"Think of Me as Your Soldier" is a soulful R&B track by Miki Howard that showcases her emotive vocals and themes of devotion and support in a relationship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War I poster
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propaganda poster ⓘ recruitment slogan ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British Army
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Lord Kitchener recruitment campaign ⓘ |
| circulatedIn | United Kingdom home front ⓘ |
| colorPalette | monochrome ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
Horatio Herbert Kitchener
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direct gaze at viewer ⓘ pointing finger towards viewer ⓘ |
| genre | war propaganda ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
became one of the most famous British posters of World War I
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inspired later parodies and adaptations in popular culture ⓘ |
| hasEffect | encouraged enlistment at the outbreak of World War I ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bold uppercase lettering of the slogan
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image of Lord Kitchener pointing at the viewer ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | World War I ⓘ |
| inception | 1914 ⓘ |
| influenced |
I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster
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surface form:
I Want You for U.S. Army
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| inspiredBy | British patriotism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Horatio Herbert Kitchener ⓘ |
| medium | print poster ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic use of pointing figure in recruitment posters
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widespread recognition as a symbol of British WWI propaganda ⓘ |
| purpose | encourage men to enlist in the British Army ⓘ |
| sloganText | Your Country Needs YOU ⓘ |
| subjectOf | British Army recruitment campaign ⓘ |
| topic |
military service
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national duty ⓘ patriotism ⓘ |
| use | military recruitment ⓘ |
| usedFor | recruitment of volunteers ⓘ |
| visualFocus |
Horatio Herbert Kitchener
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surface form:
face of Lord Kitchener
pointing hand ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Your Country Needs You Description of subject: "Your Country Needs You" is a famous British World War I recruitment slogan and poster featuring Lord Kitchener pointing directly at the viewer to encourage men to enlist in the army.
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