“Shiloh: A Requiem”
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“Shiloh: A Requiem” is a Civil War poem by Herman Melville that reflects somberly on the human cost of the Battle of Shiloh.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shiloh: A Requiem | 2 |
| “Shiloh: A Requiem” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5531394 — 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: “Shiloh: A Requiem” Context triple: [Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War, hasPart, “Shiloh: A Requiem”]
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A.
The Salvation
The Salvation is a 2014 Danish-directed Western film starring Mads Mikkelsen as a settler seeking revenge in the American frontier.
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B.
The Mourning Victory
The Mourning Victory is a renowned allegorical marble sculpture by Daniel Chester French, commemorating fallen Civil War soldiers with a figure embodying both grief and triumph.
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C.
Hereafter
"Hereafter" is a 2010 supernatural drama film directed by Clint Eastwood that explores themes of death, the afterlife, and human connection through the intertwined stories of three people affected by mortality.
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D.
Ameriican Requiem
"Ameriican Requiem" is a song by Beyoncé from her genre-blending, country-influenced album "Cowboy Carter."
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E.
Field of Honor
Field of Honor is a commemorative area within the Flight 93 National Memorial dedicated to honoring the passengers and crew who resisted the hijackers on September 11, 2001.
- 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: “Shiloh: A Requiem” Target entity description: “Shiloh: A Requiem” is a Civil War poem by Herman Melville that reflects somberly on the human cost of the Battle of Shiloh.
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A.
The Salvation
The Salvation is a 2014 Danish-directed Western film starring Mads Mikkelsen as a settler seeking revenge in the American frontier.
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B.
The Mourning Victory
The Mourning Victory is a renowned allegorical marble sculpture by Daniel Chester French, commemorating fallen Civil War soldiers with a figure embodying both grief and triumph.
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C.
Hereafter
"Hereafter" is a 2010 supernatural drama film directed by Clint Eastwood that explores themes of death, the afterlife, and human connection through the intertwined stories of three people affected by mortality.
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D.
Ameriican Requiem
"Ameriican Requiem" is a song by Beyoncé from her genre-blending, country-influenced album "Cowboy Carter."
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E.
Field of Honor
Field of Honor is a commemorative area within the Flight 93 National Memorial dedicated to honoring the passengers and crew who resisted the hijackers on September 11, 2001.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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poem ⓘ |
| addresses | tragedy of fratricidal conflict ⓘ |
| author | Herman Melville ⓘ |
| collection | Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateOfEventDepicted | April 1862 ⓘ |
| depicts |
Confederate soldiers
ⓘ
Union soldiers ⓘ |
| emphasizes | equality of suffering on both sides ⓘ |
| firstLine | Skimming lightly, wheeling still, ⓘ |
| form | lyric ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poem
ⓘ
war poetry ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Shiloh: A Requiem (April, 1862) ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | recognized as one of Melville’s finest war poems ⓘ |
| hasSubjectCategory |
19th-century poems
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American poetry ⓘ Civil War poetry ⓘ |
| historicalEventDepicted | Battle of Shiloh ⓘ |
| imagery |
fallen soldiers
ⓘ
rain over battlefield ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Battle of Shiloh ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American Romanticism
ⓘ
American realism (early tendencies) ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
American Civil War era
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linked to:
American Civil War and Reconstruction era
|
| meter | irregular ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | aftermath of battle ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1866 ⓘ |
| perspective | third-person ⓘ |
| publishedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Brothers ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| setting |
Battlefield of Shiloh
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linked to:
Battle of Shiloh
|
| subject |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Battle of Shiloh ⓘ |
| theme |
death
ⓘ
human cost of war ⓘ mourning ⓘ reconciliation ⓘ shared suffering of soldiers ⓘ |
| tone |
elegiac
ⓘ
somber ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
alliteration
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enjambment ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: “Shiloh: A Requiem” Description of subject: “Shiloh: A Requiem” is a Civil War poem by Herman Melville that reflects somberly on the human cost of the Battle of Shiloh.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
“The Cumberland”
linked to: “Shiloh: A Requiem”
subject linked to:
“The Stone Fleet”
linked to: “Shiloh: A Requiem”