United States Marine Band
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The United States Marine Band is the premier musical ensemble of the U.S. Marine Corps, renowned as "The President's Own" for its role in performing at White House and state ceremonies.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T485064 — 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: United States Marine Band Context triple: [Marines' Hymn, performer, United States Marine Band]
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National Symphony Orchestra
The National Symphony Orchestra is a major American symphony orchestra based in Washington, D.C., known for its performances of classical and contemporary repertoire and its role as a leading cultural institution in the nation’s capital.
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Boston Pops Orchestra
The Boston Pops Orchestra is a renowned American orchestra based in Boston, famous for its light classical and popular music performances and its long association with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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Michigan Marching Band
The Michigan Marching Band is the University of Michigan’s renowned collegiate marching ensemble, known for its elaborate halftime shows, precision formations, and central role in the game-day atmosphere at Michigan Stadium.
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Penn Band
Penn Band is the University of Pennsylvania’s marching and pep band, known for performing at athletic events and campus functions with spirited music and traditions.
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3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)
The 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as "The Old Guard," is the U.S. Army’s oldest active-duty infantry unit and serves as the Army’s official ceremonial unit, conducting high-profile military funerals, ceremonies, and honor guard duties in the nation’s capital.
- 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: United States Marine Band Target entity description: The United States Marine Band is the premier musical ensemble of the U.S. Marine Corps, renowned as "The President's Own" for its role in performing at White House and state ceremonies.
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A.
National Symphony Orchestra
The National Symphony Orchestra is a major American symphony orchestra based in Washington, D.C., known for its performances of classical and contemporary repertoire and its role as a leading cultural institution in the nation’s capital.
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B.
Boston Pops Orchestra
The Boston Pops Orchestra is a renowned American orchestra based in Boston, famous for its light classical and popular music performances and its long association with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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C.
Michigan Marching Band
The Michigan Marching Band is the University of Michigan’s renowned collegiate marching ensemble, known for its elaborate halftime shows, precision formations, and central role in the game-day atmosphere at Michigan Stadium.
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D.
Penn Band
Penn Band is the University of Pennsylvania’s marching and pep band, known for performing at athletic events and campus functions with spirited music and traditions.
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3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)
The 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as "The Old Guard," is the U.S. Army’s oldest active-duty infantry unit and serves as the Army’s official ceremonial unit, conducting high-profile military funerals, ceremonies, and honor guard duties in the nation’s capital.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concert band
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military band ⓘ |
| associatedWithOffice | President of the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distribution |
online streaming
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public recordings ⓘ radio broadcasts ⓘ |
| employs |
enlisted Marine musicians
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officer conductors ⓘ |
| foundedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| garrisonLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
perform at presidential inaugurations
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provide music for diplomatic events ⓘ provide music for military ceremonies ⓘ provide music for official receptions ⓘ provide music for state dinners ⓘ tour the United States for public performances ⓘ |
| hasRepertoire | music for official United States ceremonies ⓘ |
| hasRight | play Hail to the Chief for the President of the United States ⓘ |
| hasSubUnit |
United States Marine Chamber Orchestra
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surface form:
United States Marine Chamber Ensembles
United States Marine Chamber Orchestra ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The President's Own ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.marineband.marines.mil/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Marine Barracks Washington ⓘ |
| inception | 1798 ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
oldest military bands in the United States
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oldest professional musical organizations in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | instrumental ⓘ |
| mediaType | recorded music ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| motto | The President's Own ⓘ |
| nickname | The President's Own ⓘ |
| notableConductor | John Philip Sousa ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. military bands
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surface form:
United States Armed Forces military music program
United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| performsAt |
United States Capitol
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White House ⓘ national concert tours ⓘ |
| performsGenre |
classical music
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contemporary wind band music ⓘ marches ⓘ orchestral transcriptions ⓘ patriotic music ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
perform at White House ceremonies
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perform at state ceremonies ⓘ provide music for the President of the United States ⓘ public concerts ⓘ |
| role | premier musical ensemble of the United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | highly competitive auditions ⓘ |
| wearsUniform | United States Marine Corps dress uniform ⓘ |
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: United States Marine Band Description of subject: The United States Marine Band is the premier musical ensemble of the U.S. Marine Corps, renowned as "The President's Own" for its role in performing at White House and state ceremonies.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps
this entity surface form:
The President's Own United States Marine Band
this entity surface form:
United States Marine Band "The President's Own"
this entity surface form:
The President's Own United States Marine Band
this entity surface form:
The President’s Own United States Marine Band
subject surface form:
The Stars and Stripes Forever
United States Marine Corps commands in the National Capital Region
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hasPart
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United States Marine Band
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this entity surface form:
United States Marine Band (The President’s Own)