Remembrance Day (United Kingdom)
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Remembrance Day (United Kingdom) is an annual commemoration held on 11 November to honor the members of the armed forces and civilians who have died in the line of duty, particularly in the World Wars and subsequent conflicts.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Remembrance Day | 4 |
| National Service of Remembrance | 1 |
| Remembrance Day (United Kingdom) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9107715 — 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: Remembrance Day (United Kingdom) Context triple: [Merchant Navy Day (United Kingdom), relatedTo, Remembrance Day (United Kingdom)]
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Remembrance Day (Dodenherdenking)
Remembrance Day (Dodenherdenking) is a Dutch national day of commemoration held annually on May 4 to honor all civilians and military personnel of the Kingdom of the Netherlands who have died in wars or peacekeeping missions since the outbreak of World War II.
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Remembrance Day national ceremony
The Remembrance Day national ceremony is Australia’s principal annual commemoration honoring those who have served and died in war, held each year on 11 November at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
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Vimy Ridge Day
Vimy Ridge Day is a Canadian national day of remembrance observed annually on April 9 to honor the soldiers who fought and died in the First World War Battle of Vimy Ridge.
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Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance
The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance is an annual commemorative event in London honoring British and Commonwealth servicemen and women, featuring music, readings, and military displays.
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Armistice Day
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.
- 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: Remembrance Day (United Kingdom) Target entity description: Remembrance Day (United Kingdom) is an annual commemoration held on 11 November to honor the members of the armed forces and civilians who have died in the line of duty, particularly in the World Wars and subsequent conflicts.
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Remembrance Day (Dodenherdenking)
Remembrance Day (Dodenherdenking) is a Dutch national day of commemoration held annually on May 4 to honor all civilians and military personnel of the Kingdom of the Netherlands who have died in wars or peacekeeping missions since the outbreak of World War II.
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B.
Remembrance Day national ceremony
The Remembrance Day national ceremony is Australia’s principal annual commemoration honoring those who have served and died in war, held each year on 11 November at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
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C.
Vimy Ridge Day
Vimy Ridge Day is a Canadian national day of remembrance observed annually on April 9 to honor the soldiers who fought and died in the First World War Battle of Vimy Ridge.
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D.
Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance
The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance is an annual commemorative event in London honoring British and Commonwealth servicemen and women, featuring music, readings, and military displays.
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Armistice Day
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commemorative observance
ⓘ
memorial day ⓘ |
| alsoHonours | civilians who died in war ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Armistice Day
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Poppy Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armisticeDate | 11 November 1918 ⓘ |
| armisticeTime | 11:00 ⓘ |
| associatedFlower | corn poppy ⓘ |
| associatedFundraisingCampaign | Poppy Appeal GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedOrganization | The Royal British Legion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPoem | For the Fallen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPoemLine | They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old GENERATED ⓘ |
| commemoratesConflict |
First World War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ subsequent military conflicts ⓘ |
| commemorativeFocus |
Commonwealth war dead
ⓘ
those who died serving in the British Armed Forces ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateObserved | 11 November ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | battlefield poppies of the First World War ⓘ |
| keyRitual | two-minute silence ⓘ |
| keySymbol | red remembrance poppy ⓘ |
| legalStatus | national day of remembrance (customary, not a bank holiday) ⓘ |
| mainPurpose | to commemorate members of the armed forces who died in the line of duty ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage |
national television broadcasts
ⓘ
radio broadcasts of the two-minute silence ⓘ |
| observedBy |
British Armed Forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
general public in the United Kingdom ⓘ veterans ⓘ |
| observedIn |
England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Armistice of 11 November 1918 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedObservance |
Armistice Day (international)
GENERATED
ⓘ
Remembrance Sunday GENERATED ⓘ |
| symbolColor | red ⓘ |
| theme |
gratitude for sacrifice
ⓘ
reflection on the cost of war ⓘ remembrance of war dead ⓘ |
| traditionalSilenceDuration | two minutes ⓘ |
| traditionalSilenceTime | 11:00 ⓘ |
| typicalActivity |
laying of wreaths at war memorials
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military parades ⓘ reading of remembrance prayers and poems ⓘ religious and civic remembrance services ⓘ |
| typicalLocation | The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Remembrance Day (United Kingdom) Description of subject: Remembrance Day (United Kingdom) is an annual commemoration held on 11 November to honor the members of the armed forces and civilians who have died in the line of duty, particularly in the World Wars and subsequent conflicts.
Referenced by (6)
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:
National Service of Remembrance
this entity surface form:
Remembrance Day