bugle call "Taps"
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"Taps" is a solemn American military bugle call traditionally played at dusk, during flag ceremonies, and at military funerals to honor the fallen.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taps (bugle call) in U.S. usage | 1 |
| bugle call "Taps" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9628849 — 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: bugle call "Taps" Context triple: [Daniel Butterfield, composed, bugle call "Taps"]
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A.
Taps
Taps is a 1981 American drama film about military academy cadets who take extreme measures to prevent their school’s closure, featuring an early prominent role by Timothy Hutton.
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B.
Reveille bugle call
The Reveille bugle call is a traditional military wake-up signal now widely used in remembrance ceremonies to symbolize the resurrection of the fallen and the return to duty after mourning.
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C.
Liberty Bell March
"Liberty Bell March" is a famous military march composed by John Philip Sousa, widely recognized today as the iconic theme music for the British comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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D.
Bugle Call Rag
"Bugle Call Rag" is a classic jazz and swing standard known for its fast tempo and virtuosic ensemble playing, popularized by bands such as the Benny Goodman Orchestra.
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E.
The Last Post
"The Last Post" is a British television drama series set in the 1960s that follows a unit of Royal Military Police and their families stationed in Aden during the final years of the British Empire.
- 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: bugle call "Taps" Target entity description: "Taps" is a solemn American military bugle call traditionally played at dusk, during flag ceremonies, and at military funerals to honor the fallen.
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A.
Taps
Taps is a 1981 American drama film about military academy cadets who take extreme measures to prevent their school’s closure, featuring an early prominent role by Timothy Hutton.
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B.
Reveille bugle call
The Reveille bugle call is a traditional military wake-up signal now widely used in remembrance ceremonies to symbolize the resurrection of the fallen and the return to duty after mourning.
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C.
Liberty Bell March
"Liberty Bell March" is a famous military march composed by John Philip Sousa, widely recognized today as the iconic theme music for the British comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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D.
Bugle Call Rag
"Bugle Call Rag" is a classic jazz and swing standard known for its fast tempo and virtuosic ensemble playing, popularized by bands such as the Benny Goodman Orchestra.
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E.
The Last Post
"The Last Post" is a British television drama series set in the 1960s that follows a unit of Royal Military Police and their families stationed in Aden during the final years of the British Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bugle call
ⓘ
military bugle call ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Memorial Day in the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Memorial Day
United States military tradition ⓘ Veterans Day in the United States ⓘ
linked to:
Armistice Day
military honors ⓘ |
| co-arranger | Oliver W. Norton ⓘ |
| composedDuring | American Civil War ⓘ |
| composedInYear | 1862 ⓘ |
| composer | Daniel Butterfield ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| developedFrom |
Extinguish Lights
ⓘ
Scott Tattoo ⓘ |
| duration | approximately one minute ⓘ |
| firstUsedAt |
Harrison's Landing, Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Harrison’s Landing, Virginia
|
| firstUsedBy | Army of the Potomac ⓘ |
| firstUsedDuring | Peninsula Campaign ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Butterfield's Lullaby
ⓘ
Day is Done ⓘ
linked to:
Day Is Done
|
| hasGenre |
ceremonial music
ⓘ
military music ⓘ |
| hasKey | B-flat major ⓘ |
| hasNoOfficialLyrics | true ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfNotes | 24 ⓘ |
| hasTempo | slow ⓘ |
| hasTone |
mournful
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ solemn ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| officiallyRecognizedBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
often played at military graveside services
ⓘ
usually played by a single bugler ⓘ |
| performedAt |
dusk
ⓘ
flag-lowering ceremonies ⓘ memorial services ⓘ military funerals ⓘ military memorial ceremonies ⓘ |
| purpose |
to honor the fallen
ⓘ
to mark the end of the day ⓘ to signal lights out ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
end of the soldier's day
ⓘ
respect for deceased service members ⓘ |
| typicalInstrument |
bugle
ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Air Force
ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Coast Guard ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
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: bugle call "Taps" Description of subject: "Taps" is a solemn American military bugle call traditionally played at dusk, during flag ceremonies, and at military funerals to honor the fallen.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Reveille bugle call
linked to: bugle call "Taps"