My Country, 'Tis of Thee
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"My Country, 'Tis of Thee" is a 19th-century American patriotic song that long served as an unofficial national anthem of the United States.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T164580 — 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: My Country, 'Tis of Thee Context triple: [God Save the King, melodyAlsoUsedFor, My Country, 'Tis of Thee]
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A.
The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner is a patriotic American song, with lyrics written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, that celebrates the resilience of the U.S. flag and is traditionally performed at public and sporting events.
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B.
Yankee Doodle (song)
"Yankee Doodle" is a well-known American patriotic song dating back to the 18th century, often associated with the American Revolution and national identity.
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C.
Lupang Hinirang
Lupang Hinirang is the patriotic song that serves as the national anthem of the Philippines, expressing the country's history, struggles, and aspirations.
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D.
Adams and Liberty (American patriotic song)
"Adams and Liberty" is a 1798 American patriotic song celebrating President John Adams and national independence, set to the same melody later used for "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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E.
Pledge of Allegiance
The Pledge of Allegiance is a brief patriotic oath recited in the United States to express loyalty to the nation and its flag, commonly spoken in schools and at public events.
- 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: My Country, 'Tis of Thee Target entity description: "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" is a 19th-century American patriotic song that long served as an unofficial national anthem of the United States.
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A.
The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner is a patriotic American song, with lyrics written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, that celebrates the resilience of the U.S. flag and is traditionally performed at public and sporting events.
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B.
Yankee Doodle (song)
"Yankee Doodle" is a well-known American patriotic song dating back to the 18th century, often associated with the American Revolution and national identity.
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C.
Lupang Hinirang
Lupang Hinirang is the patriotic song that serves as the national anthem of the Philippines, expressing the country's history, struggles, and aspirations.
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D.
Adams and Liberty (American patriotic song)
"Adams and Liberty" is a 1798 American patriotic song celebrating President John Adams and national independence, set to the same melody later used for "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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E.
Pledge of Allegiance
The Pledge of Allegiance is a brief patriotic oath recited in the United States to express loyalty to the nation and its flag, commonly spoken in schools and at public events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century song
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American song ⓘ patriotic song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
America
My Country, 'Tis of Thee ⓘ
surface form:
America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)
My Country, 'Tis of Thee ⓘ
surface form:
My Country, Tis of Thee
|
| associatedWith |
American nationalism
ⓘ
U.S. Independence Day celebrations ⓘ |
| centuryOfOrigin | 19th century ⓘ |
| compositionYear | 1831 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance | symbol of American national identity before adoption of The Star-Spangled Banner as official anthem ⓘ |
| firstLine |
My Country, 'Tis of Thee
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing
|
| firstPerformanceLocation |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followedBy | The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ |
| genre | patriotic music ⓘ |
| hasMeter | common meter ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
love of country
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religious gratitude ⓘ |
| hasVerseCount | 4 ⓘ |
| includedIn | American patriotic songbooks ⓘ |
| influenced | American patriotic music tradition ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Samuel Francis Smith ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Samuel Francis Smith ⓘ |
| melodyBasedOn | God Save the King ⓘ |
| melodyOrigin | British national anthem God Save the King ⓘ |
| musicBy | unknown ⓘ |
| notablePerformance |
civil rights events in the United States
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presidential and national ceremonies in the United States ⓘ |
| performedOn | public patriotic occasions in the United States ⓘ |
| precededBy |
My Country, 'Tis of Thee
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Hail, Columbia
|
| publicationYear | 1831 ⓘ |
| sharesMelodyWith |
God Save the King
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God Save the King ⓘ
surface form:
God Save the Queen
|
| subjectMatter |
American patriotism
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liberty ⓘ national pride ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext |
civic events in the United States
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religious services in the United States ⓘ school ceremonies in the United States ⓘ |
| usedAs | unofficial national anthem of the United States ⓘ |
| usePeriod |
19th century
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early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: My Country, 'Tis of Thee Description of subject: "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" is a 19th-century American patriotic song that long served as an unofficial national anthem of the United States.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
My Country, Tis of Thee
this entity surface form:
America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)
this entity surface form:
My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing
this entity surface form:
Hail, Columbia
this entity surface form:
My Country, ’Tis of Thee