Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares
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Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares is a famous Soviet-era bronze sculpture at the United Nations in New York symbolizing the transformation of weapons into peaceful tools and the ideal of global disarmament.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares Context triple: [Yevgeny Vuchetich, notableWork, Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares]
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A.
Swords and Plowshares
Swords and Plowshares is the memoir of U.S. Army General Maxwell D. Taylor, recounting his military career and perspectives on American defense and foreign policy in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
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C.
The Prerequisites of Peace
The Prerequisites of Peace is a political work by American socialist leader Norman Thomas that outlines the social, economic, and moral conditions he believed were necessary to achieve lasting global peace.
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D.
Armament for Peace
Armament for Peace was the official motto of the United States Army Ordnance Department, reflecting its mission to develop and supply weapons in support of maintaining peace.
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E.
This Side of Peace
This Side of Peace is a memoir by Palestinian leader and negotiator Hanan Ashrawi that recounts her personal experiences and political involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
- 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: Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares Target entity description: Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares is a famous Soviet-era bronze sculpture at the United Nations in New York symbolizing the transformation of weapons into peaceful tools and the ideal of global disarmament.
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A.
Swords and Plowshares
Swords and Plowshares is the memoir of U.S. Army General Maxwell D. Taylor, recounting his military career and perspectives on American defense and foreign policy in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
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C.
The Prerequisites of Peace
The Prerequisites of Peace is a political work by American socialist leader Norman Thomas that outlines the social, economic, and moral conditions he believed were necessary to achieve lasting global peace.
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D.
Armament for Peace
Armament for Peace was the official motto of the United States Army Ordnance Department, reflecting its mission to develop and supply weapons in support of maintaining peace.
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E.
This Side of Peace
This Side of Peace is a memoir by Palestinian leader and negotiator Hanan Ashrawi that recounts her personal experiences and political involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
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public artwork ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| basedOn | Biblical verse "They shall beat their swords into plowshares" ⓘ |
| collection | United Nations ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 40.749°N 73.967°W ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| creator |
Yevgeny Vuchetich
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surface form:
Evgeniy Vuchetich
|
| depicts |
man
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plowshare ⓘ sword ⓘ |
| donatedBy | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| donatedTo | United Nations ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| genre |
monumental sculpture
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peace monument ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bent sword
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human figure raising a hammer ⓘ plowshare blade ⓘ |
| inception | 1957 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Book of Isaiah
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Book of Micah ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York (state)
|
| locatedNear |
East River
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United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
surface form:
UN Secretariat Building
|
| location |
New York City
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United Nations Headquarters ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| materialUsed | bronze ⓘ |
| movement | socialist realism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic symbol of UN disarmament efforts
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representation of biblical "swords into plowshares" ideal ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfWork | Russian ⓘ |
| owner | United Nations ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| sculptor |
Yevgeny Vuchetich
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surface form:
Evgeniy Vuchetich
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| symbolizes |
conversion of weapons into tools
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disarmament ⓘ end of war ⓘ peace ⓘ |
| theme |
anti-war
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global disarmament ⓘ international cooperation ⓘ |
| title | Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares self-link ⓘ |
| UNContext | United Nations peace symbolism ⓘ |
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Subject: Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares Description of subject: Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares is a famous Soviet-era bronze sculpture at the United Nations in New York symbolizing the transformation of weapons into peaceful tools and the ideal of global disarmament.
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subject surface form:
Yevgeny Vuchetich