Kohima Epitaph
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The Kohima Epitaph is a famous Second World War memorial inscription honoring fallen soldiers, best known for its closing line, “When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kohima Epitaph canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T236264 — 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: Kohima Epitaph Context triple: [Remembrance Sunday national service, hasPart, Kohima Epitaph]
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A.
War Cross
War Cross is a military decoration awarded by several countries, notably France, to recognize acts of bravery in combat.
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B.
Prisoners from the Front
Prisoners from the Front is an 1866 Civil War painting by American artist Winslow Homer that depicts a Union officer confronting captured Confederate soldiers, noted for its psychological tension and realism.
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C.
The American Soldier
The American Soldier is a symbolic collective representing U.S. military personnel, recognized for their service and impact, including being honored as Time magazine's Person of the Year.
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D.
The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
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E.
The General in His Labyrinth
The General in His Labyrinth is a historical novel by Gabriel García Márquez that fictionalizes the final journey and inner turmoil of Latin American liberator Simón Bolívar.
- 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: Kohima Epitaph Target entity description: The Kohima Epitaph is a famous Second World War memorial inscription honoring fallen soldiers, best known for its closing line, “When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today.”
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A.
War Cross
War Cross is a military decoration awarded by several countries, notably France, to recognize acts of bravery in combat.
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B.
Prisoners from the Front
Prisoners from the Front is an 1866 Civil War painting by American artist Winslow Homer that depicts a Union officer confronting captured Confederate soldiers, noted for its psychological tension and realism.
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C.
The American Soldier
The American Soldier is a symbolic collective representing U.S. military personnel, recognized for their service and impact, including being honored as Time magazine's Person of the Year.
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D.
The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
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E.
The General in His Labyrinth
The General in His Labyrinth is a historical novel by Gabriel García Márquez that fictionalizes the final journey and inner turmoil of Latin American liberator Simón Bolívar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II memorial text
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epitaph ⓘ war memorial inscription ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Battle of Kohima
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Imperial War Graves Commission ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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| closingLine | When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today. ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Commonwealth soldiers who died in the Second World War
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fallen soldiers of the Battle of Kohima ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
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surface form:
Second World War
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| country | India ⓘ |
| famousFor | its closing line "For your tomorrow, we gave our today" ⓘ |
| genre | memorial verse ⓘ |
| hasPart |
the phrase "When you go home, tell them of us and say"
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the phrase "for your tomorrow, we gave our today" ⓘ |
| honours |
Allied soldiers
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British soldiers ⓘ Indian soldiers ⓘ |
| inscriptionLanguage | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
India
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Kohima ⓘ Kohima War Cemetery ⓘ Nagaland ⓘ |
| medium | stone inscription ⓘ |
| memorialType | Commonwealth war memorial inscription ⓘ |
| notableQuote | For your tomorrow, we gave our today ⓘ |
| openingLine | Here, around the tomb of the unknown warrior ⓘ |
| period | World War II ⓘ |
| purpose |
to honour soldiers who died in battle
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to remind future generations of wartime sacrifice ⓘ |
| theme |
gratitude of the living to the dead
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remembrance ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| visitorType | war cemetery visitors ⓘ |
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Subject: Kohima Epitaph Description of subject: The Kohima Epitaph is a famous Second World War memorial inscription honoring fallen soldiers, best known for its closing line, “When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today.”
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