Beat! Beat! Drums!
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"Beat! Beat! Drums!" is a Civil War–era poem by Walt Whitman that vividly portrays the disruptive, all-consuming impact of war on everyday life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beat! Beat! Drums! canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5539098 — 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: Beat! Beat! Drums! Context triple: [Drum-Taps, hasPart, Beat! Beat! Drums!]
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A.
The Sound of Drums
"The Sound of Drums" is a 2007 Doctor Who television episode that reintroduces the Master as a central villain and sets up the series three finale.
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B.
She Bangs the Drums
"She Bangs the Drums" is a seminal indie rock song by The Stone Roses, celebrated as one of the defining tracks of the late-1980s Madchester scene.
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C.
Eat to the Beat
Eat to the Beat is Blondie’s 1979 new wave album that blends punk, pop, and disco influences and includes tracks like “Dreaming” and “Atomic.”
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D.
Rockin to the Beat
"Rockin to the Beat" is a track by the Black Eyed Peas featured on their 2009 electro-pop and dance-oriented album *The E.N.D.*
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E.
Nothing but the Beat
Nothing but the Beat is a 2011 electronic dance music album by French DJ and producer David Guetta that features numerous collaborations with prominent pop and hip-hop artists.
- 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: Beat! Beat! Drums! Target entity description: "Beat! Beat! Drums!" is a Civil War–era poem by Walt Whitman that vividly portrays the disruptive, all-consuming impact of war on everyday life.
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A.
The Sound of Drums
"The Sound of Drums" is a 2007 Doctor Who television episode that reintroduces the Master as a central villain and sets up the series three finale.
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B.
She Bangs the Drums
"She Bangs the Drums" is a seminal indie rock song by The Stone Roses, celebrated as one of the defining tracks of the late-1980s Madchester scene.
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C.
Eat to the Beat
Eat to the Beat is Blondie’s 1979 new wave album that blends punk, pop, and disco influences and includes tracks like “Dreaming” and “Atomic.”
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D.
Rockin to the Beat
"Rockin to the Beat" is a track by the Black Eyed Peas featured on their 2009 electro-pop and dance-oriented album *The E.N.D.*
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E.
Nothing but the Beat
Nothing but the Beat is a 2011 electronic dance music album by French DJ and producer David Guetta that features numerous collaborations with prominent pop and hip-hop artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | Walt Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
indifference of war to individual concerns
ⓘ
war overwhelming all aspects of life ⓘ |
| form | three-stanza poem ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
ⓘ
war poetry ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | interpretations of the psychological impact of war in American poetry ⓘ |
| imagery |
interruption of work, worship, and study
ⓘ
invasion of public and private spaces ⓘ martial music ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
ⓘ
anaphora ⓘ imperative mood ⓘ onomatopoeia ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American Romanticism
ⓘ
Transcendentalism-adjacent ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | American Civil War era ⓘ |
| meter | free verse ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | impersonal speaker addressing drums and bugles ⓘ |
| partOf | Walt Whitman’s Civil War writings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refrain | Beat! beat! drums!—blow! bugles! blow! ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism on Whitman’s war poetry ⓘ |
| theme |
all-consuming nature of war
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disruption of everyday life ⓘ impact of war on civilian life ⓘ loss of peace ⓘ militarism ⓘ |
| tone |
disruptive
ⓘ
insistent ⓘ urgent ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Beat! Beat! Drums! Description of subject: "Beat! Beat! Drums!" is a Civil War–era poem by Walt Whitman that vividly portrays the disruptive, all-consuming impact of war on everyday life.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dona nobis pacem
subject surface form:
Dona nobis pacem