Jack Silva
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Jack Silva is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and private security contractor portrayed as one of the key defenders during the 2012 Benghazi attack in the film "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jack Silva canonical | 1 |
| Jack Silva (pseudonym) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1749355 — 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: Jack Silva Context triple: [13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, mainCharacter, Jack Silva]
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A.
Martin Pensa
Martin Pensa is a Canadian film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the survival drama "The Mountain Between Us."
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B.
Robert McCall
Robert McCall was an American space artist and illustrator renowned for his visionary depictions of space exploration and his artwork for NASA missions and popular science fiction films.
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C.
Leon Ames
Leon Ames was an American character actor best known for his prolific film and television career from the 1930s through the 1970s, often portraying dignified fathers, professionals, and authority figures.
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D.
Jack Youngblood
Jack Youngblood is a legendary NFL defensive end renowned for his toughness and stellar career with the Los Angeles Rams, culminating in his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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E.
Stephen Edward Smith
Stephen Edward Smith was an American lawyer, political strategist, and businessman closely associated with the Kennedy family through both marriage and his work on their political campaigns.
- 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: Jack Silva Target entity description: Jack Silva is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and private security contractor portrayed as one of the key defenders during the 2012 Benghazi attack in the film "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi."
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A.
Martin Pensa
Martin Pensa is a Canadian film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the survival drama "The Mountain Between Us."
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B.
Robert McCall
Robert McCall was an American space artist and illustrator renowned for his visionary depictions of space exploration and his artwork for NASA missions and popular science fiction films.
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C.
Leon Ames
Leon Ames was an American character actor best known for his prolific film and television career from the 1930s through the 1970s, often portraying dignified fathers, professionals, and authority figures.
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D.
Jack Youngblood
Jack Youngblood is a legendary NFL defensive end renowned for his toughness and stellar career with the Los Angeles Rams, culminating in his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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E.
Stephen Edward Smith
Stephen Edward Smith was an American lawyer, political strategist, and businessman closely associated with the Kennedy family through both marriage and his work on their political campaigns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Kris Paronto
ⓘ
Mark Geist ⓘ real-life CIA security contractors in Benghazi ⓘ |
| conflict | 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| createdFor |
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (film adaptation)
ⓘ
linked to:
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
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| employer |
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Intelligence Agency
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| firstAppearance |
film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
ⓘ
linked to:
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
|
| genre | war film character ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
Navy SEAL
ⓘ
linked to:
Navy SEALs
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| narrativeFocusIn | depiction of the 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
combat experience
ⓘ
protectiveness toward colleagues ⓘ tactical leadership under fire ⓘ |
| notableWork |
defense of the CIA annex in Benghazi
ⓘ
defense of the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi ⓘ |
| occupation |
U.S. Navy SEAL
ⓘ
linked to:
Navy SEALs
private security contractor ⓘ |
| partOf |
CIA security team in Benghazi
ⓘ
linked to:
CIA Annex Security Team
|
| portrayedBy | John Krasinski ⓘ |
| position | CIA Global Response Staff (GRS) operator ⓘ |
| role | defender during the 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ |
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: Jack Silva Description of subject: Jack Silva is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and private security contractor portrayed as one of the key defenders during the 2012 Benghazi attack in the film "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jack Silva