Navy Cross
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The Navy Cross is the United States Navy and Marine Corps' second-highest military decoration awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Navy Cross canonical | 99 |
| Navy Cross (disputed/uncertain) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T145144 — 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: Navy Cross Context triple: [Alexander Vandegrift, awardReceived, Navy Cross]
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A.
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States Navy decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility, often to senior military leaders.
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B.
Army Distinguished Service Medal
The Army Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility.
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C.
Virtuti Militari
Virtuti Militari is Poland’s highest military decoration for valor in the face of the enemy, awarded for exceptional bravery and leadership in combat.
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D.
Legion of Merit
The Legion of Merit is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements.
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E.
Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor is the United States’ highest and most prestigious military decoration, awarded for acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty.
- 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: Navy Cross Target entity description: The Navy Cross is the United States Navy and Marine Corps' second-highest military decoration awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat.
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A.
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States Navy decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility, often to senior military leaders.
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B.
Army Distinguished Service Medal
The Army Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility.
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C.
Virtuti Militari
Virtuti Militari is Poland’s highest military decoration for valor in the face of the enemy, awarded for exceptional bravery and leadership in combat.
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D.
Legion of Merit
The Legion of Merit is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements.
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E.
Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor is the United States’ highest and most prestigious military decoration, awarded for acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military award
ⓘ
military decoration ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NC ⓘ |
| authority | Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
extraordinary heroism in combat
ⓘ
extraordinary heroism not justifying the Medal of Honor ⓘ |
| awardingAuthority | Secretary of the Navy ⓘ |
| canBeAwardedToForeigners | true ⓘ |
| category | United States military valor decorations ⓘ |
| confersTitle | recipient may use post-nominal letters "NC" ⓘ |
| conflictFirstAwardedIn | World War I ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criteriaIncludes |
combat action against an enemy of the United States
ⓘ
combat action involving conflict with an opposing foreign force ⓘ service with friendly foreign forces engaged in armed conflict where the United States is not a belligerent party ⓘ |
| criteriaRevised | World War II era to emphasize combat heroism ⓘ |
| eligibility |
members of other U.S. armed forces serving with the Navy or Marine Corps
ⓘ
members of the United States Coast Guard ⓘ members of the United States Marine Corps ⓘ members of the United States Navy ⓘ |
| established | 1919-02-04 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| hasMultipleAwardsIndicatedBy | gold stars on the ribbon ⓘ |
| higherAward | Medal of Honor ⓘ |
| isCombatOnlyDecoration | true ⓘ |
| isPersonalDecoration | true ⓘ |
| lowerAward | Silver Star ⓘ |
| material | bronze ⓘ |
| mayBeAwardedPosthumously | true ⓘ |
| medalShape | cross pattée ⓘ |
| obverseDesign | cross with a sailing ship and laurel wreath ⓘ |
| originallyIntendedAs | distinguished service award ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
United States Coast Guard
ⓘ
United States Department of the Navy ⓘ
linked to:
Department of the Navy
United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| relativePrecedence |
second-highest U.S. military decoration for valor after the Medal of Honor
ⓘ
second-highest decoration for valor for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps ⓘ |
| reverseDesign | space for engraving recipient name ⓘ |
| ribbonColor | navy blue with a white center stripe ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
United States Coast Guard
ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| status | currently awarded ⓘ |
| typeOfValorAward | combat valor decoration ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States Armed Forces ⓘ |
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: Navy Cross Description of subject: The Navy Cross is the United States Navy and Marine Corps' second-highest military decoration awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat.
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