silver star (Navy and Marine Corps device)
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The silver star is a small metal attachment worn on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps ribbons and medals to denote additional awards of the same decoration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| silver star (Navy and Marine Corps device) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2155514 — 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: silver star (Navy and Marine Corps device) Context triple: [Air Medal, hasDevice, silver star (Navy and Marine Corps device)]
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A.
Gold and Silver Star
Gold and Silver Star is a high-ranking class within Japan’s Order of the Sacred Treasure, awarded for distinguished service to the nation.
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B.
Navy and Marine Corps Medal
The Navy and Marine Corps Medal is a United States military decoration awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps for acts of heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy.
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C.
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
The Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal is a U.S. military decoration awarded to sailors and Marines for meritorious service or achievement that does not meet the criteria for higher-level commendations.
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D.
Purple Heart
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded to service members who are wounded or killed in action against an enemy.
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E.
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
The Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal is a mid-level U.S. military decoration awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps for sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service.
- 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: silver star (Navy and Marine Corps device) Target entity description: The silver star is a small metal attachment worn on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps ribbons and medals to denote additional awards of the same decoration.
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A.
Gold and Silver Star
Gold and Silver Star is a high-ranking class within Japan’s Order of the Sacred Treasure, awarded for distinguished service to the nation.
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B.
Navy and Marine Corps Medal
The Navy and Marine Corps Medal is a United States military decoration awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps for acts of heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy.
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C.
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
The Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal is a U.S. military decoration awarded to sailors and Marines for meritorious service or achievement that does not meet the criteria for higher-level commendations.
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D.
Purple Heart
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded to service members who are wounded or killed in action against an enemy.
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E.
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
The Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal is a mid-level U.S. military decoration awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps for sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
award device
ⓘ
military decoration device ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Marine Corps personal decorations
ⓘ
Navy personal decorations ⓘ
linked to:
Navy ribbons
|
| attachmentType | service star ⓘ |
| category |
U.S. Marine Corps awards devices
ⓘ
U.S. Navy awards devices ⓘ |
| color | silver ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| denotes |
additional award
ⓘ
subsequent award ⓘ |
| indicatesOnRibbon | multiple decorations of same type ⓘ |
| material | metal ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Sea Services ⓘ |
| mountingMethod |
clutched to ribbon
ⓘ
pinned to ribbon ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. military awards system ⓘ |
| purpose | denote additional awards of the same decoration ⓘ |
| shape | five-pointed star ⓘ |
| sizeRelativeTo | bronze star (Navy and Marine Corps device) ⓘ |
| symbolizes | five additional awards when replacing bronze stars in some counting schemes ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Marine Corps
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| usedInsteadOf | numerals on ribbons ⓘ |
| wornOn |
medals
ⓘ
ribbon bars ⓘ |
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: silver star (Navy and Marine Corps device) Description of subject: The silver star is a small metal attachment worn on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps ribbons and medals to denote additional awards of the same decoration.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.