Megan Leavey (person)

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United States Marine human military dog handler

Megan Leavey is a former U.S. Marine corporal best known for her combat service in Iraq as a military dog handler and for her efforts to adopt her bomb-sniffing dog, Rex, after their service together.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Megan Leavey	8
Megan Leavey (U.S. Marine corporal)	1
Megan Leavey (person) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3068040 — 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: Megan Leavey (person)
Context triple: [Megan Leavey, hasPortrayalOf, Megan Leavey (person)]

A. Megan Leavey
Megan Leavey is a 2017 biographical war drama film about a U.S. Marine and her military working dog during the Iraq War.
B. Yvette Marie Stevens
Yvette Marie Stevens is the birth name of Chaka Khan, the iconic American singer known as the "Queen of Funk."
C. Margaret Sixel
Margaret Sixel is an Academy Award–winning film editor best known for her dynamic, high-intensity work on action films such as Mad Max: Fury Road.
D. Nakia
Nakia is a skilled Wakandan spy and warrior in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, known for her courage, compassion, and close ties to T’Challa and Wakanda.
E. Laura Jarrett
Laura Jarrett is an American attorney and journalist known for her work as a legal correspondent on major U.S. news networks.
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: Megan Leavey (person)
Target entity description: Megan Leavey is a former U.S. Marine corporal best known for her combat service in Iraq as a military dog handler and for her efforts to adopt her bomb-sniffing dog, Rex, after their service together.

A. Megan Leavey
Megan Leavey is a 2017 biographical war drama film about a U.S. Marine and her military working dog during the Iraq War.
B. Yvette Marie Stevens
Yvette Marie Stevens is the birth name of Chaka Khan, the iconic American singer known as the "Queen of Funk."
C. Margaret Sixel
Margaret Sixel is an Academy Award–winning film editor best known for her dynamic, high-intensity work on action films such as Mad Max: Fury Road.
D. Nakia
Nakia is a skilled Wakandan spy and warrior in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, known for her courage, compassion, and close ties to T’Challa and Wakanda.
E. Laura Jarrett
Laura Jarrett is an American attorney and journalist known for her work as a legal correspondent on major U.S. news networks.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Marine ⓘ human ⓘ military dog handler ⓘ
awardReceived	Combat Action Ribbon ⓘ Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal ⓘ Purple Heart ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn	Iraq War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
familyName	Leavey ⓘ
genreOfBiographicalWork	war drama film ⓘ
givenName	Megan ⓘ
hasPet	Rex ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
militaryRank	corporal ⓘ
notableEvent	efforts to adopt military working dog Rex after deployment ⓘ
notableFor	campaign to adopt her bomb-sniffing dog Rex ⓘ combat service in Iraq as a military dog handler ⓘ
notableWork	partnership with military working dog Rex ⓘ service as a military dog handler in Iraq ⓘ
occupation	United States Marine ⓘ linked to: U.S. Marine Corps personnel dog handler ⓘ
residenceAfterService	United States of America ⓘ
RexRole	bomb-sniffing military working dog ⓘ
serviceEnd	late 2000s ⓘ
serviceLocation	Iraq ⓘ
serviceStart	early 2000s ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
subjectOf	film "Megan Leavey" ⓘ media coverage about military working dogs and handlers ⓘ

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