Major
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Major is a mid-level commissioned officer rank in the Portuguese Air Force, typically positioned above captain and below lieutenant colonel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Major canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3371271 — 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: Major Context triple: [Portuguese military ranks, hasAirForceOfficerRank, Major]
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A.
Major
Major is a common English surname notably borne by former UK Prime Minister John Major and his wife, charity campaigner Norma Major.
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B.
Major Key
Major Key is a 2016 studio album by DJ Khaled that features numerous high-profile guest artists and helped solidify his mainstream success in hip-hop.
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C.
We Major
"We Major" is a celebratory, extended hip-hop track by Kanye West featuring Nas and Really Doe, known for its lush production and triumphant, laid-back vibe.
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D.
MAJ
MAJ is the IATA airport code for Marshall Islands International Airport, the main air gateway to Majuro in the Marshall Islands.
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E.
Big
Big is a 1988 fantasy-comedy film in which Tom Hanks plays a boy who magically becomes an adult overnight, earning widespread acclaim and helping establish him as a major Hollywood star.
- 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: Major Target entity description: Major is a mid-level commissioned officer rank in the Portuguese Air Force, typically positioned above captain and below lieutenant colonel.
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A.
Major
Major is a common English surname notably borne by former UK Prime Minister John Major and his wife, charity campaigner Norma Major.
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B.
Major Key
Major Key is a 2016 studio album by DJ Khaled that features numerous high-profile guest artists and helped solidify his mainstream success in hip-hop.
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C.
We Major
"We Major" is a celebratory, extended hip-hop track by Kanye West featuring Nas and Really Doe, known for its lush production and triumphant, laid-back vibe.
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D.
MAJ
MAJ is the IATA airport code for Marshall Islands International Airport, the main air gateway to Majuro in the Marshall Islands.
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E.
Big
Big is a 1988 fantasy-comedy film in which Tom Hanks plays a boy who magically becomes an adult overnight, earning widespread acclaim and helping establish him as a major Hollywood star.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military rank
ⓘ
officer rank ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Maj ⓘ |
| belongsToSystem | NATO officer rank system ⓘ |
| commissionType | commissioned officer ⓘ |
| country | Portugal ⓘ |
| equivalentRank |
Commandant (French Air and Space Force)
ⓘ
Major (German Air Force) ⓘ
linked to:
Major (Wehrmacht)
Major (Portuguese Army) ⓘ Major (Portuguese Navy Marines) ⓘ Major (United Kingdom) ⓘ Major (United States) ⓘ |
| hasSeniorityOver | all company-grade officers in the Portuguese Air Force ⓘ |
| higherRank | Lieutenant Colonel (Portuguese Air Force) ⓘ |
| language | Portuguese ⓘ |
| lowerRank | Captain (Portuguese Air Force) ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | air force ⓘ |
| NATOrankCode | OF-3 ⓘ |
| partOf | Portuguese military ranks ⓘ |
| positionInHierarchy |
above Captain (Portuguese Air Force)
ⓘ
below Lieutenant Colonel (Portuguese Air Force) ⓘ |
| rankCategory | field officer rank ⓘ |
| rankClass | field grade officer ⓘ |
| rankGroup | officers ⓘ |
| rankLevel | mid-level commissioned officer ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Portuguese Air Force ⓘ |
| typicalCommand | squadron-level positions ⓘ |
| typicalPromotionDestination | Lieutenant Colonel (Portuguese Air Force) ⓘ |
| typicalPromotionSource | Captain (Portuguese Air Force) ⓘ |
| typicalRole |
staff officer
ⓘ
unit executive officer ⓘ |
| usedIn | Portuguese Armed Forces rank structure ⓘ |
| wears | Portuguese Air Force officer uniform ⓘ |
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: Major Description of subject: Major is a mid-level commissioned officer rank in the Portuguese Air Force, typically positioned above captain and below lieutenant colonel.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.