Ensign, United States Navy
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Ensign, United States Navy is the lowest commissioned officer rank in the U.S. Navy, typically held by newly commissioned officers beginning their naval careers.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ensign, United States Navy canonical | 2 |
| Ensign (U.S. Navy Reserve) | 1 |
| Ensign, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps | 1 |
| Ensign, U.S. Navy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4012655 — 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: Ensign, United States Navy Context triple: [Officer Candidate School (United States Navy), commissioningSourceFor, Ensign, United States Navy]
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A.
Ensign, United States Coast Guard
Ensign, United States Coast Guard is the entry-level commissioned officer rank in the U.S. Coast Guard, typically held by newly commissioned officers beginning their leadership careers.
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B.
Petty Officer First Class
Petty Officer First Class is a mid-level non-commissioned officer rank in the U.S. Navy responsible for technical expertise, leadership, and supervision of junior enlisted personnel.
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C.
Petty Officer Second Class (United States Navy)
Petty Officer Second Class (United States Navy) is a mid-level non-commissioned officer rank responsible for technical expertise, leadership, and supervision of junior sailors within the U.S. Navy.
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D.
Petty Officer Third Class
Petty Officer Third Class is a junior non-commissioned officer rank in the United States Navy, typically held by enlisted sailors who have demonstrated technical proficiency and leadership potential.
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E.
Coast Guard ensign
The Coast Guard ensign is the distinctive service flag of the United States Coast Guard, featuring the national colors with the Coast Guard emblem and used to mark its vessels and authority.
- 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: Ensign, United States Navy Target entity description: Ensign, United States Navy is the lowest commissioned officer rank in the U.S. Navy, typically held by newly commissioned officers beginning their naval careers.
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A.
Ensign, United States Coast Guard
Ensign, United States Coast Guard is the entry-level commissioned officer rank in the U.S. Coast Guard, typically held by newly commissioned officers beginning their leadership careers.
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B.
Petty Officer First Class
Petty Officer First Class is a mid-level non-commissioned officer rank in the U.S. Navy responsible for technical expertise, leadership, and supervision of junior enlisted personnel.
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C.
Petty Officer Second Class (United States Navy)
Petty Officer Second Class (United States Navy) is a mid-level non-commissioned officer rank responsible for technical expertise, leadership, and supervision of junior sailors within the U.S. Navy.
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D.
Petty Officer Third Class
Petty Officer Third Class is a junior non-commissioned officer rank in the United States Navy, typically held by enlisted sailors who have demonstrated technical proficiency and leadership potential.
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E.
Coast Guard ensign
The Coast Guard ensign is the distinctive service flag of the United States Coast Guard, featuring the national colors with the Coast Guard emblem and used to mark its vessels and authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commissioned officer rank
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military rank ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ENS ⓘ |
| authorityLevel | command authority over enlisted personnel ⓘ |
| commissionSource |
Direct commission officer program
ⓘ
linked to:
Direct Commissioning Program
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps graduate ⓘ Officer Candidate School graduate ⓘ United States Naval Academy graduate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| equivalentRank |
Ensign (NOAA Corps)
ⓘ
Ensign (Public Health Service) ⓘ Ensign (United States Coast Guard) ⓘ
linked to:
Ensign, United States Coast Guard
Second lieutenant (United States Air Force) ⓘ
linked to:
Second Lieutenant
Second lieutenant (United States Army) ⓘ
linked to:
Second Lieutenant
Second lieutenant (United States Marine Corps) ⓘ
linked to:
Second Lieutenant
Second lieutenant (United States Space Force) ⓘ
linked to:
Second Lieutenant
|
| higherRank |
Lieutenant junior grade (United States Navy)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lieutenant Junior Grade
|
| historicalPredecessorRank | passed midshipman ⓘ |
| insigniaColor | gold ⓘ |
| insigniaDescription | one gold bar ⓘ |
| insigniaType |
collar device
ⓘ
shoulder board ⓘ |
| introducedAsRankInUSN | 1862 ⓘ |
| isLowestCommissionedRank | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lowerRank |
Chief warrant officer 5 (United States Navy)
ⓘ
linked to:
Chief Warrant Officer 5
Senior chief petty officer (United States Navy) ⓘ
linked to:
Senior Chief Petty Officer (U.S. Navy)
Warrant officer (United States Navy) ⓘ
linked to:
warrant officer
|
| militaryBranchType | naval forces ⓘ |
| NATOrank | OF-1 ⓘ |
| rankCategory |
line officer rank
ⓘ
staff corps officer rank ⓘ |
| rankClass | O-1 ⓘ |
| rankGroup | junior officer ⓘ |
| rankInUSPayGrade | O-1 ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps
ⓘ
linked to:
NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
Public Health Service Commissioned Corps ⓘ United States Coast Guard ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| typicalCareerStage | entry-level commissioned officer ⓘ |
| typicalRole |
division officer
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junior watch officer ⓘ platoon commander in naval special warfare units ⓘ |
| typicalTimeInGrade | about 2 years before promotion to lieutenant junior grade ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Navy Reserve
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active duty United States Navy ⓘ |
| wearsOnUniform |
service dress blue uniform
ⓘ
service khaki uniform ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Ensign, United States Navy Description of subject: Ensign, United States Navy is the lowest commissioned officer rank in the U.S. Navy, typically held by newly commissioned officers beginning their naval careers.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)
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commissioningSourceFor
→
Ensign, United States Navy
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subject linked to:
Priebus
linked to: Ensign, United States Navy
linked to: Ensign, United States Navy
Ensign, United States Coast Guard
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equivalentRank
→
Ensign, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps
ⓘ
linked to: Ensign, United States Navy