Seaman (United States Navy)
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Seaman (United States Navy) is an enlisted rank typically held by junior sailors who have completed basic training and are serving in the Navy’s general deck, administrative, or technical roles before advancing to petty officer ranks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seaman (United States Navy) canonical | 1 |
| Seaman Recruit (United States Navy) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9784995 — 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: Seaman (United States Navy) Context triple: [Petty Officer Second Class (United States Navy), lowerRank, Seaman (United States Navy)]
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A.
Ensign, United States Navy
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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B.
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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C.
In the Navy
"In the Navy" is a 1979 disco song by the Village People, known for its catchy, campy celebration of naval life and its use in U.S. Navy recruitment efforts.
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General Board of the United States Navy
The General Board of the United States Navy was an advisory body established in the early 20th century to guide U.S. naval policy, strategy, and ship design before and between the World Wars.
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E.
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.
- 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: Seaman (United States Navy) Target entity description: Seaman (United States Navy) is an enlisted rank typically held by junior sailors who have completed basic training and are serving in the Navy’s general deck, administrative, or technical roles before advancing to petty officer ranks.
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A.
Ensign, United States Navy
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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B.
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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C.
In the Navy
"In the Navy" is a 1979 disco song by the Village People, known for its catchy, campy celebration of naval life and its use in U.S. Navy recruitment efforts.
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D.
General Board of the United States Navy
The General Board of the United States Navy was an advisory body established in the early 20th century to guide U.S. naval policy, strategy, and ship design before and between the World Wars.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy rank
ⓘ
enlisted rank ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SN ⓘ |
| advancementDependsOn |
completion of required training
ⓘ
performance evaluations ⓘ time in service ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distinctFrom |
Seaman Apprentice (United States Navy)
ⓘ
linked to:
Seaman Apprentice
Seaman Recruit (United States Navy) ⓘ
linked to:
Seaman (United States Navy)
|
| eligibleFor | reenlistment bonuses depending on rating ⓘ |
| equivalentRankIn |
Airman First Class (United States Air Force)
ⓘ
linked to:
Airman First Class
Lance Corporal (United States Marine Corps) ⓘ Private First Class (United States Army) ⓘ
linked to:
Private First Class
|
| fallsUnderRegulation | U.S. Navy personnel regulations ⓘ |
| hasRankCategory | non-commissioned rank ⓘ |
| higherRank | Petty Officer Third Class ⓘ |
| insigniaColor |
black stripes on white for dress uniforms
ⓘ
white stripes on navy blue for dress uniforms ⓘ |
| insigniaSymbol | three diagonal stripes ⓘ |
| insigniaType | sleeve insignia ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lowerRank |
E-2
ⓘ
Seaman Apprentice ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| NATOrankCode | OR-2 ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. Navy enlisted rank structure ⓘ |
| payGrade | E-3 ⓘ |
| promotionFrom | Seaman Apprentice ⓘ |
| promotionPath | advancement to Petty Officer Third Class ⓘ |
| rankClass | E-3 ⓘ |
| rankGroup | junior enlisted ⓘ |
| requires | completion of basic training ⓘ |
| responsibilityLevel |
basic operational tasks
ⓘ
support to senior enlisted and officers ⓘ |
| serviceBranchType | naval service ⓘ |
| serviceType | enlisted ⓘ |
| trainingLevel | entry-level technical training ⓘ |
| typicalAssignment |
shipboard duty
ⓘ
shore command duty ⓘ |
| typicalExperienceLevel | junior sailor ⓘ |
| typicalRole |
administrative duties
ⓘ
general deck duties ⓘ technical support duties ⓘ |
| typicalStatus | non-commissioned sailor ⓘ |
| usedFor | sailors in general deck and administrative ratings ⓘ |
| wearsUniformOf | United States Navy ⓘ |
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: Seaman (United States Navy) Description of subject: Seaman (United States Navy) is an enlisted rank typically held by junior sailors who have completed basic training and are serving in the Navy’s general deck, administrative, or technical roles before advancing to petty officer ranks.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Seaman (United States Navy)