lieutenant (U.S. Navy)
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Lieutenant (U.S. Navy) is a commissioned officer rank in the United States Navy, equivalent to a captain in the U.S. Army, typically held by mid-career officers with significant leadership and operational responsibilities.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lieutenant (Royal Navy rank) | 1 |
| lieutenant (U.S. Navy) canonical | 1 |
| lieutenant (navy) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11531440 — 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: lieutenant (U.S. Navy) Context triple: [Steve Bannon, militaryRank, lieutenant (U.S. Navy)]
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A.
Lieutenant Junior Grade
Lieutenant Junior Grade is a junior commissioned officer rank in the United States Navy, above Ensign and below Lieutenant, typically held by officers early in their naval careers.
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B.
Chief Petty Officer (U.S. Navy)
Chief Petty Officer (U.S. Navy) is a senior non-commissioned rank that serves as the backbone of enlisted leadership, providing technical expertise and mentorship within the Navy.
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C.
Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant Commander is a mid-level commissioned officer rank, typically above lieutenant and below commander, used in naval and coast guard services such as the U.S. Navy.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: lieutenant (U.S. Navy) Target entity description: Lieutenant (U.S. Navy) is a commissioned officer rank in the United States Navy, equivalent to a captain in the U.S. Army, typically held by mid-career officers with significant leadership and operational responsibilities.
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A.
Lieutenant Junior Grade
Lieutenant Junior Grade is a junior commissioned officer rank in the United States Navy, above Ensign and below Lieutenant, typically held by officers early in their naval careers.
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B.
Chief Petty Officer (U.S. Navy)
Chief Petty Officer (U.S. Navy) is a senior non-commissioned rank that serves as the backbone of enlisted leadership, providing technical expertise and mentorship within the Navy.
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C.
Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant Commander is a mid-level commissioned officer rank, typically above lieutenant and below commander, used in naval and coast guard services such as the U.S. Navy.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commissioned officer rank
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military rank ⓘ |
| abbreviation | LT ⓘ |
| commandEligibility | may command small craft or detachments ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | President of the United States ⓘ |
| commonAddress |
Lieutenant
ⓘ
Lieutenant, United States Navy ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| equivalentRank |
Captain (U.S. Air Force)
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Army Captain
Captain (U.S. Army) ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Army Captain
Captain (U.S. Marine Corps) ⓘ Captain (U.S. Space Force) ⓘ Lieutenant (O-3) (U.S. Coast Guard) ⓘ |
| higherRank |
Lieutenant commander (U.S. Navy)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lieutenant Commander
|
| historicalPredecessor | Lieutenant (Continental Navy) ⓘ |
| insigniaColor | silver ⓘ |
| insigniaDescription | two attached silver bars worn on collars or shoulder boards ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| lowerRank |
Lieutenant junior grade (U.S. Navy)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lieutenant Junior Grade
|
| NATOrankCode | OF-2 ⓘ |
| officerCategory |
line officer
ⓘ
staff corps officer ⓘ |
| payGrade | O-3 ⓘ |
| promotionSourceRank |
Lieutenant junior grade (U.S. Navy)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lieutenant Junior Grade
|
| promotionTargetRank |
Lieutenant commander (U.S. Navy)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lieutenant Commander
|
| rankCategory | officer ⓘ |
| rankGroup | junior officer ⓘ |
| rankStructurePosition | second commissioned officer rank above ensign and lieutenant junior grade ⓘ |
| requiresCommission | yes ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| typicalBillet |
aircraft division officer in aviation squadrons
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assistant department head in aviation squadrons ⓘ department head on smaller ships or units ⓘ division officer ⓘ platoon commander in Naval Special Warfare units ⓘ shore command staff officer ⓘ submarine division officer ⓘ |
| typicalResponsibilities |
leadership of enlisted sailors and junior officers
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management of a shipboard or shore-based division ⓘ operational planning and execution ⓘ |
| typicalTimeInGrade | about 2 to 4 years ⓘ |
| typicalTotalServiceForRank | about 4 to 10 years of commissioned service ⓘ |
| uniformUsage | insignia worn on service dress and working uniforms ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Naval Reserve
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linked to:
United States Navy Reserve
United States Navy active component ⓘ
linked to:
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: lieutenant (U.S. Navy) Description of subject: Lieutenant (U.S. Navy) is a commissioned officer rank in the United States Navy, equivalent to a captain in the U.S. Army, typically held by mid-career officers with significant leadership and operational responsibilities.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.