First Lieutenant
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First Lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer rank in many armed forces, typically above Second Lieutenant and below Captain.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| First Lieutenant canonical | 15 |
| Oberleutnant | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T830981 — 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: First Lieutenant Context triple: [Audie Murphy, militaryRank, First Lieutenant]
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A.
Second Lieutenant
A Second Lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer rank, typically the entry-level position for newly commissioned officers in many armies.
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B.
Cadet Sergeant
A Cadet Sergeant is a senior non-commissioned cadet rank typically responsible for leading and training junior cadets and assisting with the organization of unit activities.
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C.
Cadet Lance Corporal
Cadet Lance Corporal is a junior non-commissioned cadet rank in the Army Cadet Force, typically awarded to cadets showing early leadership potential and responsibility.
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D.
Staff Sergeant Instructor
A Staff Sergeant Instructor is a senior adult volunteer rank in the Army Cadet Force responsible for training, mentoring, and supervising cadets.
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E.
Sergeant Major Instructor
A Sergeant Major Instructor is a senior adult volunteer rank in the UK Army Cadet Force responsible for high-level training, discipline, and leadership support to cadets and other adult staff.
- 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: First Lieutenant Target entity description: First Lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer rank in many armed forces, typically above Second Lieutenant and below Captain.
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A.
Second Lieutenant
A Second Lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer rank, typically the entry-level position for newly commissioned officers in many armies.
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B.
Cadet Sergeant
A Cadet Sergeant is a senior non-commissioned cadet rank typically responsible for leading and training junior cadets and assisting with the organization of unit activities.
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C.
Cadet Lance Corporal
Cadet Lance Corporal is a junior non-commissioned cadet rank in the Army Cadet Force, typically awarded to cadets showing early leadership potential and responsibility.
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D.
Staff Sergeant Instructor
A Staff Sergeant Instructor is a senior adult volunteer rank in the Army Cadet Force responsible for training, mentoring, and supervising cadets.
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E.
Sergeant Major Instructor
A Sergeant Major Instructor is a senior adult volunteer rank in the UK Army Cadet Force responsible for high-level training, discipline, and leadership support to cadets and other adult staff.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commissioned officer rank
ⓘ
military rank ⓘ |
| belongsToRankGroup | company-grade officer ⓘ |
| category |
company-grade ranks
ⓘ
military officer ranks ⓘ |
| equivalentOrSimilarRank | O-2 (NATO OF-1) in many systems ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
1LT
ⓘ
1st Lt ⓘ 1st-Lieutenant ⓘ |
| higherRankThan | Second Lieutenant ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | developed from early modern European army officer grades ⓘ |
| isA | junior officer rank ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lowerRankThan | Captain ⓘ |
| navalAnalogue |
Lieutenant (junior grade) in the United States Navy
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linked to:
Lieutenant Junior Grade
Sub-Lieutenant in some Commonwealth navies ⓘ |
| payGradeInUSAirForce | O-2 ⓘ |
| payGradeInUSArmy | O-2 ⓘ |
| payGradeInUSMarineCorps | O-2 ⓘ |
| rankClass | junior commissioned officer ⓘ |
| relativeSeniority |
above entry-level commissioned rank
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below company-grade command rank ⓘ |
| requiresStatus | commissioned officer ⓘ |
| serviceBranchContext |
air forces
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land forces ⓘ marine forces ⓘ |
| typicalCommand |
company executive officer
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platoon ⓘ |
| typicalInsigniaFeature |
one silver bar in the United States Air Force
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one silver bar in the United States Army ⓘ one silver bar in the United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| typicalPromotionFrom | Second Lieutenant ⓘ |
| typicalPromotionTo | Captain ⓘ |
| typicalRole |
platoon leader
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staff officer ⓘ |
| usedByCountry |
Canada
ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
several NATO member states ⓘ |
| usedIn |
air force
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army ⓘ many armed forces ⓘ marine corps ⓘ |
| usedInRankStructure |
NATO rank structure (approximate OF-1)
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linked to:
NATO rank codes
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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: First Lieutenant Description of subject: First Lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer rank in many armed forces, typically above Second Lieutenant and below Captain.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Audie
linked to: First Lieutenant
linked to: First Lieutenant
subject linked to:
First Lieutenant Presley O’Bannon
linked to: First Lieutenant
linked to: First Lieutenant
subject linked to:
First Lieutenant Edward Theller
linked to: First Lieutenant