Lieutenant colonel (United States Marine Corps)
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A United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel is a senior field-grade officer, typically commanding a battalion-sized unit or serving in key staff positions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lieutenant colonel (United States Marine Corps) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12925111 — 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 colonel (United States Marine Corps) Context triple: [Commander (United States Navy rank), equivalentRank, Lieutenant colonel (United States Marine Corps)]
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Colonel, United States Marine Corps Reserve
Colonel, United States Marine Corps Reserve is a senior field-grade officer rank held by part-time or reserve-duty Marine officers who support the U.S. Marine Corps while typically maintaining civilian careers.
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B.
Sergeant (United States Marine Corps)
Sergeant (United States Marine Corps) is a non-commissioned officer rank in the USMC that typically denotes a seasoned leader responsible for supervising and training junior Marines.
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C.
Master Sergeant (USMC)
Master Sergeant (USMC) is a senior enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps focused on technical leadership and staff responsibilities rather than direct command of troops.
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D.
First Sergeant (U.S. Marine Corps)
First Sergeant (U.S. Marine Corps) is a senior enlisted rank and key leadership position responsible for the discipline, welfare, and administrative oversight of Marines within a company-sized unit.
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E.
Lieutenant General (United States Coast Guard)
Lieutenant General (United States Coast Guard) is a three-star flag officer rank in the U.S. Coast Guard, held by senior leaders typically responsible for major operational or administrative commands.
- 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 colonel (United States Marine Corps) Target entity description: A United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel is a senior field-grade officer, typically commanding a battalion-sized unit or serving in key staff positions.
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A.
Colonel, United States Marine Corps Reserve
Colonel, United States Marine Corps Reserve is a senior field-grade officer rank held by part-time or reserve-duty Marine officers who support the U.S. Marine Corps while typically maintaining civilian careers.
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B.
Sergeant (United States Marine Corps)
Sergeant (United States Marine Corps) is a non-commissioned officer rank in the USMC that typically denotes a seasoned leader responsible for supervising and training junior Marines.
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C.
Master Sergeant (USMC)
Master Sergeant (USMC) is a senior enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps focused on technical leadership and staff responsibilities rather than direct command of troops.
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D.
First Sergeant (U.S. Marine Corps)
First Sergeant (U.S. Marine Corps) is a senior enlisted rank and key leadership position responsible for the discipline, welfare, and administrative oversight of Marines within a company-sized unit.
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E.
Lieutenant General (United States Coast Guard)
Lieutenant General (United States Coast Guard) is a three-star flag officer rank in the U.S. Coast Guard, held by senior leaders typically responsible for major operational or administrative commands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
field-grade officer rank
ⓘ
military rank ⓘ |
| abbreviation | LtCol ⓘ |
| above | company-grade officer ranks ⓘ |
| belongsToSystem | United States military officer rank system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| below | general officer ranks ⓘ |
| category | commissioned officer rank ⓘ |
| commandResponsibilityLevel |
battalion-level command
ⓘ
squadron-level command ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| equivalentRank |
Lieutenant colonel (United States Army)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lieutenant commander (United States Coast Guard) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieutenant commander (United States Navy) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formalAddress | Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ |
| higherRank | Colonel (United States Marine Corps) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| informalAddress | Colonel ⓘ |
| insigniaColor | silver ⓘ |
| insigniaShape | silver oak leaf ⓘ |
| insigniaWornOn |
collar
ⓘ
dress uniforms ⓘ service uniforms ⓘ shoulder boards ⓘ |
| lowerRank | Major (United States Marine Corps) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NATOCode | OF-4 ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Marine Corps rank structure ⓘ |
| payGrade | O-5 ⓘ |
| rankGroup | field grade ⓘ |
| rankLevelRelativeToCompanyGrade | above captain ⓘ |
| rankLevelRelativeToEnlisted | above all enlisted ranks ⓘ |
| rankLevelRelativeToFieldGrade | below colonel ⓘ |
| rankLevelRelativeToWarrantOfficers | above all warrant officer ranks ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| typicalBilletTitle |
Commanding Officer
GENERATED
ⓘ
Executive Officer GENERATED ⓘ Operations Officer GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalCommand |
battalion
ⓘ
squadron ⓘ |
| typicalExperienceLevel | mid-career to senior officer ⓘ |
| typicalRole |
battalion commander
ⓘ
executive officer of a larger unit ⓘ senior staff officer ⓘ squadron commanding officer ⓘ |
| typicalStaffAssignment |
headquarters staff billet
GENERATED
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operations officer (S-3 or G-3) GENERATED ⓘ plans officer GENERATED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Marine Corps aviation units
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ground forces ⓘ |
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 colonel (United States Marine Corps) Description of subject: A United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel is a senior field-grade officer, typically commanding a battalion-sized unit or serving in key staff positions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Commander (United States Navy rank)