Colonel Sam Trautman
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Colonel Sam Trautman is a fictional U.S. Army Special Forces colonel best known as John Rambo’s commanding officer and mentor in the Rambo film series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colonel Sam Trautman canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2770930 — 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: Colonel Sam Trautman Context triple: [First Blood, character, Colonel Sam Trautman]
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A.
Hugh Thompson Jr.
Hugh Thompson Jr. was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War who became known for intervening to stop the My Lai massacre and later speaking out about the atrocity.
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B.
Richard Hudnut
Richard Hudnut was an American businessman and pioneer in the modern cosmetics and perfume industry, known for building one of the first major beauty product empires in the early 20th century.
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C.
Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. was an influential American television executive and programming innovator who helped shape early network TV in the 1950s.
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D.
Edward Burleson
Edward Burleson was a prominent Texian military and political leader of the Texas Revolution who later served as vice president of the Republic of Texas.
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E.
Randall Woodfin
Randall Woodfin is an American politician and attorney who serves as the progressive, reform-focused mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
- 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: Colonel Sam Trautman Target entity description: Colonel Sam Trautman is a fictional U.S. Army Special Forces colonel best known as John Rambo’s commanding officer and mentor in the Rambo film series.
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A.
Hugh Thompson Jr.
Hugh Thompson Jr. was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War who became known for intervening to stop the My Lai massacre and later speaking out about the atrocity.
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B.
Richard Hudnut
Richard Hudnut was an American businessman and pioneer in the modern cosmetics and perfume industry, known for building one of the first major beauty product empires in the early 20th century.
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C.
Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. was an influential American television executive and programming innovator who helped shape early network TV in the 1950s.
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D.
Edward Burleson
Edward Burleson was a prominent Texian military and political leader of the Texas Revolution who later served as vice president of the Republic of Texas.
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E.
Randall Woodfin
Randall Woodfin is an American politician and attorney who serves as the progressive, reform-focused mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| adaptedForFilmBy | screenwriters of First Blood (film) ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Green Berets
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army Special Forces
United States Army ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
First Blood
ⓘ
First Blood ⓘ
surface form:
First Blood (novel)
Rambo III ⓘ Rambo: First Blood Part II ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from the novel First Blood ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
authoritative
ⓘ
loyal to his men ⓘ patriotic ⓘ protective of John Rambo ⓘ |
| commands | John Rambo ⓘ |
| conflict | Vietnam War (fictional backstory) ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | David Morrell ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
John Rambo
ⓘ
surface form:
Rambo
|
| firstAppearance |
novel "First Blood"
ⓘ
surface form:
First Blood (novel, 1972)
|
| firstFilmAppearance |
First Blood
ⓘ
surface form:
First Blood (film, 1982)
|
| franchise | Rambo film series ⓘ |
| fullName | Samuel Trautman ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
action
ⓘ
war fiction ⓘ |
| givenName |
Sam
ⓘ
Samuel ⓘ |
| hasRelationship | mentor of John Rambo ⓘ |
| hasRole | supporting protagonist in the Rambo film series ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastFilmAppearance |
Rambo III
ⓘ
surface form:
Rambo III (1988)
|
| medium |
film
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
United States Special Forces
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Special Forces
|
| militaryRank | Colonel ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being John Rambo’s commanding officer
ⓘ
being John Rambo’s mentor ⓘ |
| occupation |
Special Forces officer
ⓘ
U.S. Army officer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Richard Crenna ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
John Rambo
ⓘ
surface form:
serves as Rambo’s advocate to superiors
tries to mediate between Rambo and civilian authorities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Colonel Sam Trautman Description of subject: Colonel Sam Trautman is a fictional U.S. Army Special Forces colonel best known as John Rambo’s commanding officer and mentor in the Rambo film series.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hope, Washington