Petty Officer Third Class
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Petty Officer Third Class is a junior non-commissioned officer rank in the United States Navy, typically held by enlisted sailors who have demonstrated technical proficiency and leadership potential.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Petty Officer Third Class (United States Navy) | 3 |
| Petty Officer Third Class canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2909815 — 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: Petty Officer Third Class Context triple: [United States Navy ranks, includesRank, Petty Officer Third Class]
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A.
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.
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B.
MCPON
MCPON is the highest-ranking enlisted sailor in the U.S. Navy, serving as the senior enlisted advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations and the Chief of Naval Personnel.
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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.
Sergeant
Sergeant is a non-commissioned officer rank in the United States Space Force, typically responsible for leading small teams and overseeing daily operations and training.
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E.
Second Lieutenant
A Second Lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer rank, typically the entry-level position for newly commissioned officers in many armies.
- 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: Petty Officer Third Class Target entity description: Petty Officer Third Class is a junior non-commissioned officer rank in the United States Navy, typically held by enlisted sailors who have demonstrated technical proficiency and leadership potential.
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A.
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.
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B.
MCPON
MCPON is the highest-ranking enlisted sailor in the U.S. Navy, serving as the senior enlisted advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations and the Chief of Naval Personnel.
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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.
Sergeant
Sergeant is a non-commissioned officer rank in the United States Space Force, typically responsible for leading small teams and overseeing daily operations and training.
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E.
Second Lieutenant
A Second Lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer rank, typically the entry-level position for newly commissioned officers in many armies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy rank
ⓘ
military rank ⓘ non-commissioned officer rank ⓘ |
| abbreviation | PO3 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| equivalentRankInUSAirForce |
Senior Airman (USSF enlisted rank)
ⓘ
surface form:
Senior Airman
|
| equivalentRankInUSArmy |
Corporal
ⓘ
Specialist ⓘ |
| equivalentRankInUSSpaceForce |
Specialist (USSF enlisted rank)
ⓘ
surface form:
Specialist 4
|
| higherRank | Petty Officer Second Class ⓘ |
| insigniaChevronCount | 1 ⓘ |
| insigniaFeature | eagle perched on a chevron ⓘ |
| insigniaWornOn |
collar devices
ⓘ
sleeve ⓘ |
| leadershipExpectation | demonstrate leadership potential ⓘ |
| lowerRank |
Seaman
ⓘ
Seaman Apprentice ⓘ Seaman Recruit ⓘ |
| NATOrankCode | OR-4 ⓘ |
| payGrade | E-4 ⓘ |
| promotionFrom |
Seaman
ⓘ
Seaman Apprentice ⓘ |
| promotionTo | Petty Officer Second Class ⓘ |
| rankClass | junior non-commissioned officer ⓘ |
| rankGroup | petty officer ⓘ |
| rankStructurePosition | first petty officer grade ⓘ |
| requires |
completion of required time in grade
ⓘ
completion of required time in service ⓘ passing a Navy-wide advancement examination ⓘ satisfactory performance evaluations ⓘ |
| responsibility |
enforcing standards
ⓘ
maintaining equipment ⓘ technical task supervision ⓘ training junior enlisted personnel ⓘ |
| responsibilityLevel | entry-level leadership ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
United States Coast Guard
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| skillExpectation | demonstrate technical proficiency ⓘ |
| typicalHolder | enlisted sailor ⓘ |
| typicalRole |
junior supervisor
ⓘ
technical specialist ⓘ work center supervisor ⓘ |
| usedIn |
United States Coast Guard Reserve
ⓘ
surface form:
Coast Guard Reserve
United States Navy Reserve ⓘ
surface form:
Navy Reserve
active duty Coast Guard ⓘ Active Forces ⓘ
surface form:
active duty 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: Petty Officer Third Class Description of subject: Petty Officer Third Class is a junior non-commissioned officer rank in the United States Navy, typically held by enlisted sailors who have demonstrated technical proficiency and leadership potential.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Petty Officer Third Class (United States Navy)
this entity surface form:
Petty Officer Third Class (United States Navy)
this entity surface form:
Petty Officer Third Class (United States Navy)