Ira Hayes
E488999
Iwo Jima flag raiser
Native American
Pima person
United States Marine
World War II veteran
human
war hero
Ira Hayes was a Pima Native American U.S. Marine and one of the flag raisers at Iwo Jima during World War II, later becoming a symbol of the struggles of Native American veterans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ira Hayes canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5042799 — 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: Ira Hayes Context triple: [The Outsider (1961 film), mainSubject, Ira Hayes]
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A.
William H. Pitsenbarger
William H. Pitsenbarger was a United States Air Force pararescueman and Medal of Honor recipient renowned for his heroic actions and ultimate sacrifice during the Vietnam War.
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B.
John Basilone
John Basilone was a highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps gunnery sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient renowned for his heroism in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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C.
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. was an American Air Force officer and the first African American selected as an astronaut, remembered as a pioneering figure in U.S. space history.
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D.
Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy is an American character actor known for his frequent collaborations with director Robert Altman and roles in films such as "Batman Returns," "Nashville," and "Manhattan."
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E.
Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy is a musician best known as a member of the alternative rock band Concrete Blonde.
- 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: Ira Hayes Target entity description: Ira Hayes was a Pima Native American U.S. Marine and one of the flag raisers at Iwo Jima during World War II, later becoming a symbol of the struggles of Native American veterans.
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A.
William H. Pitsenbarger
William H. Pitsenbarger was a United States Air Force pararescueman and Medal of Honor recipient renowned for his heroic actions and ultimate sacrifice during the Vietnam War.
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B.
John Basilone
John Basilone was a highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps gunnery sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient renowned for his heroism in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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C.
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. was an American Air Force officer and the first African American selected as an astronaut, remembered as a pioneering figure in U.S. space history.
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D.
Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy is an American character actor known for his frequent collaborations with director Robert Altman and roles in films such as "Batman Returns," "Nashville," and "Manhattan."
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E.
Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy is a musician best known as a member of the alternative rock band Concrete Blonde.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iwo Jima flag raiser
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Native American ⓘ Pima person ⓘ United States Marine ⓘ World War II veteran ⓘ human ⓘ war hero ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | alcohol-related causes ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | monuments on the Gila River Indian Reservation ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-01-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1955-01-24 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Pima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Ira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | public awareness of Native American veterans ⓘ |
| hasRepresentationIn |
Marine Corps War Memorial
NERFINISHED
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film "Sands of Iwo Jima" NERFINISHED ⓘ song "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honoredIn | Marine Corps War Memorial dedication NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imageDepicts | Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima photograph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryAward |
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation NERFINISHED ⓘ Purple Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II Victory Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Private First Class ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Pima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | second flag raising on Mount Suribachi ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the six Marines in the iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising photograph
ⓘ
symbolizing struggles of Native American veterans ⓘ |
| notableWork | raising the flag on Iwo Jima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | military personnel ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Battle of Iwo Jima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Sacaton, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Sacaton, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Gila River Indian Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn |
2nd Battalion, 28th Marines
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
5th Marine Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
film "The Outsider" (1961)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
song "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Ira Hayes Description of subject: Ira Hayes was a Pima Native American U.S. Marine and one of the flag raisers at Iwo Jima during World War II, later becoming a symbol of the struggles of Native American veterans.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Flags of Our Fathers