Harlon Block
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Harlon Block was a United States Marine and one of the flag raisers at Iwo Jima during World War II, later depicted in the book and film "Flags of Our Fathers."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harlon Block canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5084588 — 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: Harlon Block Context triple: [Flags of Our Fathers, mainCharacter, Harlon Block]
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A.
Greg Hoblit
Greg Hoblit is an American film and television director and producer known for his work on acclaimed series like "Hill Street Blues" and films such as "Primal Fear" and "Frequency."
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B.
Marvin Shaouni
Marvin Shaouni is a music producer best known for his work on Kid Rock’s hit single “All Summer Long.”
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C.
Dirk Blocker
Dirk Blocker is an American actor best known for his role as the lovable, dim-witted Detective Michael Hitchcock on the television sitcom "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."
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D.
Ray Blanton
Ray Blanton was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the late 1970s and became notorious for a clemency scandal involving the controversial pardoning of prisoners.
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E.
Leo Gordon
Leo Gordon was an American character actor and screenwriter known for his tough-guy roles in numerous Westerns and crime films from the 1950s through the 1970s.
- 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: Harlon Block Target entity description: Harlon Block was a United States Marine and one of the flag raisers at Iwo Jima during World War II, later depicted in the book and film "Flags of Our Fathers."
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A.
Greg Hoblit
Greg Hoblit is an American film and television director and producer known for his work on acclaimed series like "Hill Street Blues" and films such as "Primal Fear" and "Frequency."
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B.
Marvin Shaouni
Marvin Shaouni is a music producer best known for his work on Kid Rock’s hit single “All Summer Long.”
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C.
Dirk Blocker
Dirk Blocker is an American actor best known for his role as the lovable, dim-witted Detective Michael Hitchcock on the television sitcom "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."
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D.
Ray Blanton
Ray Blanton was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the late 1970s and became notorious for a clemency scandal involving the controversial pardoning of prisoners.
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E.
Leo Gordon
Leo Gordon was an American character actor and screenwriter known for his tough-guy roles in numerous Westerns and crime films from the 1950s through the 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Marine
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World War II veteran ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith | United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded |
Presidential Unit Citation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Purple Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Block family cemetery, Weslaco, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Battle of Iwo Jima
NERFINISHED
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World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1924-11-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1945-03-01 ⓘ |
| education | Weslaco High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enlistmentYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| event | second flag raising on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima ⓘ |
| familyName | Block NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Harlon Henry Block NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Harlon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imageDepictedIn | Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (photograph) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| memorializedBy | United States Marine Corps War Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Corporal ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the U.S. Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima ⓘ |
| notableWorkDepiction |
Flags of Our Fathers (book)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flags of Our Fathers (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parent |
Belle Block
NERFINISHED
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Edward Frederick Block NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photographBy | Joe Rosenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Yorktown, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Benjamin Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | Flags of Our Fathers (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reinterredAt | Weslaco, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Seventh-day Adventist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Edward Block Jr.
NERFINISHED
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Eugene Block NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Block NERFINISHED ⓘ Jo Ann Block NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice Block NERFINISHED ⓘ Wendell Block NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| unit | E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Harlon Block Description of subject: Harlon Block was a United States Marine and one of the flag raisers at Iwo Jima during World War II, later depicted in the book and film "Flags of Our Fathers."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Flags of Our Fathers