Matthew Axelson
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Matthew Axelson was a United States Navy SEAL petty officer who fought and was killed during the ill-fated Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan, later portrayed in the film "Lone Survivor."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matthew Axelson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6954823 — 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: Matthew Axelson Context triple: [Lone Survivor, mainCharacter, Matthew Axelson]
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A.
Christopher Akerlind
Christopher Akerlind is an American lighting designer renowned for his work in theatre, opera, and Broadway productions, including multiple award-winning designs.
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B.
Peter Englund
Peter Englund is a Swedish historian, author, and former permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, known for his works on history and his role in awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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C.
Jeffrey Nordling
Jeffrey Nordling is an American actor known for his work in television dramas and films, often portraying complex professional and family-man characters.
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D.
Martin Lindauer
Martin Lindauer was a German behavioral biologist and prominent honeybee researcher known for his pioneering work on insect communication and social organization.
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E.
Michael Schroeder
Michael Schroeder is a software developer best known for his work on the GNU Screen terminal multiplexer.
- 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: Matthew Axelson Target entity description: Matthew Axelson was a United States Navy SEAL petty officer who fought and was killed during the ill-fated Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan, later portrayed in the film "Lone Survivor."
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A.
Christopher Akerlind
Christopher Akerlind is an American lighting designer renowned for his work in theatre, opera, and Broadway productions, including multiple award-winning designs.
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B.
Peter Englund
Peter Englund is a Swedish historian, author, and former permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, known for his works on history and his role in awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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C.
Jeffrey Nordling
Jeffrey Nordling is an American actor known for his work in television dramas and films, often portraying complex professional and family-man characters.
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D.
Martin Lindauer
Martin Lindauer was a German behavioral biologist and prominent honeybee researcher known for his pioneering work on insect communication and social organization.
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E.
Michael Schroeder
Michael Schroeder is a software developer best known for his work on the GNU Screen terminal multiplexer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy SEAL
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human ⓘ military personnel killed in action ⓘ |
| basedOnEvent | Operation Red Wings reconnaissance mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branchOfService | U.S. Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | combat-related injuries ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | military memorials honoring Operation Red Wings casualties ⓘ |
| conflict |
Global War on Terrorism
NERFINISHED
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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form:
War in Afghanistan
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryServed | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Axelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Matthew Gene Axelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Matthew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryStatus | killed in action in Afghanistan ⓘ |
| hasRoleInEvent | reconnaissance team member in Operation Red Wings ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Naval Special Warfare community
ⓘ
United States Navy SEALs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Petty Officer Second Class ⓘ |
| notableFor | actions during Operation Red Wings ⓘ |
| notableOperation | Operation Red Wings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
United States Navy sailor
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special operations forces member ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Kunar Province, Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | film "Lone Survivor" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceNumberOrRate | SO2 (SEAL) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | book "Lone Survivor" 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: Matthew Axelson Description of subject: Matthew Axelson was a United States Navy SEAL petty officer who fought and was killed during the ill-fated Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan, later portrayed in the film "Lone Survivor."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.