National Defense Service Medal ribbon
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The National Defense Service Medal ribbon is a U.S. military award ribbon worn by service members to denote honorable active duty service during designated periods of national emergency or armed conflict.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| National Defense Service Medal ribbon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8196477 — 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: National Defense Service Medal ribbon Context triple: [National Defense Service Streamer, associatedDecoration, National Defense Service Medal ribbon]
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A.
Armed Forces Service Medal ribbon
The Armed Forces Service Medal ribbon is a U.S. military award ribbon recognizing participation in significant non-combat military operations or activities.
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B.
Overseas Service Ribbon
The Overseas Service Ribbon is a United States Army military award presented to soldiers in recognition of completing qualifying overseas tours of duty.
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C.
Medal of Honor ribbon
The Medal of Honor ribbon is the distinctive service ribbon worn on U.S. military uniforms to represent the nation’s highest military decoration for valor.
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D.
Navy Expeditionary Medal ribbon
The Navy Expeditionary Medal ribbon is a U.S. Navy military decoration ribbon awarded to service members who participate in designated expeditionary operations and landings against armed opposition or in situations of imminent hostile action.
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E.
Commandant’s Letter of Commendation Ribbon
The Commandant’s Letter of Commendation Ribbon is a United States Coast Guard personal decoration recognizing noteworthy achievement or meritorious service that is of lesser degree than that required for higher-level medals.
- 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: National Defense Service Medal ribbon Target entity description: The National Defense Service Medal ribbon is a U.S. military award ribbon worn by service members to denote honorable active duty service during designated periods of national emergency or armed conflict.
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A.
Armed Forces Service Medal ribbon
The Armed Forces Service Medal ribbon is a U.S. military award ribbon recognizing participation in significant non-combat military operations or activities.
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B.
Overseas Service Ribbon
The Overseas Service Ribbon is a United States Army military award presented to soldiers in recognition of completing qualifying overseas tours of duty.
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C.
Medal of Honor ribbon
The Medal of Honor ribbon is the distinctive service ribbon worn on U.S. military uniforms to represent the nation’s highest military decoration for valor.
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D.
Navy Expeditionary Medal ribbon
The Navy Expeditionary Medal ribbon is a U.S. Navy military decoration ribbon awarded to service members who participate in designated expeditionary operations and landings against armed opposition or in situations of imminent hostile action.
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E.
Commandant’s Letter of Commendation Ribbon
The Commandant’s Letter of Commendation Ribbon is a United States Coast Guard personal decoration recognizing noteworthy achievement or meritorious service that is of lesser degree than that required for higher-level medals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States military decoration ribbon
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military award ribbon ⓘ |
| associatedMedal | National Defense Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardedFor | service during specified eligibility periods ⓘ |
| awardingBody | United States Department of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| confers | visual indication of National Defense Service Medal award ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| denotes |
honorable active duty service
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service during a designated armed conflict ⓘ service during a designated national emergency ⓘ |
| displayedOn | ribbon racks of U.S. military uniforms ⓘ |
| eligibility |
active duty military personnel
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certain reserve component personnel ⓘ |
| hasComponent | colored vertical stripes ⓘ |
| material | woven fabric ⓘ |
| partOf | National Defense Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular ribbon bar ⓘ |
| status | currently awarded ⓘ |
| symbolizes | support of national defense during emergency or conflict ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Air Force
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United States Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Coast Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ United States Space Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wearForm | ribbon bar ⓘ |
| wearLocation | U.S. military uniform ⓘ |
| wearRegulation | subject to U.S. military uniform regulations ⓘ |
| wornBy | eligible U.S. military service members ⓘ |
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: National Defense Service Medal ribbon Description of subject: The National Defense Service Medal ribbon is a U.S. military award ribbon worn by service members to denote honorable active duty service during designated periods of national emergency or armed conflict.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.