United States Navy captain
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A United States Navy captain is a senior naval officer (O-6) typically entrusted with major command responsibilities such as leading large warships, aviation wings, or important shore installations.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Captain (United States Navy) | 1 |
| Captain (naval) in many Western navies | 1 |
| Captain, United States Navy | 1 |
| U.S. Navy captain | 1 |
| United States Navy captain canonical | 1 |
| captain (U.S. Navy) | 1 |
| captain (United States Navy) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8272642 — 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: United States Navy captain Context triple: [Commander, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, rankRequired, United States Navy captain]
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A.
United States Navy rear admiral
A United States Navy rear admiral is a senior commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy, typically commanding large naval units or serving in high-level staff and leadership positions.
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B.
Navy Commissioner of the United States Navy
The Navy Commissioner of the United States Navy was a senior 19th-century administrative post responsible for overseeing the management, logistics, and material readiness of the U.S. Navy.
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C.
U.S. Navy commanders
U.S. Navy commanders are senior naval officers responsible for leading ships, units, and operations, making tactical and strategic decisions to accomplish maritime missions and ensure combat readiness.
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D.
Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet
The Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet is the senior U.S. Navy officer responsible for organizing, training, and employing naval forces across the vast Indo-Pacific region.
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E.
President of the General Board of the United States Navy
The President of the General Board of the United States Navy was the senior naval officer who chaired the Navy’s principal advisory body on strategy, planning, and ship design in the early 20th century.
- 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: United States Navy captain Target entity description: A United States Navy captain is a senior naval officer (O-6) typically entrusted with major command responsibilities such as leading large warships, aviation wings, or important shore installations.
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A.
United States Navy rear admiral
A United States Navy rear admiral is a senior commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy, typically commanding large naval units or serving in high-level staff and leadership positions.
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B.
Navy Commissioner of the United States Navy
The Navy Commissioner of the United States Navy was a senior 19th-century administrative post responsible for overseeing the management, logistics, and material readiness of the U.S. Navy.
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C.
U.S. Navy commanders
U.S. Navy commanders are senior naval officers responsible for leading ships, units, and operations, making tactical and strategic decisions to accomplish maritime missions and ensure combat readiness.
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D.
Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet
The Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet is the senior U.S. Navy officer responsible for organizing, training, and employing naval forces across the vast Indo-Pacific region.
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E.
President of the General Board of the United States Navy
The President of the General Board of the United States Navy was the senior naval officer who chaired the Navy’s principal advisory body on strategy, planning, and ship design in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy officer rank
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military rank ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CAPT ⓘ |
| addressedAs | Captain ⓘ |
| canCommand | carrier strike group staff positions ⓘ |
| canServeAs |
chief of staff to flag officer
ⓘ
major program manager ⓘ senior staff officer in joint commands ⓘ |
| commandAtSeaEligible | true ⓘ |
| commandResponsibilityLevel | major command ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| equivalentRank |
captain (United States Coast Guard)
NERFINISHED
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colonel (United States Air Force) NERFINISHED ⓘ colonel (United States Army) ⓘ colonel (United States Marine Corps) NERFINISHED ⓘ colonel (United States Space Force) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formalRankTitle | Captain, United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| higherRank | rear admiral (lower half) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| insignia | silver eagle ⓘ |
| insigniaWornOn |
collar devices
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shoulder boards ⓘ sleeve stripes ⓘ |
| lowerRank | commander ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| NATOrankCode | OF-5 ⓘ |
| officerCategory | commissioned officer ⓘ |
| promotionBoardLevel | senior officer promotion board ⓘ |
| rankGroup | senior officer ⓘ |
| serviceBranchType | naval service ⓘ |
| serviceType |
line officer
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staff corps officer ⓘ |
| sleeveInsignia | four gold stripes with a star above ⓘ |
| typicalBilletType |
commanding officer
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executive officer of major command ⓘ senior staff director ⓘ |
| typicalCommand |
aircraft carrier (as commanding officer)
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aviation wing or air group ⓘ guided-missile cruiser ⓘ large amphibious assault ship ⓘ large surface warship ⓘ major shore installation ⓘ naval air station ⓘ naval station or base ⓘ submarine squadron ⓘ training command ⓘ |
| typicalYearsOfServiceToAttain | approximately 21 to 23 years ⓘ |
| USpayGrade | O-6 ⓘ |
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: United States Navy captain Description of subject: A United States Navy captain is a senior naval officer (O-6) typically entrusted with major command responsibilities such as leading large warships, aviation wings, or important shore installations.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
U.S. Navy captain
this entity surface form:
captain (U.S. Navy)
this entity surface form:
Captain, United States Navy
this entity surface form:
Captain (naval) in many Western navies
subject surface form:
Commander (United States Navy rank)
this entity surface form:
Captain (United States Navy)
this entity surface form:
captain (United States Navy)