Private Richard Reiben
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Private Richard Reiben is a cynical yet courageous American soldier and machine gunner in the film "Saving Private Ryan," serving under Captain John H. Miller during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
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| Private Richard Reiben canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9998897 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Private Richard Reiben Context triple: [Captain John H. Miller, memberOfSquad, Private Richard Reiben]
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A.
Sergeant Elias Grodin
Sergeant Elias Grodin is a central, idealistic yet battle-weary soldier in the Vietnam War film "Platoon," known for his moral integrity and conflict with the more brutal Sergeant Barnes.
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B.
Private Irwin Wade
Private Irwin Wade is the compassionate combat medic in the film "Saving Private Ryan," known for his emotional depth and dedication to treating wounded soldiers amid the chaos of World War II.
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C.
Frank Reavis
Frank Reavis was an American politician and public figure significant enough in his community that a high school was named in his honor.
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D.
Joe Pytka
Joe Pytka is an American director best known for his prolific work in commercials and music videos, as well as directing the live-action/animated film Space Jam.
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E.
Lester Crawford
Lester Crawford was the husband of American stage and film actress Helen Broderick.
- 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: Private Richard Reiben Target entity description: Private Richard Reiben is a cynical yet courageous American soldier and machine gunner in the film "Saving Private Ryan," serving under Captain John H. Miller during World War II.
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A.
Sergeant Elias Grodin
Sergeant Elias Grodin is a central, idealistic yet battle-weary soldier in the Vietnam War film "Platoon," known for his moral integrity and conflict with the more brutal Sergeant Barnes.
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B.
Private Irwin Wade
Private Irwin Wade is the compassionate combat medic in the film "Saving Private Ryan," known for his emotional depth and dedication to treating wounded soldiers amid the chaos of World War II.
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C.
Frank Reavis
Frank Reavis was an American politician and public figure significant enough in his community that a high school was named in his honor.
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D.
Joe Pytka
Joe Pytka is an American director best known for his prolific work in commercials and music videos, as well as directing the live-action/animated film Space Jam.
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E.
Lester Crawford
Lester Crawford was the husband of American stage and film actress Helen Broderick.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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soldier ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Saving Private Ryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | U.S. Army Rangers (fictional depiction) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| camaraderieWith |
Private Daniel Jackson
NERFINISHED
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Private First Class Adrian Caparzo NERFINISHED ⓘ Private First Class Richard Caparzo NERFINISHED ⓘ Private Stanley Mellish NERFINISHED ⓘ Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath NERFINISHED ⓘ Technician Fifth Grade Timothy Upham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterArc | evolves from openly defiant to more trusting of leadership ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| createdBy | Robert Rodat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorOfWork | Steven Spielberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Reiben NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | survivor of the Ramelle battle ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Saving Private Ryan universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Richard Reiben NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | war film ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| hairColor | brown ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Captain John H. Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| mission | search for and bring home Private James Francis Ryan ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAction | questions the rationale of risking many men to save one soldier ⓘ |
| notableQuoteContext | often delivers sardonic commentary on the mission ⓘ |
| occupation | infantryman ⓘ |
| participatesIn |
Normandy campaign (fictional depiction)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
assault on Ramelle bridge ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
courageous
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cynical ⓘ rebellious ⓘ sarcastic ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Edward Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rank | Private ⓘ |
| role | machine gunner ⓘ |
| screenTimeContext | member of the central squad in Saving Private Ryan ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Captain John H. Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | European Theater of Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| unitType | infantry ⓘ |
| weaponSpecialty | M1919 Browning machine gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 1998 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Private Richard Reiben Description of subject: Private Richard Reiben is a cynical yet courageous American soldier and machine gunner in the film "Saving Private Ryan," serving under Captain John H. Miller during World War II.
Referenced by (1)
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