Doug Zembiec
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Doug Zembiec was a highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps officer, known as the “Lion of Fallujah,” who was posthumously honored for his extraordinary bravery and leadership in combat.
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| Doug Zembiec canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10384696 — 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: Doug Zembiec Context triple: [NCAA Award of Valor recipients, notableRecipient, Doug Zembiec]
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Jeff Jagodzinski
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Michael Kuzak
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Jack Zivic
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Mark Brzezicki
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Jim Zalesky
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doug Zembiec Target entity description: Doug Zembiec was a highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps officer, known as the “Lion of Fallujah,” who was posthumously honored for his extraordinary bravery and leadership in combat.
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A.
Jeff Jagodzinski
Jeff Jagodzinski is an American football coach best known for his tenure as head coach at Boston College and his extensive experience as an offensive coach in both college football and the NFL.
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B.
Michael Kuzak
Michael Kuzak is a central attorney character on the television legal drama "L.A. Law," known for his idealism and high-profile courtroom battles.
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C.
Jack Zivic
Jack Zivic was an American professional boxer active in the early 20th century, known as one of the fighting Zivic brothers from Pittsburgh.
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D.
Mark Brzezicki
Mark Brzezicki is an English rock drummer best known as a founding member of Big Country and a prolific session musician who has played with numerous prominent bands and artists.
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E.
Jim Zalesky
Jim Zalesky is an American wrestling coach and former collegiate champion best known for leading the University of Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling program to multiple NCAA team titles in the 1990s and early 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Marine Corps officer
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human ⓘ military personnel ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V"
NERFINISHED
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Combat Action Ribbon NERFINISHED ⓘ Defense Meritorious Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Meritorious Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Purple Heart ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1973-04-14 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Doug Zembiec Pool at CIA Headquarters
NERFINISHED
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memorials and tributes within the U.S. Marine Corps ⓘ |
| conflict |
Iraq War
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War in Iraq (2003–2011) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2007-05-11 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
U.S. Department of Defense releases
NERFINISHED
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United States Marine Corps public affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | United States Naval Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Polish American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Zembiec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | military leadership ⓘ |
| givenName | Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | one daughter ⓘ |
| hasHonor | posthumous recognition for heroism ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | military officer ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Major ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extraordinary bravery in combat
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leadership of Marines in Fallujah ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | died leading his men in combat ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major ⓘ |
| name | Douglas Alexander Zembiec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Lion of Fallujah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Second Battle of Fallujah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership during Second Battle of Fallujah ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Baltimore, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Baghdad, Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | rifle company commander ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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Annapolis, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | United States Marine Corps officer ⓘ |
| sport | wrestling ⓘ |
| spouse | Pamela Zembiec 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: Doug Zembiec Description of subject: Doug Zembiec was a highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps officer, known as the “Lion of Fallujah,” who was posthumously honored for his extraordinary bravery and leadership in combat.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.