Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice
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Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice is a fictional military officer who serves as the central protagonist known as “The Lieutenant.”
All labels observed (1)
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| Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20391894 — 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: Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice Context triple: [The Lieutenant, mainCharacter, Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice]
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First Lieutenant William R. Parnell
First Lieutenant William R. Parnell was a U.S. Army officer known for his leadership during the Nez Perce War, particularly for commanding troops in key engagements such as the Battle of White Bird Canyon.
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B.
Second Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton
Second Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton was a real-life U.S. Army officer of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, whose World War II service was prominently depicted in the miniseries "Band of Brothers."
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C.
2nd Lieutenant George A. Whiteman
2nd Lieutenant George A. Whiteman was a U.S. Army Air Forces pilot and one of the first American airmen killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II.
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D.
Corporal Frank S. Scott
Corporal Frank S. Scott was a U.S. Army aviation mechanic recognized as the first enlisted airman to die in an aircraft accident, for whom Scott Air Force Base is named.
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E.
Second Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kimlau
Second Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kimlau was a Chinese American World War II aviator in the U.S. Army Air Forces who became a symbol of Asian American military service and sacrifice.
- 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: Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice Target entity description: Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice is a fictional military officer who serves as the central protagonist known as “The Lieutenant.”
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A.
First Lieutenant William R. Parnell
First Lieutenant William R. Parnell was a U.S. Army officer known for his leadership during the Nez Perce War, particularly for commanding troops in key engagements such as the Battle of White Bird Canyon.
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B.
Second Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton
Second Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton was a real-life U.S. Army officer of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, whose World War II service was prominently depicted in the miniseries "Band of Brothers."
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C.
2nd Lieutenant George A. Whiteman
2nd Lieutenant George A. Whiteman was a U.S. Army Air Forces pilot and one of the first American airmen killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II.
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D.
Corporal Frank S. Scott
Corporal Frank S. Scott was a U.S. Army aviation mechanic recognized as the first enlisted airman to die in an aircraft accident, for whom Scott Air Force Base is named.
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E.
Second Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kimlau
Second Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kimlau was a Chinese American World War II aviator in the U.S. Army Air Forces who became a symbol of Asian American military service and sacrifice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.