Sergeant Major (USMC)
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Sergeant Major (USMC) is the highest traditional enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps, serving as a senior enlisted advisor and leader at battalion level and above.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sergeant Major (USMC) canonical | 3 |
| Sergeant Major | 1 |
| Sergeant Major (E-9) | 1 |
| Sergeant Major (US Marine Corps) | 1 |
| SgtMajMC | 1 |
| sergeant major | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2143141 — 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: Sergeant Major (USMC) Context triple: [Chief Master Sergeant (USSF enlisted rank), equivalentRankIn, Sergeant Major (USMC)]
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A.
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
The Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps is the highest-ranking enlisted Marine who serves as the principal enlisted advisor to the Commandant of the Marine Corps on all matters affecting enlisted personnel.
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B.
Sergeant Major Instructor
A Sergeant Major Instructor is a senior adult volunteer rank in the UK Army Cadet Force responsible for high-level training, discipline, and leadership support to cadets and other adult staff.
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C.
Cadet Sergeant
A Cadet Sergeant is a senior non-commissioned cadet rank typically responsible for leading and training junior cadets and assisting with the organization of unit activities.
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D.
CMSgt
CMSgt is the standard abbreviation for Chief Master Sergeant, the highest enlisted rank in the United States Space Force.
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E.
Sergeant
Sergeant is a non-commissioned officer rank in the United States Space Force, typically responsible for leading small teams and overseeing daily operations and training.
- 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: Sergeant Major (USMC) Target entity description: Sergeant Major (USMC) is the highest traditional enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps, serving as a senior enlisted advisor and leader at battalion level and above.
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A.
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
The Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps is the highest-ranking enlisted Marine who serves as the principal enlisted advisor to the Commandant of the Marine Corps on all matters affecting enlisted personnel.
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B.
Sergeant Major Instructor
A Sergeant Major Instructor is a senior adult volunteer rank in the UK Army Cadet Force responsible for high-level training, discipline, and leadership support to cadets and other adult staff.
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C.
Cadet Sergeant
A Cadet Sergeant is a senior non-commissioned cadet rank typically responsible for leading and training junior cadets and assisting with the organization of unit activities.
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D.
CMSgt
CMSgt is the standard abbreviation for Chief Master Sergeant, the highest enlisted rank in the United States Space Force.
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E.
Sergeant
Sergeant is a non-commissioned officer rank in the United States Space Force, typically responsible for leading small teams and overseeing daily operations and training.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Marine Corps rank
ⓘ
military rank ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SgtMaj ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distinctFrom | Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps ⓘ |
| equivalentRankInUSAirForce |
Chief Master Sergeant (USAF)
ⓘ
linked to:
Chief Master Sergeant
|
| equivalentRankInUSArmy |
Command Sergeant Major (USA)
ⓘ
Sergeant Major (USA) ⓘ |
| equivalentRankInUSCoastGuard |
Master Chief Petty Officer (USCG)
ⓘ
linked to:
Master Chief Petty Officer (USN)
|
| equivalentRankInUSNavy | Master Chief Petty Officer (USN) ⓘ |
| equivalentRankInUSSpaceForce |
Chief Master Sergeant (USSF)
ⓘ
linked to:
Chief Master Sergeant (USSF enlisted rank)
|
| higherRank |
Second Lieutenant (USMC)
ⓘ
linked to:
Second Lieutenant
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps ⓘ Warrant Officer 1 (USMC) ⓘ
linked to:
Warrant Officer 1
|
| insigniaFeature |
five-pointed star in center
ⓘ
four rockers ⓘ three chevrons ⓘ |
| isHighestTraditionalEnlistedRankIn | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| lowerRank |
First Sergeant (USMC)
ⓘ
linked to:
First Sergeant (U.S. Marine Corps)
Master Gunnery Sergeant (USMC) ⓘ Master Sergeant (USMC) ⓘ |
| NATORankCode | OR-9 ⓘ |
| payGrade | E-9 ⓘ |
| promotionSourceRank |
First Sergeant (USMC)
ⓘ
linked to:
First Sergeant (U.S. Marine Corps)
Master Sergeant (USMC) ⓘ |
| rankCategory | traditional enlisted rank ⓘ |
| rankClass | E-9 enlisted grade ⓘ |
| rankEstablishedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| rankGroup |
non-commissioned officer
ⓘ
senior enlisted ⓘ |
| reportsTo | commanding officer ⓘ |
| responsibility |
advise commander on enlisted matters
ⓘ
enlisted discipline ⓘ enlisted morale ⓘ enlisted training oversight ⓘ enlisted welfare ⓘ mentoring senior NCOs ⓘ standards enforcement ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| typicalAssignmentLevel |
battalion
ⓘ
group ⓘ major subordinate command ⓘ regiment ⓘ squadron ⓘ |
| typicalRole |
senior enlisted advisor
ⓘ
unit senior enlisted leader ⓘ |
| uniformType |
enlisted dress uniform insignia
ⓘ
enlisted service uniform insignia ⓘ |
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: Sergeant Major (USMC) Description of subject: Sergeant Major (USMC) is the highest traditional enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps, serving as a senior enlisted advisor and leader at battalion level and above.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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