Danny McKnight
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Danny McKnight is a U.S. Army Ranger officer known for his leadership during the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, later depicted in the film "Black Hawk Down."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Danny McKnight canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2351811 — 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: Danny McKnight Context triple: [Black Hawk Down, portraysCharacter, Danny McKnight]
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A.
Sam McDaniel
Sam McDaniel was an American character actor and the brother of Oscar-winning actress Hattie McDaniel, known for his numerous supporting roles in film and early television during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Joseph McNeil
Joseph McNeil is an American civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who helped spark the sit-in movement against racial segregation in the United States.
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C.
Kevin Liles
Kevin Liles is an American music executive and entrepreneur best known for his leadership roles at Def Jam Recordings and later at Warner Music Group.
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D.
Michele Bullock
Michele Bullock is an Australian economist and central banker who serves as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, overseeing the country’s monetary policy.
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E.
Marlon Richards
Marlon Richards is a British artist and photographer best known as the son of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards and model Anita Pallenberg.
- 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: Danny McKnight Target entity description: Danny McKnight is a U.S. Army Ranger officer known for his leadership during the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, later depicted in the film "Black Hawk Down."
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A.
Sam McDaniel
Sam McDaniel was an American character actor and the brother of Oscar-winning actress Hattie McDaniel, known for his numerous supporting roles in film and early television during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Joseph McNeil
Joseph McNeil is an American civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who helped spark the sit-in movement against racial segregation in the United States.
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C.
Kevin Liles
Kevin Liles is an American music executive and entrepreneur best known for his leadership roles at Def Jam Recordings and later at Warner Music Group.
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D.
Michele Bullock
Michele Bullock is an Australian economist and central banker who serves as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, overseeing the country’s monetary policy.
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E.
Marlon Richards
Marlon Richards is a British artist and photographer best known as the son of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards and model Anita Pallenberg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army officer
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human ⓘ military leader ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| awardReceived | military decorations (specific list not fully public in my training data) ⓘ |
| basedOn | real events of the Battle of Mogadishu (for his depiction in "Black Hawk Down") ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Mogadishu
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surface form:
Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
|
| conflict |
Battle of Mogadishu
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Somali Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
air assault and Ranger operations
ⓘ
counterterrorism operations ⓘ military leadership ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | military history ⓘ |
| givenName | Danny ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | likely White American (not definitively sourced in my training data) ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer rank in the U.S. Army (exact terminal rank not fully certain in my training data) ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
3rd Ranger Battalion
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surface form:
3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
75th Ranger Regiment ⓘ |
| name | Danny McKnight self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent | commanding Ranger forces in Mogadishu in October 1993 ⓘ |
| notableFor | leadership during the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu ⓘ |
| notableWork | public speaking on leadership and service ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
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soldier ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Tom Sizemore ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
Black Hawk Down
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surface form:
film "Black Hawk Down"
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| positionHeld |
Ranger company commander
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battalion commander ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| serviceNumber | classified or not publicly disclosed ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
book "Black Hawk Down" by Mark Bowden
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surface form:
book "Black Hawk Down"
Black Hawk Down ⓘ
surface form:
film "Black Hawk Down"
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Danny McKnight Description of subject: Danny McKnight is a U.S. Army Ranger officer known for his leadership during the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, later depicted in the film "Black Hawk Down."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.