U.S. Marshal
E285566
A U.S. Marshal is a federal law enforcement officer responsible for duties such as protecting the federal judiciary, transporting prisoners, and apprehending fugitives.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. Marshal canonical | 13 |
| Deputy U.S. Marshal | 1 |
| Deputy United States Marshal | 1 |
| U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia | 1 |
| U.S. Marshals (in-game) | 1 |
| U.S. marshal | 1 |
| United States Marshal | 1 |
| United States Marshal (district chief) | 1 |
| United States marshals | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2659151 — 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: U.S. Marshal Context triple: [Teddy Daniels, occupation, U.S. Marshal]
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A.
Sherif
Sherif is a masculine given name of Arabic origin commonly used in Egypt and other Arabic-speaking countries.
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B.
Charles Starrett
Charles Starrett was an American film actor best known for his long-running role as the Durango Kid in B-Western movies during the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I. is an American television crime drama series centered on the investigative work of agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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D.
Seriff
Seriff is the surname of Marc Seriff, an American computer scientist and co-founder of America Online (AOL).
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E.
Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges is an American television crime drama series set in San Francisco, starring Don Johnson as a charismatic police inspector.
- 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: U.S. Marshal Target entity description: A U.S. Marshal is a federal law enforcement officer responsible for duties such as protecting the federal judiciary, transporting prisoners, and apprehending fugitives.
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A.
Sherif
Sherif is a masculine given name of Arabic origin commonly used in Egypt and other Arabic-speaking countries.
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B.
Charles Starrett
Charles Starrett was an American film actor best known for his long-running role as the Durango Kid in B-Western movies during the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I. is an American television crime drama series centered on the investigative work of agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
-
D.
Seriff
Seriff is the surname of Marc Seriff, an American computer scientist and co-founder of America Online (AOL).
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E.
Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges is an American television crime drama series set in San Francisco, starring Don Johnson as a charismatic police inspector.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal law enforcement officer
ⓘ
sworn law enforcement officer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Joint Fugitive Task Forces
ⓘ
federal witness security program operations ⓘ |
| authorizedBy |
Title 18 of the United States Code
ⓘ
Title 28 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| canCoordinateWith |
other federal law enforcement agencies
ⓘ
state and local law enforcement agencies ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| duty |
apprehending federal fugitives
ⓘ
executing federal court orders ⓘ fugitive task force participation ⓘ managing and selling seized assets ⓘ protecting the federal judiciary ⓘ providing security for federal courthouses ⓘ serving federal arrest warrants ⓘ serving federal civil process ⓘ transporting federal prisoners ⓘ witness security operations support ⓘ |
| employedAs | career civil service position ⓘ |
| employedBy | United States Marshals Service ⓘ |
| employmentType | full-time government employee ⓘ |
| enforces |
federal criminal law
ⓘ
orders of United States courts of appeals ⓘ orders of United States district courts ⓘ |
| field | law enforcement ⓘ |
| hasPower |
carry firearms
ⓘ
make arrests without warrant under certain conditions ⓘ serve warrants and subpoenas ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| parentAgency | United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Marshals Service
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Marshals Service district office
|
| rankWithin |
United States Marshals Service
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Marshals Service hierarchy
|
| relatedTo |
U.S. Marshal
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Deputy U.S. Marshal
U.S. Marshal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
United States Marshal (district chief)
|
| reportsTo | United States Marshal for the district ⓘ |
| requires |
U.S. citizenship
ⓘ
background investigation ⓘ completion of law enforcement training ⓘ firearms qualification ⓘ |
| riskLevel | high-risk law enforcement occupation ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| wears |
badge of the United States Marshals Service
ⓘ
duty firearm ⓘ |
| workLocation |
correctional and detention facilities
ⓘ
federal courthouses ⓘ field offices ⓘ |
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: U.S. Marshal Description of subject: A U.S. Marshal is a federal law enforcement officer responsible for duties such as protecting the federal judiciary, transporting prisoners, and apprehending fugitives.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia
this entity surface form:
United States marshals
subject surface form:
Matt Dillon
subject surface form:
Bartholomew Masterson
subject surface form:
Bat Masterson
this entity surface form:
U.S. marshal
subject surface form:
Rooster Cogburn (film)
this entity surface form:
Deputy U.S. Marshal
this entity surface form:
United States Marshal (district chief)
this entity surface form:
United States Marshal
subject surface form:
William Degan
this entity surface form:
Deputy United States Marshal
subject surface form:
Bureau of Investigation (Red Dead Redemption)
this entity surface form:
U.S. Marshals (in-game)