Sergeant First Class (E-7) (U.S. Army)
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Sergeant First Class (E-7) in the U.S. Army is a senior noncommissioned officer rank typically responsible for leading platoon-sized elements and serving as a key tactical and administrative leader within a company.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sergeant First Class (U.S. Army) | 3 |
| Sergeant First Class (E-7) (U.S. Army) canonical | 2 |
| Sergeant First Class | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9791417 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sergeant First Class (E-7) (U.S. Army) Context triple: [First Sergeant (E-8) (U.S. Army), rankAbove, Sergeant First Class (E-7) (U.S. Army)]
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A.
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.
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B.
Senior Sergeant
Senior Sergeant is a mid-to-senior level supervisory police rank in the New Zealand Police, typically responsible for overseeing teams of officers and managing operational policing activities.
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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.
First Sergeant (E-8) (U.S. Army)
First Sergeant (E-8) (U.S. Army) is a senior noncommissioned officer rank that serves as the principal enlisted leader and advisor at the company level, responsible for the discipline, welfare, and readiness of soldiers.
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E.
Warrant Officer 1
Warrant Officer 1 is a junior technical specialist and leader rank in the U.S. Navy’s warrant officer corps, positioned above enlisted grades and below commissioned officers.
- 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 First Class (E-7) (U.S. Army) Target entity description: Sergeant First Class (E-7) in the U.S. Army is a senior noncommissioned officer rank typically responsible for leading platoon-sized elements and serving as a key tactical and administrative leader within a company.
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A.
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.
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B.
Senior Sergeant
Senior Sergeant is a mid-to-senior level supervisory police rank in the New Zealand Police, typically responsible for overseeing teams of officers and managing operational policing activities.
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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.
First Sergeant (E-8) (U.S. Army)
First Sergeant (E-8) (U.S. Army) is a senior noncommissioned officer rank that serves as the principal enlisted leader and advisor at the company level, responsible for the discipline, welfare, and readiness of soldiers.
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E.
Warrant Officer 1
Warrant Officer 1 is a junior technical specialist and leader rank in the U.S. Navy’s warrant officer corps, positioned above enlisted grades and below commissioned officers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army rank
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military rank ⓘ noncommissioned officer rank ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SFC ⓘ |
| authorityScope | direct authority over all enlisted soldiers in the platoon ⓘ |
| category | enlisted rank ⓘ |
| chainOfCommandRole |
primary enlisted advisor to platoon leader
ⓘ
senior NCO within a platoon ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| doctrine | U.S. Army NCO professional development system ⓘ |
| equivalentRank |
Chief Petty Officer (E-7) (U.S. Coast Guard)
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linked to:
Chief Petty Officer (U.S. Navy)
Chief Petty Officer (E-7) (U.S. Navy) ⓘ
linked to:
Chief Petty Officer (U.S. Navy)
Gunnery Sergeant (E-7) (U.S. Marine Corps) ⓘ
linked to:
Gunnery Sergeant (USMC)
Gunnery Sergeant (E-7) (U.S. Space Force, via USMC equivalency) ⓘ Master Sergeant (E-7) (U.S. Air Force pre-2024) ⓘ |
| grade | senior noncommissioned officer ⓘ |
| higherRank |
First Sergeant (E-8) (U.S. Army)
ⓘ
Master Sergeant (E-8) (U.S. Army) ⓘ
linked to:
Master Sergeant (U.S. Army)
|
| insigniaColor |
black on camouflage (Army Combat Uniform)
ⓘ
gold on green (Army Service Uniform) ⓘ |
| insigniaShape | three chevrons and two rockers ⓘ |
| introduced | World War I era ⓘ |
| lowerRank |
Staff Sergeant (E-6) (U.S. Army)
ⓘ
linked to:
staff sergeant
|
| NATOrankCode | OR-7 ⓘ |
| payGrade | E-7 ⓘ |
| promotionSourceRank |
Staff Sergeant (E-6) (U.S. Army)
ⓘ
linked to:
Staff Sergeant (US Army)
|
| promotionSystem | semi-centralized promotion system ⓘ |
| rankGroup | field NCO ⓘ |
| requiredEducation |
completion of Advanced Leader Course (ALC)
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enrollment or completion of Senior Leader Course (SLC) ⓘ |
| responsibility |
advising the platoon leader on enlisted matters
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discipline of soldiers in the platoon ⓘ implementation of orders from the platoon leader ⓘ supervision of squad leaders ⓘ training of soldiers in the platoon ⓘ welfare of soldiers in the platoon ⓘ |
| role |
key administrative leader at company level
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key tactical leader at company level ⓘ platoon sergeant ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| typicalCommand | platoon ⓘ |
| typicalCommandSize | platoon-sized element ⓘ |
| typicalDutyPosition |
instructor at NCO academies
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operations NCO at company or battalion level ⓘ section sergeant ⓘ |
| typicalTimeInServiceToAttain | approximately 15 to 18 years ⓘ |
| typicalUnitLevel | company ⓘ |
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: Sergeant First Class (E-7) (U.S. Army) Description of subject: Sergeant First Class (E-7) in the U.S. Army is a senior noncommissioned officer rank typically responsible for leading platoon-sized elements and serving as a key tactical and administrative leader within a company.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sergeant First Class (E-7) (U.S. Army)
linked to: Sergeant First Class (E-7) (U.S. Army)
linked to: Sergeant First Class (E-7) (U.S. Army)
linked to: Sergeant First Class (E-7) (U.S. Army)