Sergeant (United States Army)
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Sergeant (United States Army) is a non-commissioned officer rank typically responsible for leading small units of soldiers and serving as a key link between enlisted personnel and higher leadership.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sergeant (United States Army) canonical | 5 |
| Sergeant in U.S. Army | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9785021 — 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 (United States Army) Context triple: [Petty Officer Second Class (United States Navy), equivalentRank, Sergeant (United States 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.
Enlisted
Enlisted is an American television sitcom that follows three brothers serving together on a rear detachment unit at a U.S. Army base, blending military life with family comedy.
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E.
MGySgt
MGySgt is the senior enlisted rank of Master Gunnery Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, representing one of the highest non-commissioned officer positions.
- 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 (United States Army) Target entity description: Sergeant (United States Army) is a non-commissioned officer rank typically responsible for leading small units of soldiers and serving as a key link between enlisted personnel and higher leadership.
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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.
Enlisted
Enlisted is an American television sitcom that follows three brothers serving together on a rear detachment unit at a U.S. Army base, blending military life with family comedy.
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E.
MGySgt
MGySgt is the senior enlisted rank of Master Gunnery Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, representing one of the highest non-commissioned officer positions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military rank
ⓘ
non-commissioned officer rank ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SGT ⓘ |
| authorityScope | direct leadership over junior enlisted soldiers ⓘ |
| category | United States Army enlisted rank ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| doctrineRole | backbone of the Army NCO corps ⓘ |
| doctrineSource | U.S. Army Field Manual on leadership and NCO duties ⓘ |
| equivalentRank |
Petty Officer Second Class (United States Navy)
ⓘ
Sergeant (United States Marine Corps) ⓘ Staff Sergeant (United States Air Force) ⓘ |
| higherRank |
Staff Sergeant (United States Army)
ⓘ
linked to:
Staff Sergeant (US Army)
|
| insigniaColor |
gold on dark background for dress uniform
ⓘ
subdued on combat uniform ⓘ |
| insigniaShape | three chevrons ⓘ |
| introducedIn | United States Army enlisted rank structure of the 20th century ⓘ |
| lowerRank |
Corporal (United States Army)
ⓘ
Specialist (United States Army) ⓘ |
| NATOrankCode | OR-5 ⓘ |
| payGrade | E-5 ⓘ |
| promotionSource |
Corporal (United States Army)
ⓘ
Specialist (United States Army) ⓘ |
| promotionType | non-commissioned officer promotion ⓘ |
| rankClass | junior NCO ⓘ |
| rankGroup | Non-commissioned officer ⓘ |
| reportingTo |
Platoon Leader (United States Army)
ⓘ
Platoon Sergeant (United States Army) ⓘ Staff Sergeant (United States Army) ⓘ
linked to:
Staff Sergeant (US Army)
|
| requires | completion of Warrior Leader Course or equivalent NCO education (historically) ⓘ |
| responsibility |
accountability for soldiers and equipment
ⓘ
counseling subordinates ⓘ enforcing standards ⓘ maintaining discipline ⓘ training soldiers ⓘ |
| role |
first-line supervisor
ⓘ
link between enlisted soldiers and higher leadership ⓘ small unit leader ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| typicalCommand |
section
ⓘ
squad ⓘ |
| typicalCommandSize | 8–12 soldiers ⓘ |
| typicalPosition |
section sergeant
ⓘ
squad leader ⓘ team leader ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Army National Guard
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Army Reserve ⓘ active component ⓘ |
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 (United States Army) Description of subject: Sergeant (United States Army) is a non-commissioned officer rank typically responsible for leading small units of soldiers and serving as a key link between enlisted personnel and higher leadership.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Sergeant
linked to: Sergeant (United States Army)
subject linked to:
Staff Sergeant (United States Air Force) (historical alignment varies)