soldier
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the soldier as an occupation and status, relay ranks, training, law and history from public reference sources, describe the historical and slang aliases with their connotations, and distinguish soldiers from officers, sailors, mercenaries and irregular fighters, without providing operational military content.
An enlisted man or woman who serves in an army, in the WordNet sense that also gathers historical and specialised terms such as carbineer or carabineer for a soldier armed with a carbine and bushwhacker for an irregular fighter, and slang such as cannon fodder, fodder and fresh fish that are pejorative labels for expendable or new troops rather than neutral synonyms; the model treats the soldier as an occupation and status at public reference level.
What it is for: Not applicable; an occupation.
It can be explain the occupation; relay ranks, training and law; describe aliases and connotations; distinguish related roles.
Distinguishing features
Enlisted status
Army service
Legal protections and duties
Pejorative slang aliases
What it looks like
A person in military uniform.
Physical character
active military personnel worldwide: about 27 million - estimates
Geneva Conventions: 1949 year
minimum recruitment age under the Optional Protocol: 18 for direct participation note
How it is recognised
Enlisted member of an army
Carbineer, bushwhacker as historical terms; cannon fodder, fodder, fresh fish as pejorative slang
Officers hold commissions; sailors serve in navies; mercenaries serve for pay outside national forces
Related models
is a kind of - in general terms
serves in - as enlisted personnel
is contrasted with - who holds a commission
is protected by - in armed conflict
In practice
Families and kinds
enlisted soldiers and non-commissioned officers
conscripts and volunteers
historical types such as carbineers
irregular fighters such as bushwhackers
veterans
soldiers in slang and literature
Identifiers
WordNet oewn-10078585-n an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
Standards and regulation
National military service and recruitment laws
International humanitarian law
Veterans legislation
Failure modes and hazards
Agents providing operational military content
Using pejorative slang as neutral description
WordNet aliases mixing historical terms and slurs
Analytical facets
- substance
- social
- origin
- conceptual
- agency
- inert
- mobility
- not-applicable
- scale
- not-applicable
- affordances
- observable
Also called
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Where this came from
oewn:2024 · CC BY 4.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a soldier is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a soldier, and how does the role differ from officer, sailor, mercenary and irregular fighter? definition
- Is the question about the occupation, history and law, or about operational matters the model does not cover? boundary
Aliases
Aliases and connotations.
Aliases
Aliases.
- What do carbineer and bushwhacker mean historically, and why are cannon fodder, fodder and fresh fish pejorative? definition
- Which entry fits the specific term? action
Service Service.
Regulation.
Ranks
Ranks and training.
Ranks
Ranks.
- How are enlisted ranks structured, and how are soldiers recruited and trained, at public reference level? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Law
Law.
Law
Law.
- What rights and duties do soldiers have under national law and international humanitarian law? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Life Life and welfare.
Application.
Welfare
Welfare and veterans.
Welfare
Welfare.
- How are soldiers and veterans supported, and where can they find help? action
- Is the user a soldier or veteran in need of crisis support? boundary
Families
Families.
Families
Families.
- How does military service affect families? provenance
- Which entry fits military family? action
Context History and culture.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How has the soldier s role changed from ancient armies to modern professional forces, as historians describe? provenance
- Which entry fits military history? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How are soldiers portrayed in literature, film and memorials? provenance
- Which entry fits war literature? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should carbineer and bushwhacker be separate entries?
- How should public reference sources be linked?
- The WordNet aliases include pejorative slang; should they be marked as such?