SELECT DISTINCT COUNT(?uri) WHERE {?uri <http://dbpedia.org/property/rank> <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Colonel_(United_States)> . }
Count all the Colonels?
SELECT DISTINCT COUNT ( ?t ) WHERE { ?t property:rank resource:Colonel_(_United_States) . }
388
There are [388] people ranked as Colonel.
There are [388] people who are classified as colonels.
There are [388] office holders are there whose rank is Colonel (the country).
There are [388] incubators with the rank of colonel (country).