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= Solution

Let $v=\sqrt{2m/r}$. The proposed coframe gives
$$
-(e^0)^2+(e^1)^2+(e^2)^2+(e^3)^2
=-dt^2+(dr+vdt)^2+r^2d\theta^2+r^2\sin^2\theta\,d\phi^2,
$$
which expands to the stated metric. Hence it is the <orthonormal coframe in Painlevé–Gullstrand coordinates> with signature $(-,+,+,+)$.

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