The Order
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The Order is a secretive Yale University society, more widely known as Skull and Bones, associated with influential political and business elites.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Order canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T866225 — 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: The Order Context triple: [Skull and Bones, alternativeName, The Order]
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A.
The Guild
The Guild is a network of leading European research-intensive universities that collaborates to influence higher education and research policy and promote excellence in scholarship.
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B.
La Diada
La Diada is the National Day of Catalonia, commemorating the fall of Barcelona in 1714 and serving as a major annual expression of Catalan identity and political aspirations.
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C.
De Heraut
De Heraut was a Dutch Reformed newspaper associated with theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper and his neo-Calvinist movement.
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D.
Saviors
Saviors is a studio album by Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong’s band, known for its politically charged punk rock sound and socially conscious themes.
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E.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
- 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: The Order Target entity description: The Order is a secretive Yale University society, more widely known as Skull and Bones, associated with influential political and business elites.
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A.
The Guild
The Guild is a network of leading European research-intensive universities that collaborates to influence higher education and research policy and promote excellence in scholarship.
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B.
La Diada
La Diada is the National Day of Catalonia, commemorating the fall of Barcelona in 1714 and serving as a major annual expression of Catalan identity and political aspirations.
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C.
De Heraut
De Heraut was a Dutch Reformed newspaper associated with theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper and his neo-Calvinist movement.
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D.
Saviors
Saviors is a studio album by Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong’s band, known for its politically charged punk rock sound and socially conscious themes.
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E.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collegiate secret society
ⓘ
student organization ⓘ |
| affiliation | Yale University ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chapter 322
ⓘ
Order of Skull and Bones ⓘ Skull and Bones ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American political establishment
ⓘ
U.S. business establishment ⓘ United States Intelligence Community ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. intelligence community (historically through some members)
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| buildingLocation |
High Street, New Haven, Connecticut
ⓘ
surface form:
High Street, Yale University campus
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| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| foundedAt | Yale University ⓘ |
| founder |
Alphonso Taft
ⓘ
William Huntington Russell ⓘ |
| foundingYear | 1832 ⓘ |
| genderPolicy | historically male-only ⓘ |
| genderPolicyChange | began admitting women in the early 1990s ⓘ |
| hasAlumniOrganization | Russell Trust Association ⓘ |
| hasMeetingPlace | Skull and Bones Tomb ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Averell Harriman
ⓘ
George H. W. Bush ⓘ George W. Bush ⓘ Harold Stanley ⓘ Henry Luce ⓘ James Jesus Angleton ⓘ John Kerry ⓘ McGeorge Bundy ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ Prescott Bush ⓘ Robert A. Taft ⓘ Stephen A. Schwarzman ⓘ President William Howard Taft ⓘ
surface form:
William Howard Taft
|
| hasRitualSpace | windowless sandstone building known as the Tomb ⓘ |
| inPopularCulture | referenced in books and films about secret societies ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ |
| membershipRestriction | Yale College students ⓘ |
| membershipSize | approximately 15 members per class ⓘ |
| membershipType | undergraduate senior society ⓘ |
| motto | Boni pastoris est tondere pecus, non deglubere ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence in American politics
ⓘ
influence in business elites ⓘ rituals and ceremonies ⓘ secrecy ⓘ |
| organizationalStructure | single chapter at Yale University ⓘ |
| selectionMethod |
invitation only
ⓘ
tapping of Yale juniors ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
conspiracy theories
ⓘ
investigative journalism ⓘ |
| symbol | skull and crossbones ⓘ |
| universityContext | part of Yale senior society system ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Order Description of subject: The Order is a secretive Yale University society, more widely known as Skull and Bones, associated with influential political and business elites.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.