Great Seal of England
E160145
The Great Seal of England was the principal emblem used to authenticate official documents and acts of the English monarch, symbolizing the sovereign’s authority and the legitimacy of royal governance.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Seal of England canonical | 5 |
| Great Seal of the Realm | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1392103 — 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: Great Seal of England Context triple: [Lord Chancellor of England, associatedWithSymbol, Great Seal of England]
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A.
Royal Standard of the United Kingdom
The Royal Standard of the United Kingdom is the monarch’s personal flag, traditionally flown to signify the sovereign’s presence and authority at royal residences, on official vehicles, and during state occasions.
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B.
Red Lion and Sun
The Red Lion and Sun is a historic Iranian protective emblem, formerly used as an alternative to the Red Cross and Red Crescent in armed conflicts.
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C.
Great Seal of the Court of the Lord Lyon
The Great Seal of the Court of the Lord Lyon is the principal heraldic seal of Scotland’s heraldic authority, used to authenticate official grants of arms and related legal documents.
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D.
Insignia of the Order of the Garter
The Insignia of the Order of the Garter is the ceremonial regalia of Britain’s highest order of chivalry, comprising elaborate garments, badges, and ornaments worn by its knights and ladies.
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E.
Badge of the Order of the Garter
The Badge of the Order of the Garter is an ornate emblem worn by members of Britain’s highest and oldest order of chivalry, symbolizing their distinguished honor and royal favor.
- 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: Great Seal of England Target entity description: The Great Seal of England was the principal emblem used to authenticate official documents and acts of the English monarch, symbolizing the sovereign’s authority and the legitimacy of royal governance.
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A.
Royal Standard of the United Kingdom
The Royal Standard of the United Kingdom is the monarch’s personal flag, traditionally flown to signify the sovereign’s presence and authority at royal residences, on official vehicles, and during state occasions.
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B.
Red Lion and Sun
The Red Lion and Sun is a historic Iranian protective emblem, formerly used as an alternative to the Red Cross and Red Crescent in armed conflicts.
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C.
Great Seal of the Court of the Lord Lyon
The Great Seal of the Court of the Lord Lyon is the principal heraldic seal of Scotland’s heraldic authority, used to authenticate official grants of arms and related legal documents.
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D.
Insignia of the Order of the Garter
The Insignia of the Order of the Garter is the ceremonial regalia of Britain’s highest order of chivalry, comprising elaborate garments, badges, and ornaments worn by its knights and ladies.
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E.
Badge of the Order of the Garter
The Badge of the Order of the Garter is an ornate emblem worn by members of Britain’s highest and oldest order of chivalry, symbolizing their distinguished honor and royal favor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
great seal
ⓘ
state seal ⓘ symbol of sovereignty ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| attachedBy |
parchment cords
ⓘ
silk cords ⓘ strips of parchment ⓘ |
| authorityExercisedBy | Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| custodian | Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ |
| depicts |
monarch enthroned
ⓘ
monarch on horseback ⓘ reigning English monarch ⓘ royal coat of arms of England ⓘ
surface form:
royal arms of England
royal regalia ⓘ |
| endCause | Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1707 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Great Seal of Great Britain
ⓘ
Great Seal of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form:
Great Seal of the Realm
|
| follows | Anglo-Saxon royal seals ⓘ |
| function |
authentication of official documents
ⓘ
authentication of royal acts ⓘ symbolizing legitimacy of royal governance ⓘ symbolizing sovereign authority ⓘ |
| hasPart |
obverse matrix
ⓘ
reverse matrix ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important artifact of English constitutional history ⓘ |
| influenced |
Great Seal of Ireland
ⓘ
Great Seal of Scotland ⓘ
surface form:
Great Seal of Scotland (post-Union style)
|
| language | Latin inscriptions ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
evidence of royal assent
ⓘ
required for validity of certain royal instruments ⓘ |
| material | wax ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Great Seal of Great Britain ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
new designs under each monarch
ⓘ
reform under Henry II ⓘ |
| startTime |
11th century
ⓘ
reign of Edward the Confessor ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
surface form:
English Crown
English monarch ⓘ |
| usedFor |
important state documents
ⓘ
letters patent ⓘ royal charters ⓘ treaties ⓘ writs ⓘ |
| usedIn |
English royal administration
ⓘ
royal chancery ⓘ |
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: Great Seal of England Description of subject: The Great Seal of England was the principal emblem used to authenticate official documents and acts of the English monarch, symbolizing the sovereign’s authority and the legitimacy of royal governance.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Great Seal of the Realm
this entity surface form:
Great Seal of the Realm
this entity surface form:
Great Seal of the Realm
this entity surface form:
Great Seal of the Realm