Great Seals
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Great Seals are official emblems or devices used by sovereign states or authorities to authenticate important documents, legislation, and acts of state.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Seals canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1456822 — 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 Seals Context triple: [Great Seal of the Realm (Indian version), category, Great Seals]
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A.
Walnut Whales
Walnut Whales is an early self-released demo album by singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom that showcases her distinctive harp-based folk style before her official debut.
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B.
Caspian seal
The Caspian seal is a small, endangered earless seal species found exclusively in the landlocked Caspian Sea region.
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C.
Guadalupe fur seals
Guadalupe fur seals are a rare, medium-sized eared seal species native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean, known for their dense fur and recovery from near-extinction due to historic overhunting.
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D.
Orcines
Orcines is a commune in central France’s Puy-de-Dôme department, known for its proximity to the Chaîne des Puys volcanic range.
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E.
Steller sea lion
The Steller sea lion is a large, cold-water marine mammal of the North Pacific known for its massive size, thick neck, and loud, roaring vocalizations.
- 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 Seals Target entity description: Great Seals are official emblems or devices used by sovereign states or authorities to authenticate important documents, legislation, and acts of state.
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A.
Walnut Whales
Walnut Whales is an early self-released demo album by singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom that showcases her distinctive harp-based folk style before her official debut.
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B.
Caspian seal
The Caspian seal is a small, endangered earless seal species found exclusively in the landlocked Caspian Sea region.
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C.
Guadalupe fur seals
Guadalupe fur seals are a rare, medium-sized eared seal species native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean, known for their dense fur and recovery from near-extinction due to historic overhunting.
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D.
Orcines
Orcines is a commune in central France’s Puy-de-Dôme department, known for its proximity to the Chaîne des Puys volcanic range.
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E.
Steller sea lion
The Steller sea lion is a large, cold-water marine mammal of the North Pacific known for its massive size, thick neck, and loud, roaring vocalizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Great Seal
ⓘ
Great Seal ⓘ Great Seal ⓘ Great Seal ⓘ Great Seal ⓘ Great Seal ⓘ Great Seal ⓘ Great Seal ⓘ Great Seal ⓘ Great Seal ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 1782 ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
France ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Japan ⓘ Sweden ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| createdOn |
1869
ⓘ
1937 ⓘ |
| hasDesignElement |
Canadian coat of arms
ⓘ
E pluribus unum (shared national motto) ⓘ
surface form:
E pluribus unum motto
Imperial Seal of Japan ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial chrysanthemum crest
bald eagle ⓘ bundle of arrows ⓘ Greater coat of arms of Sweden ⓘ
surface form:
greater coat of arms of Sweden
olive branch ⓘ royal coat of arms ⓘ shield with stripes ⓘ |
| keptBy |
Swedish government
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Sweden
Governor General of Canada ⓘ Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Chancellor
President of Ireland ⓘ United States Secretary of State ⓘ |
| usedFor |
authentication of commissions
ⓘ
authentication of important state documents ⓘ authentication of letters patent ⓘ authentication of official documents ⓘ authentication of presidential documents ⓘ authentication of proclamations ⓘ authentication of royal documents ⓘ authentication of royal proclamations ⓘ authentication of state documents ⓘ authentication of state documents ⓘ authentication of treaties ⓘ |
| usedSince |
Meiji era
ⓘ
surface form:
Meiji period
medieval period ⓘ |
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 Seals Description of subject: Great Seals are official emblems or devices used by sovereign states or authorities to authenticate important documents, legislation, and acts of state.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.