Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis
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Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis is the Latin motto of the University of Texas at Austin, traditionally translated as "Education is the safeguard of democracy" or "Cultivated mind is the guardian of democracy."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis canonical | 1 |
| “Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1689580 — 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: Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis Context triple: [University of Texas at Austin, motto, Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis]
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A.
Adiutricem Populi
Adiutricem Populi is an 1895 encyclical by Pope Leo XIII that emphasizes the importance of the Rosary and the intercessory role of the Virgin Mary in the life of the Church.
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B.
De jure praedae
De jure praedae is a seminal early 17th-century legal treatise by Hugo Grotius that laid foundational principles for international law and the freedom of the seas.
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C.
The Siege
The Siege is a 1998 American political thriller film about martial law in New York City following a series of terrorist attacks, starring Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, and Bruce Willis.
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D.
La Guardia
La Guardia is an Italian-origin surname most famously associated with Fiorello H. La Guardia, the influential three-term mayor of New York City in the early 20th century.
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E.
De Corona Militis
De Corona Militis is an early Christian treatise by Tertullian that argues against Christians participating in pagan military rituals and wearing the laurel crown.
- 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: Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis Target entity description: Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis is the Latin motto of the University of Texas at Austin, traditionally translated as "Education is the safeguard of democracy" or "Cultivated mind is the guardian of democracy."
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A.
Adiutricem Populi
Adiutricem Populi is an 1895 encyclical by Pope Leo XIII that emphasizes the importance of the Rosary and the intercessory role of the Virgin Mary in the life of the Church.
-
B.
De jure praedae
De jure praedae is a seminal early 17th-century legal treatise by Hugo Grotius that laid foundational principles for international law and the freedom of the seas.
-
C.
The Siege
The Siege is a 1998 American political thriller film about martial law in New York City following a series of terrorist attacks, starring Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, and Bruce Willis.
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D.
La Guardia
La Guardia is an Italian-origin surname most famously associated with Fiorello H. La Guardia, the influential three-term mayor of New York City in the early 20th century.
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E.
De Corona Militis
De Corona Militis is an early Christian treatise by Tertullian that argues against Christians participating in pagan military rituals and wearing the laurel crown.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin motto
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university motto ⓘ |
| associatedWith | University of Texas System ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literalMeaningApproximation | Training, the defense of the state ⓘ |
| mottoOf | University of Texas at Austin ⓘ |
| relatesTo |
higher education
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public university identity ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| symbolizes | the role of education in protecting democratic society ⓘ |
| theme |
civic responsibility
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democracy ⓘ education ⓘ |
| traditionalTranslation |
Cultivated mind is the guardian of democracy
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Education is the safeguard of democracy ⓘ |
| usedIn |
official emblems of the University of Texas System
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official seal of the University of Texas at Austin ⓘ |
| word |
Civitatis
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Disciplina ⓘ Praesidium ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis Description of subject: Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis is the Latin motto of the University of Texas at Austin, traditionally translated as "Education is the safeguard of democracy" or "Cultivated mind is the guardian of democracy."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
“Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis”