United States coat of arms
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The United States coat of arms is the national heraldic emblem featuring a bald eagle with a shield, olive branch, and arrows, symbolizing the country’s sovereignty, peace, and readiness for defense.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United States coat of arms canonical | 3 |
| Coat of arms of the United States | 2 |
| United States coat of arms eagle | 1 |
| coat of arms of the United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T226302 — 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: United States coat of arms Context triple: [United States Secret Service, sealDepicts, United States coat of arms]
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A.
United States flag
The United States flag is the national banner of the United States, featuring thirteen red and white stripes and fifty white stars on a blue field to symbolize the original colonies and current states.
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B.
Naval jack of the United States
The Naval jack of the United States is a maritime flag flown by U.S. Navy ships at the bow, historically featuring a blue field with white stars symbolizing the states of the Union.
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C.
Flag of the President of the United States
The Flag of the President of the United States is the official standard displaying the presidential coat of arms on a dark blue field, used to represent the office and presence of the U.S. president.
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D.
U.S. civil ensign
The U.S. civil ensign is a specialized maritime flag used by American civilian vessels to denote their national identity at sea.
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E.
United States Army seal
The United States Army seal is the official emblem of the U.S. Army, featuring symbols of military readiness and authority along with its historic founding date.
- 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: United States coat of arms Target entity description: The United States coat of arms is the national heraldic emblem featuring a bald eagle with a shield, olive branch, and arrows, symbolizing the country’s sovereignty, peace, and readiness for defense.
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A.
United States flag
The United States flag is the national banner of the United States, featuring thirteen red and white stripes and fifty white stars on a blue field to symbolize the original colonies and current states.
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B.
Naval jack of the United States
The Naval jack of the United States is a maritime flag flown by U.S. Navy ships at the bow, historically featuring a blue field with white stars symbolizing the states of the Union.
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C.
Flag of the President of the United States
The Flag of the President of the United States is the official standard displaying the presidential coat of arms on a dark blue field, used to represent the office and presence of the U.S. president.
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D.
U.S. civil ensign
The U.S. civil ensign is a specialized maritime flag used by American civilian vessels to denote their national identity at sea.
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E.
United States Army seal
The United States Army seal is the official emblem of the U.S. Army, featuring symbols of military readiness and authority along with its historic founding date.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heraldic emblem
ⓘ
national coat of arms ⓘ |
| adopted | 1782 ⓘ |
| arrowsSymbolize | readiness for war ⓘ |
| category | National symbols of the United States ⓘ |
| chiefTincture | blue chief ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crest |
constellation of stars
ⓘ
glory breaking through a cloud ⓘ |
| depicts |
bald eagle
ⓘ
bundle of arrows ⓘ olive branch ⓘ shield ⓘ |
| designedBy | Charles Thomson ⓘ |
| eagleOrientation | eagle faces olive branch ⓘ |
| eagleSymbolizes |
freedom
ⓘ
strength ⓘ |
| fieldColor | argent and gules with azure chief ⓘ |
| governingBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| hasMotto |
E pluribus unum (shared national motto)
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surface form:
E pluribus unum
|
| hasPart |
clouds surrounding crest
ⓘ
rays of light behind stars ⓘ scroll with motto ⓘ |
| legalBasis | resolution of the Continental Congress of June 20, 1782 ⓘ |
| materialForm | graphic emblem ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| mottoMeaning | Out of many, one ⓘ |
| numberOfArrows | 13 ⓘ |
| numberOfStars | 13 ⓘ |
| numberOfStripes | 13 ⓘ |
| oliveBranchSymbolizes | peace ⓘ |
| relatedSymbol |
United States flag
ⓘ
surface form:
Flag of the United States
Great Seal of the United States ⓘ
surface form:
Great Seal reverse design
Seal of the President of the United States ⓘ |
| shieldTincture |
13 vertical stripes
ⓘ
red and white stripes ⓘ |
| starsSymbolize | new constellation of states ⓘ |
| stripesSymbolize |
Thirteen Colonies
ⓘ
surface form:
original Thirteen Colonies
|
| symbolizes |
peace
ⓘ
readiness for war ⓘ sovereignty of the United States ⓘ unity of the states ⓘ |
| usedBy |
executive branch of the United States
ⓘ
federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
surface form:
judicial branch of the United States
legislative branch of the United States ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Great Seal of the United States
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United States passports ⓘ federal agency seals ⓘ official United States government documents ⓘ |
| writingSystemOfMotto | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: United States coat of arms Description of subject: The United States coat of arms is the national heraldic emblem featuring a bald eagle with a shield, olive branch, and arrows, symbolizing the country’s sovereignty, peace, and readiness for defense.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Coat of arms of the United States
this entity surface form:
coat of arms of the United States
this entity surface form:
Coat of arms of the United States
this entity surface form:
United States coat of arms eagle