Semper Fortis (associated with the U.S. Navy)
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Semper Fortis (associated with the U.S. Navy) is a Latin phrase traditionally linked to the U.S. Navy that conveys the ideal of being "Always Courageous" or "Always Strong."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Semper Fortis (associated with the U.S. Navy) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T356298 — 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: Semper Fortis (associated with the U.S. Navy) Context triple: [Department of the Navy, hasMotto, Semper Fortis (associated with the U.S. Navy)]
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A.
Semper Fidelis
Semper Fidelis is the Latin motto of the United States Marine Corps, expressing the ideal of unwavering loyalty and faithfulness.
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B.
Marine Corps core values
Marine Corps core values are the foundational ethical principles—honor, courage, and commitment—that guide the conduct, decision-making, and warrior ethos of United States Marines.
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C.
“Don’t Tread on Me” (associated naval ensign)
“Don’t Tread on Me” (associated naval ensign) is a historic American naval flag featuring a rattlesnake and defiant motto symbolizing resistance to oppression and used by the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War.
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D.
Navy
The Navy is a nation's maritime military force responsible for conducting naval operations, securing sea lanes, and projecting power at sea.
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E.
United States Coast Guard emblem
The United States Coast Guard emblem is the official insignia featuring a life ring, crossed anchors, and the service’s name and founding date, symbolizing its maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement missions.
- 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: Semper Fortis (associated with the U.S. Navy) Target entity description: Semper Fortis (associated with the U.S. Navy) is a Latin phrase traditionally linked to the U.S. Navy that conveys the ideal of being "Always Courageous" or "Always Strong."
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A.
Semper Fidelis
Semper Fidelis is the Latin motto of the United States Marine Corps, expressing the ideal of unwavering loyalty and faithfulness.
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B.
Marine Corps core values
Marine Corps core values are the foundational ethical principles—honor, courage, and commitment—that guide the conduct, decision-making, and warrior ethos of United States Marines.
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C.
“Don’t Tread on Me” (associated naval ensign)
“Don’t Tread on Me” (associated naval ensign) is a historic American naval flag featuring a rattlesnake and defiant motto symbolizing resistance to oppression and used by the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War.
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D.
Navy
The Navy is a nation's maritime military force responsible for conducting naval operations, securing sea lanes, and projecting power at sea.
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E.
United States Coast Guard emblem
The United States Coast Guard emblem is the official insignia featuring a life ring, crossed anchors, and the service’s name and founding date, symbolizing its maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin motto
ⓘ
military motto ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
United States Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Navy sailors
United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| commonTranslation | Always Courageous ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Semper Fidelis ⓘ |
| hasWord |
Fortis
ⓘ
Semper ⓘ |
| language |
Latin
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| literalTranslation | Always Strong ⓘ |
| meaningConveys |
courage
ⓘ
resilience ⓘ steadfastness ⓘ strength ⓘ |
| meaningInEnglish |
always
ⓘ
strong ⓘ |
| mottoFor | values of the United States Navy ⓘ |
| oftenRenderedInEnglishAs |
Always Courageous
ⓘ
Always Strong ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
commitment
ⓘ
duty ⓘ honor ⓘ military courage ⓘ naval service ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
enduring strength of sailors
ⓘ
unwavering courage at sea ⓘ |
| topic |
Latin military phrases
ⓘ
U.S. Navy mottos ⓘ |
| usedAs | informal motto of the United States Navy ⓘ |
| usedIn |
U.S. Navy culture
ⓘ
naval traditions ⓘ |
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: Semper Fortis (associated with the U.S. Navy) Description of subject: Semper Fortis (associated with the U.S. Navy) is a Latin phrase traditionally linked to the U.S. Navy that conveys the ideal of being "Always Courageous" or "Always Strong."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.