Seal of the United States Department of State
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The Seal of the United States Department of State is the official emblem representing the U.S. State Department and its diplomatic authority in foreign affairs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seal of the United States Department of State canonical | 27 |
| Coat of arms of the United States Department of State | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T43751 — 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: Seal of the United States Department of State Context triple: [United States Secretary of State, symbol, Seal of the United States Department of State]
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A.
Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury
The Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury is the official emblem symbolizing the federal agency responsible for managing government revenue, featuring imagery associated with finance, authority, and national governance.
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B.
Seal of the President of the United States
The Seal of the President of the United States is the official emblem used to represent the authority and office of the U.S. president, prominently featuring an American bald eagle with a shield, olive branch, and arrows.
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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.
United States Department of State
The United States Department of State is the federal executive department responsible for the country’s foreign policy, international relations, and diplomatic missions abroad.
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E.
Flag of the United Nations
The Flag of the United Nations is a light blue banner featuring a white world map surrounded by olive branches, symbolizing global peace and international cooperation.
- 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: Seal of the United States Department of State Target entity description: The Seal of the United States Department of State is the official emblem representing the U.S. State Department and its diplomatic authority in foreign affairs.
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A.
Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury
The Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury is the official emblem symbolizing the federal agency responsible for managing government revenue, featuring imagery associated with finance, authority, and national governance.
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B.
Seal of the President of the United States
The Seal of the President of the United States is the official emblem used to represent the authority and office of the U.S. president, prominently featuring an American bald eagle with a shield, olive branch, and arrows.
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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.
United States Department of State
The United States Department of State is the federal executive department responsible for the country’s foreign policy, international relations, and diplomatic missions abroad.
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E.
Flag of the United Nations
The Flag of the United Nations is a light blue banner featuring a white world map surrounded by olive branches, symbolizing global peace and international cooperation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government emblem
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national symbol of the United States ⓘ official seal ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
United States Secretary of State
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Secretary of State
U.S. embassies ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. diplomatic missions abroad
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| emblemOf | United States Department of State ⓘ |
| fieldOfUse |
diplomacy
ⓘ
foreign relations ⓘ international affairs ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch of the United States ⓘ |
| hasCentralFigure | bald eagle ⓘ |
| hasElement |
arrows
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constellation of stars ⓘ glory of rays ⓘ olive branch ⓘ shield ⓘ |
| hasMotto | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasShape | circular ⓘ |
| hasText |
United States Department of State
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surface form:
Department of State
United States of America ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official insignia of a U.S. federal agency ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
eagle holds arrows in its left talon
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eagle holds olive branch in its right talon ⓘ eagle is displayed on a blue field ⓘ features the American bald eagle facing dexter ⓘ |
| organizationTypeOfUser | federal executive department ⓘ |
| protectedBy | U.S. federal law ⓘ |
| represents |
U.S. foreign affairs
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United States Department of State ⓘ diplomatic authority of the United States ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
authority of the U.S. government in foreign affairs
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national power ⓘ protection of U.S. interests abroad ⓘ sovereignty of the United States ⓘ |
| symbolizesElement |
arrows symbolize readiness for defense
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olive branch symbolizes peace ⓘ shield symbolizes national defense ⓘ stars symbolize the states of the Union ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States Department of State ⓘ |
| usedOn |
diplomatic credentials
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identification for U.S. embassies and consulates ⓘ official documents of the U.S. Department of State ⓘ official letterhead of the U.S. Department of State ⓘ official publications of the U.S. Department of State ⓘ treaties and international agreements ⓘ |
| usesColor |
blue
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brown ⓘ gold ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ |
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: Seal of the United States Department of State Description of subject: The Seal of the United States Department of State is the official emblem representing the U.S. State Department and its diplomatic authority in foreign affairs.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury
→
relatedTo
→
Seal of the United States Department of State
ⓘ
subject surface form:
United States Department of State
subject surface form:
United States Department of State
Flag of the United States Department of State
→
usesCoatOfArms
→
Seal of the United States Department of State
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Coat of arms of the United States Department of State
Flag of the United States Department of State
→
relatedTo
→
Seal of the United States Department of State
ⓘ
Embassy of the United States in Hungary
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usesSymbol
→
Seal of the United States Department of State
ⓘ
United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
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symbol
→
Seal of the United States Department of State
ⓘ
United States Mission to the African Union
→
emblem
→
Seal of the United States Department of State
ⓘ
United States Mission to the Arab League
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symbolUsed
→
Seal of the United States Department of State
ⓘ
United States chargé d’affaires to Russia
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symbolUsed
→
Seal of the United States Department of State
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