Great Seal of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
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The Great Seal of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador is the official emblem used to authenticate important provincial documents and acts of state in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Great Seal of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6259716 — 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 Seal of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Context triple: [Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, uses, Great Seal of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador]
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A.
Great Seal of the Province of British Columbia
The Great Seal of the Province of British Columbia is the official emblem used to authenticate important state documents and acts of the provincial government in British Columbia, Canada.
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B.
Ontario’s Great Seal
Ontario’s Great Seal is the official emblem used to authenticate important provincial documents and proclamations issued in the name of the Crown in Ontario.
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C.
Coat of arms of Nunatsiavut
The Coat of arms of Nunatsiavut is the official heraldic emblem of the Inuit self-governing region in northern Labrador, symbolizing its Indigenous heritage, culture, and autonomy within Canada.
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D.
Coat of arms of Nunavut
The Coat of arms of Nunavut is the official heraldic emblem of Canada’s northern territory, symbolizing its Inuit culture, Arctic wildlife, and unique landscape.
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E.
Seal of the Supreme Court of Canada
The Seal of the Supreme Court of Canada is the official emblem used to authenticate the Court’s documents and symbolize its authority as the country’s highest judicial body.
- 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 Seal of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Target entity description: The Great Seal of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador is the official emblem used to authenticate important provincial documents and acts of state in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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A.
Great Seal of the Province of British Columbia
The Great Seal of the Province of British Columbia is the official emblem used to authenticate important state documents and acts of the provincial government in British Columbia, Canada.
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B.
Ontario’s Great Seal
Ontario’s Great Seal is the official emblem used to authenticate important provincial documents and proclamations issued in the name of the Crown in Ontario.
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C.
Coat of arms of Nunatsiavut
The Coat of arms of Nunatsiavut is the official heraldic emblem of the Inuit self-governing region in northern Labrador, symbolizing its Indigenous heritage, culture, and autonomy within Canada.
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D.
Coat of arms of Nunavut
The Coat of arms of Nunavut is the official heraldic emblem of Canada’s northern territory, symbolizing its Inuit culture, Arctic wildlife, and unique landscape.
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E.
Seal of the Supreme Court of Canada
The Seal of the Supreme Court of Canada is the official emblem used to authenticate the Court’s documents and symbolize its authority as the country’s highest judicial body.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
great seal
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official emblem ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Province of Newfoundland and Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| follows | tradition of great seals in the Commonwealth ⓘ |
| hasFunction | to give formal validity to documents issued in the name of the Crown in Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasName | Great Seal of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfUse | St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialIn | Newfoundland and Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Canadian provincial and territorial great seals
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provincial symbols of Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ |
| replaces | earlier great seals used for Newfoundland as a colony or dominion ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
authority of the Crown in Newfoundland and Labrador
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sovereign’s authority in the province ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
NERFINISHED
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Government of Newfoundland and Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
authentication of acts of state
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authentication of important provincial documents ⓘ |
| usedIn | legal procedures of the provincial government ⓘ |
| usedOn |
commissions
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letters patent ⓘ other formal instruments of the Crown in right of Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ proclamations ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Great Seal of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Description of subject: The Great Seal of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador is the official emblem used to authenticate important provincial documents and acts of state in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
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uses
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Great Seal of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
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