Veritas (through Harvard University)
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Veritas (through Harvard University) is the Latin motto of Harvard University, signifying the institution’s commitment to truth and the pursuit of knowledge.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Veritas (through Harvard University) canonical | 1 |
| “Veritas” (through Harvard University) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T476442 — 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: Veritas (through Harvard University) Context triple: [Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, hasMotto, Veritas (through Harvard University)]
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A.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University is the main academic division that oversees Harvard College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and several other schools, encompassing the university’s core liberal arts and sciences teaching and research.
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B.
Harvard research institutes
Harvard research institutes are specialized centers within Harvard University that conduct advanced, interdisciplinary research across a wide range of scientific, medical, and scholarly fields.
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C.
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is Harvard University's engineering and applied sciences school, known for interdisciplinary research and education at the intersection of technology, science, and society.
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D.
MIT Corporation
The MIT Corporation is the governing board and legal entity of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, finances, and major institutional decisions.
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E.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a world-renowned research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its pioneering work in science, engineering, and technology.
- 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: Veritas (through Harvard University) Target entity description: Veritas (through Harvard University) is the Latin motto of Harvard University, signifying the institution’s commitment to truth and the pursuit of knowledge.
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A.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University is the main academic division that oversees Harvard College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and several other schools, encompassing the university’s core liberal arts and sciences teaching and research.
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B.
Harvard research institutes
Harvard research institutes are specialized centers within Harvard University that conduct advanced, interdisciplinary research across a wide range of scientific, medical, and scholarly fields.
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C.
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is Harvard University's engineering and applied sciences school, known for interdisciplinary research and education at the intersection of technology, science, and society.
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D.
MIT Corporation
The MIT Corporation is the governing board and legal entity of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, finances, and major institutional decisions.
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E.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a world-renowned research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its pioneering work in science, engineering, and technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin phrase
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university motto ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
Harvard University branding materials
ⓘ
Harvard University official documents ⓘ Harvard University regalia ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Harvard University ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| hasInstitutionType | university motto ⓘ |
| hasWord | Veritas ⓘ |
| isMottoOf | Harvard University ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| meaningInEnglish | Truth ⓘ |
| partOf |
Harvard University
ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard University identity
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| region | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
academic integrity
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intellectual honesty ⓘ knowledge ⓘ liberal education ⓘ scholarship ⓘ truth-seeking ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
pursuit of knowledge
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truth ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Harvard University
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surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard Divinity School ⓘ Harvard Law School ⓘ other Harvard schools ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Harvard University coat of arms
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Harvard University seal ⓘ |
| usedSinceCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
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: Veritas (through Harvard University) Description of subject: Veritas (through Harvard University) is the Latin motto of Harvard University, signifying the institution’s commitment to truth and the pursuit of knowledge.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
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hasMotto
→
Veritas (through Harvard University)
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this entity surface form:
“Veritas” (through Harvard University)