Great Seal of Ireland
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The Great Seal of Ireland was the principal emblem and instrument of royal authority in Ireland, used to authenticate official documents and symbolize the sovereignty of the English and later British crown over the island.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Seal of Ireland canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6919517 — 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 Ireland Context triple: [Great Seal of England, influenced, Great Seal of Ireland]
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A.
Great Seal of Scotland
The Great Seal of Scotland is the principal emblem of royal authority in Scotland, used to authenticate important state documents and formal acts of the monarch.
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B.
Great Seal of the Protectorate
The Great Seal of the Protectorate was the official emblem used to authenticate state documents during Oliver Cromwell’s republican government in mid-17th-century England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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C.
Seal of the President of Ireland
The Seal of the President of Ireland is the official emblem used to authenticate important state documents and symbolize the authority of the Irish head of state.
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D.
Great Seal of England
The Great Seal of England was the principal emblem used to authenticate official documents and acts of the English monarch, symbolizing the sovereign’s authority and the legitimacy of royal governance.
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E.
Royal Standard of the Kingdom of Ireland
The Royal Standard of the Kingdom of Ireland was the historic heraldic banner used to represent the Irish monarchy, typically featuring a gold harp on a blue field.
- 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 Ireland Target entity description: The Great Seal of Ireland was the principal emblem and instrument of royal authority in Ireland, used to authenticate official documents and symbolize the sovereignty of the English and later British crown over the island.
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A.
Great Seal of Scotland
The Great Seal of Scotland is the principal emblem of royal authority in Scotland, used to authenticate important state documents and formal acts of the monarch.
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B.
Great Seal of the Protectorate
The Great Seal of the Protectorate was the official emblem used to authenticate state documents during Oliver Cromwell’s republican government in mid-17th-century England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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C.
Seal of the President of Ireland
The Seal of the President of Ireland is the official emblem used to authenticate important state documents and symbolize the authority of the Irish head of state.
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D.
Great Seal of England
The Great Seal of England was the principal emblem used to authenticate official documents and acts of the English monarch, symbolizing the sovereign’s authority and the legitimacy of royal governance.
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E.
Royal Standard of the Kingdom of Ireland
The Royal Standard of the Kingdom of Ireland was the historic heraldic banner used to represent the Irish monarchy, typically featuring a gold harp on a blue field.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
great seal
ⓘ
state seal ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lordship of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attachedTo |
commissions
ⓘ
letters patent ⓘ other instruments of state ⓘ royal charters ⓘ writs ⓘ |
| authorityDerivedFrom |
British crown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English crown ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| custodian | Lord Chancellor of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Great Seal of Northern Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Seal of the Irish Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Seal of the Lordship of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Privy Council in Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDesignElement |
harp symbol of Ireland
ⓘ
legend with monarch's name and titles ⓘ monarch enthroned ⓘ monarch on horseback ⓘ royal arms ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
principal emblem of royal authority in Ireland
ⓘ
principal instrument for validating acts of the crown in Ireland ⓘ |
| medium | wax ⓘ |
| partOf | royal prerogative in Ireland ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Great Seal of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Seal of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Seal of the Realm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
sovereignty of the British crown over Ireland
ⓘ
sovereignty of the English crown over Ireland ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
18th century
ⓘ
19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ early modern period ⓘ medieval period ⓘ |
| usedBy |
British monarchy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dublin Castle administration NERFINISHED ⓘ English monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
authentication of official documents
ⓘ
symbolizing royal authority in Ireland ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Irish executive government under the crown
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Irish judicial administration under the crown ⓘ Irish parliamentary and legislative acts requiring royal assent ⓘ |
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: Great Seal of Ireland Description of subject: The Great Seal of Ireland was the principal emblem and instrument of royal authority in Ireland, used to authenticate official documents and symbolize the sovereignty of the English and later British crown over the island.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.