Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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The Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is a high-ranking New Zealand honor awarded to women for outstanding service or achievement, conferring the title "Dame."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10254115 — 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: Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit Context triple: [Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, genderedForm, Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]
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Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is the highest female rank within New Zealand’s national honours system, awarded for extraordinary service to the Crown and nation.
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B.
Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
The Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is a high-ranking New Zealand honor recognizing outstanding service and achievement in the nation’s public, professional, or cultural life.
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Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit is a New Zealand royal honour awarded to individuals who have rendered outstanding service or achievement in their field, contributing significantly to the nation.
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D.
Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
The Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is the highest ordinary grade of this national honour, typically reserved for individuals who have rendered outstanding and pre-eminent service to New Zealand.
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E.
New Zealand Order of Merit
The New Zealand Order of Merit is a national honor that recognizes outstanding service and achievement by individuals in New Zealand across a wide range of fields.
- 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: Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit Target entity description: The Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is a high-ranking New Zealand honor awarded to women for outstanding service or achievement, conferring the title "Dame."
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A.
Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is the highest female rank within New Zealand’s national honours system, awarded for extraordinary service to the Crown and nation.
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B.
Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
The Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is a high-ranking New Zealand honor recognizing outstanding service and achievement in the nation’s public, professional, or cultural life.
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C.
Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit is a New Zealand royal honour awarded to individuals who have rendered outstanding service or achievement in their field, contributing significantly to the nation.
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D.
Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
The Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is the highest ordinary grade of this national honour, typically reserved for individuals who have rendered outstanding and pre-eminent service to New Zealand.
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E.
New Zealand Order of Merit
The New Zealand Order of Merit is a national honor that recognizes outstanding service and achievement by individuals in New Zealand across a wide range of fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Zealand honour
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grade of order of chivalry ⓘ |
| abbreviation | DNZM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aboveGrade | Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointmentsMadeBy | monarch of New Zealand on the advice of the New Zealand government ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
high achievement in any field of endeavour
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outstanding service to the Crown and people of New Zealand ⓘ |
| belowGrade | Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| confersTitle | Dame ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| dateIntroduced | 2000 ⓘ |
| eligibility | New Zealand citizens and, in special cases, other persons ⓘ |
| equivalentGrade | Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Elizabeth II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedUnder | New Zealand royal warrant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genderRestriction | female recipients ⓘ |
| hasChancery | Chancery of the New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFemaleFormOf | Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honoursList |
King’s Birthday and Coronation Honours (New Zealand)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Year Honours (New Zealand) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honourSystem | New Zealand Royal Honours System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honourType | state order of merit ⓘ |
| insigniaType | badge of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ |
| insigniaWornOn | sash or bow ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| nominationsBy | Prime Minister of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orderMottoLanguage | English and Māori (for the New Zealand Order of Merit) ⓘ |
| partOf | New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postNominalLetters | DNZM ⓘ |
| postNominalUsage | used after the recipient’s name ⓘ |
| precedence |
above Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in New Zealand order of wear
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below Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in New Zealand order of wear ⓘ |
| rankInOrder | second-highest grade of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ |
| relatedOrder |
New Zealand Bravery Decoration
NERFINISHED
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Order of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen’s Service Order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedGrade | Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ |
| restorationYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| restoredTitularHonours | yes ⓘ |
| sovereign | monarch of New Zealand ⓘ |
| styleOfAddress | Dame [forename] [surname] ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit Description of subject: The Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is a high-ranking New Zealand honor awarded to women for outstanding service or achievement, conferring the title "Dame."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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genderedForm
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Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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hasEquivalentFemaleTitle
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Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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hasHigherRank
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Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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higherThan
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Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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