Ne Parcas Nec Spernas
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Ne Parcas Nec Spernas is the Latin motto of Clan Lamont, traditionally translated as “Neither spare nor despise.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ne Parcas Nec Spernas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13064481 — 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: Ne Parcas Nec Spernas Context triple: [Clan Lamont, clanMotto, Ne Parcas Nec Spernas]
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A.
Fields of Asphodel
Fields of Asphodel is a region of the Greek underworld where the ordinary dead wander in a shadowy, neutral afterlife, distinct from both the torments of Tartarus and the rewards of Elysium.
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B.
Shades in the Underworld
Shades in the Underworld are the disembodied spirits of the dead dwelling in Hades, depicted in Greek mythology as pale, insubstantial remnants of their former lives.
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C.
Vanity of Duluoz
"Vanity of Duluoz" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac that recounts his youthful experiences and the origins of the Beat Generation.
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D.
Tristessa
Tristessa is a semi-autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac, set in Mexico City and centered on his intense, melancholic relationship with a morphine-addicted prostitute.
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E.
The Dirge
The Dirge is a somber, introspective section of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety,” reflecting the work’s themes of spiritual crisis and postwar disillusionment.
- 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: Ne Parcas Nec Spernas Target entity description: Ne Parcas Nec Spernas is the Latin motto of Clan Lamont, traditionally translated as “Neither spare nor despise.”
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A.
Fields of Asphodel
Fields of Asphodel is a region of the Greek underworld where the ordinary dead wander in a shadowy, neutral afterlife, distinct from both the torments of Tartarus and the rewards of Elysium.
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B.
Shades in the Underworld
Shades in the Underworld are the disembodied spirits of the dead dwelling in Hades, depicted in Greek mythology as pale, insubstantial remnants of their former lives.
-
C.
Vanity of Duluoz
"Vanity of Duluoz" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac that recounts his youthful experiences and the origins of the Beat Generation.
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D.
Tristessa
Tristessa is a semi-autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac, set in Mexico City and centered on his intense, melancholic relationship with a morphine-addicted prostitute.
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E.
The Dirge
The Dirge is a somber, introspective section of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety,” reflecting the work’s themes of spiritual crisis and postwar disillusionment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin phrase
ⓘ
motto ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Clan Lamont ⓘ |
| belongsToHeraldry | Scottish heraldry ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Scottish clan tradition ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Ne Parcas Nec Spernas ⓘ |
| hasWord |
Ne
ⓘ
Nec ⓘ Parcas ⓘ Spernas ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| meaningComponent |
Ne = not
ⓘ
Nec = nor ⓘ Parcas = you spare ⓘ Spernas = you despise ⓘ |
| mottoOf | Clan Lamont ⓘ |
| regionOfUse | Scotland ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| traditionalTranslation | Neither spare nor despise ⓘ |
| use | clan motto ⓘ |
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: Ne Parcas Nec Spernas Description of subject: Ne Parcas Nec Spernas is the Latin motto of Clan Lamont, traditionally translated as “Neither spare nor despise.”
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.