Fortis
E231429
Fortis is a Latin word meaning "brave" or "strong," commonly recognized today from its use in mottos such as "Semper Fortis."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fortis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2080775 — 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: Fortis Context triple: [Semper Fortis, hasWord, Fortis]
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A.
Marval
Marval is an actor known for appearing in the landmark 1929 surrealist film "Un Chien Andalou," directed by Luis Buñuel and co-written with Salvador Dalí.
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B.
Faventia
Faventia is the ancient Roman name for the Italian city of Faenza, historically known as an important settlement in northern Italy.
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C.
Velitrae
Velitrae is an ancient town in Latium, Italy, historically notable as the birthplace of the future Roman emperor Augustus (Gaius Octavius).
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D.
Fortius
Fortius is the Latin word meaning "stronger," best known as part of the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("Faster, Higher, Stronger").
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E.
Roxeth
Roxeth is a residential district in the London Borough of Harrow, northwest London, known for its suburban character and proximity to Harrow-on-the-Hill.
- 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: Fortis Target entity description: Fortis is a Latin word meaning "brave" or "strong," commonly recognized today from its use in mottos such as "Semper Fortis."
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A.
Marval
Marval is an actor known for appearing in the landmark 1929 surrealist film "Un Chien Andalou," directed by Luis Buñuel and co-written with Salvador Dalí.
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B.
Faventia
Faventia is the ancient Roman name for the Italian city of Faenza, historically known as an important settlement in northern Italy.
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C.
Velitrae
Velitrae is an ancient town in Latium, Italy, historically notable as the birthplace of the future Roman emperor Augustus (Gaius Octavius).
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D.
Fortius
Fortius is the Latin word meaning "stronger," best known as part of the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("Faster, Higher, Stronger").
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E.
Roxeth
Roxeth is a residential district in the London Borough of Harrow, northwest London, known for its suburban character and proximity to Harrow-on-the-Hill.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Latin word ⓘ |
| cognate |
English fort
ⓘ
English forte ⓘ French fort ⓘ Italian forte ⓘ Portuguese forte ⓘ Romanian fort ⓘ Spanish fuerte ⓘ |
| degreeForm |
fortior (comparative)
ⓘ
fortissimus (superlative) ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot |
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-
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Proto-Italic *fortis ⓘ |
| genderForm |
forte (neuter)
ⓘ
fortis (feminine) ⓘ fortis (masculine) ⓘ |
| influenceOn | Romance languages vocabulary for strength ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| meaning |
brave
ⓘ
strong ⓘ |
| partOfSpeech | adjective ⓘ |
| relatedForm |
forte
ⓘ
fortiter ⓘ fortitudo ⓘ |
| semanticField |
bravery
ⓘ
courage ⓘ strength ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
heraldic mottos
ⓘ
institutional mottos ⓘ military mottos ⓘ |
| usedInMotto | Semper Fortis ⓘ |
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: Fortis Description of subject: Fortis is a Latin word meaning "brave" or "strong," commonly recognized today from its use in mottos such as "Semper Fortis."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Semper Fortis (associated with the U.S. Navy)