Semper Fidelis
E2453
Semper Fidelis is the Latin motto of the United States Marine Corps, expressing the ideal of unwavering loyalty and faithfulness.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Semper Fidelis canonical | 24 |
| Semper Fi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T45510 — 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: Semper Fidelis Context triple: [United States Marine Corps, motto, Semper Fidelis]
-
A.
In God We Trust
"In God We Trust" is the official motto of the United States, prominently featured on its currency and widely used in governmental and civic contexts.
-
B.
Paymaster of the Forces
Paymaster of the Forces was a senior British government office responsible for managing and disbursing funds for the army.
-
C.
Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam is the iconic, bearded figure in a star-spangled top hat who personifies the United States in political cartoons, posters, and popular culture.
-
D.
Minutemen
The Minutemen were colonial militia members in Revolutionary-era New England, renowned for their ability to mobilize at a moment’s notice and for playing a key role in the opening clashes of the American Revolutionary War.
-
E.
Order of the Aztec Eagle
The Order of the Aztec Eagle is Mexico’s highest honor awarded to foreigners for exceptional services to the country or humanity.
- 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: Semper Fidelis Target entity description: Semper Fidelis is the Latin motto of the United States Marine Corps, expressing the ideal of unwavering loyalty and faithfulness.
-
A.
In God We Trust
"In God We Trust" is the official motto of the United States, prominently featured on its currency and widely used in governmental and civic contexts.
-
B.
Paymaster of the Forces
Paymaster of the Forces was a senior British government office responsible for managing and disbursing funds for the army.
-
C.
Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam is the iconic, bearded figure in a star-spangled top hat who personifies the United States in political cartoons, posters, and popular culture.
-
D.
Minutemen
The Minutemen were colonial militia members in Revolutionary-era New England, renowned for their ability to mobilize at a moment’s notice and for playing a key role in the opening clashes of the American Revolutionary War.
-
E.
Order of the Aztec Eagle
The Order of the Aztec Eagle is Mexico’s highest honor awarded to foreigners for exceptional services to the country or humanity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin phrase
ⓘ
motto ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
U.S. Marines
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Marine Corps
United States Armed Forces ⓘ |
| countryOfUse |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| expresses |
faithfulness
ⓘ
unwavering loyalty ⓘ |
| hasMoralConcept |
duty
ⓘ
honor ⓘ loyalty ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Fidelis
ⓘ
Semper ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| meaningOfComponent |
Fidelis means faithful
ⓘ
Semper means always ⓘ |
| mottoOf | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| shortForm | Semper Fi ⓘ |
| sloganType | military slogan ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
commitment to Corps and country
ⓘ
lifelong brotherhood among Marines ⓘ |
| translation | Always faithful ⓘ |
| usedAs | military motto ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Marine Corps ceremonies
ⓘ
Marine Corps culture ⓘ Marine Corps traditions ⓘ |
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: Semper Fidelis Description of subject: Semper Fidelis is the Latin motto of the United States Marine Corps, expressing the ideal of unwavering loyalty and faithfulness.
Referenced by (25)
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)
subject linked to:
Marine Corps motto "Semper Fidelis"
linked to: Semper Fidelis
subject linked to:
Thundering Third
subject linked to:
United States Marine Corps (through Donnie Fenn)
subject linked to:
John