Altiora Petimus
E283981
Altiora Petimus is a Latin motto meaning "We seek higher things," expressing an aspiration toward greater achievement and excellence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Altiora Petimus canonical | 1 |
| Altiora Peto | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2619491 — 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: Altiora Petimus Context triple: [University of Salford, motto, Altiora Petimus]
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A.
Zelos
Zelos is a minor Greek deity personifying zeal, rivalry, and dedication, often associated with the retinue of the god Zeus.
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B.
Cassibile
Cassibile is a village in southeastern Sicily, Italy, historically notable as the site where the 1943 armistice between Italy and the Allies was signed during World War II.
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C.
Iberus
Iberus is the ancient Latin name for the Ebro River, one of the major rivers of the Iberian Peninsula in present-day Spain.
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D.
The Turim
The Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes halakhic rulings into four major sections.
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E.
Aegitna
Aegitna is the ancient name of the city now known as Cannes on the French Riviera.
- 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: Altiora Petimus Target entity description: Altiora Petimus is a Latin motto meaning "We seek higher things," expressing an aspiration toward greater achievement and excellence.
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A.
Zelos
Zelos is a minor Greek deity personifying zeal, rivalry, and dedication, often associated with the retinue of the god Zeus.
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B.
Cassibile
Cassibile is a village in southeastern Sicily, Italy, historically notable as the site where the 1943 armistice between Italy and the Allies was signed during World War II.
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C.
Iberus
Iberus is the ancient Latin name for the Ebro River, one of the major rivers of the Iberian Peninsula in present-day Spain.
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D.
The Turim
The Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes halakhic rulings into four major sections.
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E.
Aegitna
Aegitna is the ancient name of the city now known as Cannes on the French Riviera.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Latin motto ⓘ |
| alternativeTranslation |
We aim for higher goals
ⓘ
We strive for higher things ⓘ |
| connotation |
aspiration
ⓘ
idealism ⓘ self-improvement ⓘ |
| denotes |
ambition
ⓘ
pursuit of excellence ⓘ striving for improvement ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| meaning |
aspiration toward greater achievement and excellence
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higher things ⓘ we seek ⓘ |
| mood | indicative ⓘ |
| partOfSpeech |
comparative adjective
ⓘ
verb ⓘ |
| person | first person plural ⓘ |
| tense | present ⓘ |
| translation | We seek higher things ⓘ |
| typicalContext |
coats of arms
ⓘ
educational institutions ⓘ logos and seals ⓘ |
| usedAs |
organizational motto
ⓘ
school motto ⓘ university motto ⓘ |
| voice | active ⓘ |
| word1 | Altiora ⓘ |
| word2 | Petimus ⓘ |
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: Altiora Petimus Description of subject: Altiora Petimus is a Latin motto meaning "We seek higher things," expressing an aspiration toward greater achievement and excellence.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Altiora Petimus