"Crescite et Multiplicamini"
E323458
"Crescite et Multiplicamini" is the Latin motto of Washington College, traditionally translated as "Grow and Multiply," reflecting ideals of growth, learning, and flourishing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "Crescite et Multiplicamini" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3056867 — 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: "Crescite et Multiplicamini" Context triple: [Washington College, hasMotto, "Crescite et Multiplicamini"]
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A.
Praedicate Evangelium
Praedicate Evangelium is an apostolic constitution issued by Pope Francis that comprehensively reforms and reorganizes the Roman Curia and its functions in service to the universal Church.
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B.
Sancte et Sapienter
Sancte et Sapienter is the Latin motto of King’s College London, traditionally translated as “With Holiness and Wisdom.”
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C.
Ut Unum Sint
Ut Unum Sint is a 1995 encyclical letter by Pope John Paul II that reaffirms the Catholic Church’s commitment to Christian unity and ecumenical dialogue.
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D.
Tuitio Fidei
Tuitio Fidei is a Latin phrase meaning “defense of the faith,” central to the spiritual mission and motto of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
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E.
Benedicite
Benedicite is a traditional Christian canticle of praise, derived from the Song of the Three Holy Youths and used in various liturgical services.
- 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: "Crescite et Multiplicamini" Target entity description: "Crescite et Multiplicamini" is the Latin motto of Washington College, traditionally translated as "Grow and Multiply," reflecting ideals of growth, learning, and flourishing.
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A.
Praedicate Evangelium
Praedicate Evangelium is an apostolic constitution issued by Pope Francis that comprehensively reforms and reorganizes the Roman Curia and its functions in service to the universal Church.
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B.
Sancte et Sapienter
Sancte et Sapienter is the Latin motto of King’s College London, traditionally translated as “With Holiness and Wisdom.”
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C.
Ut Unum Sint
Ut Unum Sint is a 1995 encyclical letter by Pope John Paul II that reaffirms the Catholic Church’s commitment to Christian unity and ecumenical dialogue.
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D.
Tuitio Fidei
Tuitio Fidei is a Latin phrase meaning “defense of the faith,” central to the spiritual mission and motto of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
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E.
Benedicite
Benedicite is a traditional Christian canticle of praise, derived from the Song of the Three Holy Youths and used in various liturgical services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin phrase
ⓘ
motto ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Washington College ⓘ |
| containsConjunction | et ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot |
crescere
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multiplicare ⓘ |
| expressesConcept |
flourishing
ⓘ
growth ⓘ learning ⓘ |
| grammaticalMood | imperative ⓘ |
| grammaticalNumber | plural ⓘ |
| hasWord |
Crescite
ⓘ
Multiplicamini ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| partOfSpeechPattern | imperative plural verb phrase ⓘ |
| scriptureAllusion |
Genesis 1:28
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linked to:
Genesis 1
biblical creation mandate ⓘ |
| semanticField |
development
ⓘ
education ⓘ increase ⓘ |
| translatedAs |
Grow and Multiply
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Increase and Multiply ⓘ |
| usedAsMottoBy | Washington College ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
academic motto
ⓘ
institutional identity ⓘ |
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: "Crescite et Multiplicamini" Description of subject: "Crescite et Multiplicamini" is the Latin motto of Washington College, traditionally translated as "Grow and Multiply," reflecting ideals of growth, learning, and flourishing.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.