The Spirit Makes the Master
E454836
The Spirit Makes the Master is the official motto of Western Kentucky University, emphasizing character, determination, and personal drive as the keys to achievement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Spirit Makes the Master canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4592991 — 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: The Spirit Makes the Master Context triple: [Western Kentucky University, motto, The Spirit Makes the Master]
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A.
The Soul Master
The Soul Master is a silent-era film produced by the Vitagraph Company of America.
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B.
Footsteps of the Master
Footsteps of the Master is a religious and devotional work by Harriet Beecher Stowe that reflects on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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C.
Le Marteau sans maître
Le Marteau sans maître is a landmark 1950s chamber work for voice and ensemble by Pierre Boulez, renowned for its complex serial techniques and setting of surrealist poetry.
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D.
Master Minded
Master Minded was a top-class National Hunt racehorse, best known as a brilliant two-mile chaser trained by Paul Nicholls.
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E.
El hacedor
El hacedor is a 1960 collection of short prose pieces and poems by Jorge Luis Borges that explores themes of time, identity, and the nature of authorship in his characteristically metafictional style.
- 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: The Spirit Makes the Master Target entity description: The Spirit Makes the Master is the official motto of Western Kentucky University, emphasizing character, determination, and personal drive as the keys to achievement.
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A.
The Soul Master
The Soul Master is a silent-era film produced by the Vitagraph Company of America.
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B.
Footsteps of the Master
Footsteps of the Master is a religious and devotional work by Harriet Beecher Stowe that reflects on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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C.
Le Marteau sans maître
Le Marteau sans maître is a landmark 1950s chamber work for voice and ensemble by Pierre Boulez, renowned for its complex serial techniques and setting of surrealist poetry.
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D.
Master Minded
Master Minded was a top-class National Hunt racehorse, best known as a brilliant two-mile chaser trained by Paul Nicholls.
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E.
El hacedor
El hacedor is a 1960 collection of short prose pieces and poems by Jorge Luis Borges that explores themes of time, identity, and the nature of authorship in his characteristically metafictional style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
slogan
ⓘ
university motto ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
alumni
ⓘ
faculty ⓘ staff ⓘ students ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Western Kentucky University ⓘ |
| category |
educational motto
ⓘ
institutional motto ⓘ |
| conveys |
idea that attitude and effort lead to success
ⓘ
importance of inner character over external factors ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
character
ⓘ
determination ⓘ personal drive ⓘ |
| hasKeyword |
mastery
ⓘ
spirit ⓘ |
| isMottoOf | Western Kentucky University ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Western Kentucky University branding
ⓘ
Western Kentucky University traditions ⓘ |
| theme |
achievement
ⓘ
personal responsibility ⓘ self-improvement ⓘ |
| usedBy | WKU community ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
student motivation
ⓘ
university identity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Spirit Makes the Master Description of subject: The Spirit Makes the Master is the official motto of Western Kentucky University, emphasizing character, determination, and personal drive as the keys to achievement.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.