Seal of the United States Public Health Service
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The Seal of the United States Public Health Service is the official emblem representing the nation’s federal public health agency and its leadership, including the Surgeon General.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seal of the United States Public Health Service canonical | 1 |
| USPHS sleeve insignia | 1 |
| United States Public Health Service emblem | 1 |
| United States Public Health Service seal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T362062 — 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: Seal of the United States Public Health Service Context triple: [Surgeon General of the United States, symbol, Seal of the United States Public Health Service]
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A.
Seal of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The Seal of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs is the official emblem representing the federal agency responsible for providing services and benefits to American military veterans.
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B.
Great Seal of the United States
The Great Seal of the United States is the official national emblem used to authenticate certain documents and symbolize the authority and sovereignty of the U.S. federal government.
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C.
Seal of the United States Department of State
The Seal of the United States Department of State is the official emblem representing the U.S. State Department and its diplomatic authority in foreign affairs.
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D.
Seal of the United States Department of Agriculture
The Seal of the United States Department of Agriculture is the official emblem representing the federal agency responsible for national farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food policy.
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E.
Seal of the United States Department of the Interior
The Seal of the United States Department of the Interior is the official emblem of the department, typically featuring a bison and symbolic landscape elements to represent the nation’s natural and cultural resources.
- 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: Seal of the United States Public Health Service Target entity description: The Seal of the United States Public Health Service is the official emblem representing the nation’s federal public health agency and its leadership, including the Surgeon General.
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A.
Seal of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The Seal of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs is the official emblem representing the federal agency responsible for providing services and benefits to American military veterans.
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B.
Great Seal of the United States
The Great Seal of the United States is the official national emblem used to authenticate certain documents and symbolize the authority and sovereignty of the U.S. federal government.
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C.
Seal of the United States Department of State
The Seal of the United States Department of State is the official emblem representing the U.S. State Department and its diplomatic authority in foreign affairs.
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D.
Seal of the United States Department of Agriculture
The Seal of the United States Department of Agriculture is the official emblem representing the federal agency responsible for national farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food policy.
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E.
Seal of the United States Department of the Interior
The Seal of the United States Department of the Interior is the official emblem of the department, typically featuring a bison and symbolic landscape elements to represent the nation’s natural and cultural resources.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government emblem
ⓘ
official seal ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| associatedWith |
United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps uniforms
ⓘ
public health leadership in the United States ⓘ |
| authority |
United States federal law
ⓘ
regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ |
| color |
blue
ⓘ
gold ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| depicts |
anchor
ⓘ
caduceus ⓘ |
| field |
medicine
ⓘ
public health ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch of the United States ⓘ |
| hasMotto | IN OFFICIO SALUTIS ⓘ |
| hasPart |
central emblem with anchor and caduceus
ⓘ
circular design ⓘ inscribed motto ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
symbols of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
ⓘ
symbols of the United States Public Health Service ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official emblem of a United States government agency ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| mottoTranslation | In the Service of Health ⓘ |
| prohibits | unauthorized commercial use ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Flag of the United States Public Health Service
ⓘ
Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ United States Department of Health and Human Services seal ⓘ |
| represents |
Office of the Surgeon General of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Office of the Surgeon General
U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps ⓘ United States Public Health Service ⓘ
linked to:
Public Health Service
|
| scriptSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
maritime origins of the Public Health Service
ⓘ
medical and public health mission ⓘ |
| topic | federal public health authority in the United States ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Surgeon General of the United States
ⓘ
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps ⓘ United States Public Health Service ⓘ
linked to:
Public Health Service
|
| usedFor |
formal proclamations
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identification of leadership of the Public Health Service ⓘ identification of the Surgeon General ⓘ insignia and branding of the Public Health Service ⓘ official correspondence ⓘ official documents ⓘ |
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: Seal of the United States Public Health Service Description of subject: The Seal of the United States Public Health Service is the official emblem representing the nation’s federal public health agency and its leadership, including the Surgeon General.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Flag of the United States Public Health Service
→
emblem
→
United States Public Health Service emblem
ⓘ
linked to: Seal of the United States Public Health Service
Flag of the United States Public Health Service
→
hasDesignElement
→
United States Public Health Service seal
ⓘ
linked to: Seal of the United States Public Health Service
linked to: Seal of the United States Public Health Service