Praestantia Per Scientiam
E461468
Praestantia Per Scientiam is the Latin motto of the Naval Postgraduate School, meaning "Excellence Through Knowledge."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Praestantia Per Scientiam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4681638 — 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: Praestantia Per Scientiam Context triple: [Naval Postgraduate School, hasMotto, Praestantia Per Scientiam]
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A.
Scientia et Virtus
Scientia et Virtus is the Latin motto of Middlebury College, traditionally translated as “Knowledge and Virtue.”
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B.
Puritas et Scientia
Puritas et Scientia is the Latin motto of Vassar College, expressing the institution’s commitment to purity and knowledge in education and scholarship.
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C.
Scientia et Sapientia
Scientia et Sapientia is the Latin motto of the University of Fribourg, expressing its commitment to the pursuit of both knowledge and wisdom.
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D.
“Pro Scientia Atque Sapientia”
“Pro Scientia Atque Sapientia” is the Latin motto of Stuyvesant High School, expressing its dedication to the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom.
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E.
Inis Fide Splendet et Scientia
Inis Fide Splendet et Scientia is the Latin motto of Fordham University, expressing the institution’s emphasis on the illuminating power of faith and knowledge.
- 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: Praestantia Per Scientiam Target entity description: Praestantia Per Scientiam is the Latin motto of the Naval Postgraduate School, meaning "Excellence Through Knowledge."
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A.
Scientia et Virtus
Scientia et Virtus is the Latin motto of Middlebury College, traditionally translated as “Knowledge and Virtue.”
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B.
Puritas et Scientia
Puritas et Scientia is the Latin motto of Vassar College, expressing the institution’s commitment to purity and knowledge in education and scholarship.
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C.
Scientia et Sapientia
Scientia et Sapientia is the Latin motto of the University of Fribourg, expressing its commitment to the pursuit of both knowledge and wisdom.
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D.
“Pro Scientia Atque Sapientia”
“Pro Scientia Atque Sapientia” is the Latin motto of Stuyvesant High School, expressing its dedication to the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom.
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E.
Inis Fide Splendet et Scientia
Inis Fide Splendet et Scientia is the Latin motto of Fordham University, expressing the institution’s emphasis on the illuminating power of faith and knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin motto
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motto ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Naval Postgraduate School ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
United States Navy
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graduate education ⓘ research ⓘ |
| domain | education ⓘ |
| hasScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| meaning | Excellence Through Knowledge ⓘ |
| mottoOf | Naval Postgraduate School ⓘ |
| theme |
excellence
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knowledge ⓘ |
| translatedAs | Excellence Through Knowledge ⓘ |
| usedBy | Naval Postgraduate School ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Praestantia Per Scientiam Description of subject: Praestantia Per Scientiam is the Latin motto of the Naval Postgraduate School, meaning "Excellence Through Knowledge."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.