Scientia est potentia
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Scientia est potentia is a Latin phrase meaning "knowledge is power," commonly used as an academic and institutional motto.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scientia est potentia canonical | 1 |
| “Knowledge is Power” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4891546 — 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: Scientia est potentia Context triple: [Czech Technical University in Prague, hasMotto, Scientia est potentia]
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A.
Sapientia et Scientia
Sapientia et Scientia is the Latin motto of the University of Valencia, expressing its commitment to the pursuit of wisdom and knowledge.
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B.
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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C.
Scientia et Labore
Scientia et Labore is the Latin motto of the University of the Witwatersrand, meaning "Through Knowledge and Work."
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D.
Praestantia Per Scientiam
Praestantia Per Scientiam is the Latin motto of the Naval Postgraduate School, meaning "Excellence Through Knowledge."
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E.
“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.
- 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: Scientia est potentia Target entity description: Scientia est potentia is a Latin phrase meaning "knowledge is power," commonly used as an academic and institutional motto.
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A.
Sapientia et Scientia
Sapientia et Scientia is the Latin motto of the University of Valencia, expressing its commitment to the pursuit of wisdom and knowledge.
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B.
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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C.
Scientia et Labore
Scientia et Labore is the Latin motto of the University of the Witwatersrand, meaning "Through Knowledge and Work."
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D.
Praestantia Per Scientiam
Praestantia Per Scientiam is the Latin motto of the Naval Postgraduate School, meaning "Excellence Through Knowledge."
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E.
“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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin phrase
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motto ⓘ |
| complementTerm | potentia ⓘ |
| grammaticalMood | declarative ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
empowerment through learning
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intellectual progress ⓘ value of knowledge ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | knowledge is power ⓘ |
| hasWord |
est
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potentia ⓘ scientia ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | knowledge is power ⓘ |
| oftenAttributedTo | Francis Bacon ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
education
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intellectual authority ⓘ knowledge ⓘ learning ⓘ power ⓘ |
| semanticField |
knowledge
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power ⓘ |
| subjectTerm | scientia ⓘ |
| usedAs |
academic motto
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institutional motto ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
coats of arms
ⓘ
libraries ⓘ logos ⓘ research institutions ⓘ schools ⓘ seals ⓘ universities ⓘ |
| variant | scientia potentia est ⓘ |
| verbTerm | est ⓘ |
| wordOrder | subject–verb–complement ⓘ |
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: Scientia est potentia Description of subject: Scientia est potentia is a Latin phrase meaning "knowledge is power," commonly used as an academic and institutional motto.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Scientia est potentia