His Majesty
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His Majesty is the formal style of address used for a reigning male British monarch.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| His Majesty canonical | 49 |
| His Majesty The King | 5 |
| His Majesty the King | 3 |
| the Sovereign | 3 |
| Sovereign | 2 |
| Hans Majestet Kongen | 1 |
| His Majesty's | 1 |
| The Sovereign | 1 |
| The Sovereign of the United Kingdom | 1 |
| the King | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T42307 — 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: His Majesty Context triple: [British monarch, titleStyle, His Majesty]
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A.
Her Majesty
Her Majesty is the formal royal style used to address or refer to a reigning queen such as Anne, Queen of Great Britain.
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B.
Emperor
The Emperor is the ceremonial monarch and symbolic head of state of Japan, representing the continuity and unity of the Japanese nation.
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C.
Crown
The Crown is the institution representing the British monarchy and the executive authority of the state, distinct from Parliament and the judiciary.
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D.
His Majesty’s Government
His Majesty’s Government is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom, responsible for implementing laws and running the country under the leadership of the Prime Minister.
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E.
Mr. Secretary
Mr. Secretary is the formal style of address traditionally used for the United States Secretary of Defense.
- 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: His Majesty Target entity description: His Majesty is the formal style of address used for a reigning male British monarch.
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A.
Her Majesty
Her Majesty is the formal royal style used to address or refer to a reigning queen such as Anne, Queen of Great Britain.
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B.
Emperor
The Emperor is the ceremonial monarch and symbolic head of state of Japan, representing the continuity and unity of the Japanese nation.
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C.
Crown
The Crown is the institution representing the British monarchy and the executive authority of the state, distinct from Parliament and the judiciary.
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D.
His Majesty’s Government
His Majesty’s Government is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom, responsible for implementing laws and running the country under the leadership of the Prime Minister.
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E.
Mr. Secretary
Mr. Secretary is the formal style of address traditionally used for the United States Secretary of Defense.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
royal style
ⓘ
style of address ⓘ |
| abbreviation | HM ⓘ |
| appliesToTitle | King ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution |
the British monarchy
ⓘ
linked to:
British royal family
the Crown ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
forms of address
ⓘ
honorifics in the United Kingdom ⓘ monarchical terminology ⓘ |
| conditionOfUse |
replaced by Her Majesty when the monarch is female
ⓘ
used only when the monarch is male ⓘ |
| correspondingFemaleForm | Her Majesty ⓘ |
| formalityLevel | formal ⓘ |
| genderSpecification | male ⓘ |
| historicalContinuity | has been used for multiple British kings over centuries ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalUsage | appears in the formal titles of courts and institutions ⓘ |
| mutuallyExclusiveWith | Her Majesty for the same monarch at the same time ⓘ |
| precedesName | the name of the reigning king ⓘ |
| usedBy |
armed forces
ⓘ
courts ⓘ diplomatic services ⓘ government officials ⓘ |
| usedFor | addressing a reigning male British monarch ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Commonwealth realms
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
ceremonial occasions
ⓘ
oaths of allegiance ⓘ official documents ⓘ proclamations ⓘ |
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: His Majesty Description of subject: His Majesty is the formal style of address used for a reigning male British monarch.
Referenced by (67)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y de Grecia
subject linked to:
King