Great Seal of the State of Michigan
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The Great Seal of the State of Michigan is the official emblem used to authenticate state documents, featuring Michigan’s coat of arms with its Latin mottos and symbolic imagery representing the state’s history and values.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Seal of the State of Michigan canonical | 4 |
| The Great Seal of the State of Michigan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8873261 — 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: Great Seal of the State of Michigan Context triple: [Michigan, hasOfficialSeal, Great Seal of the State of Michigan]
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A.
Great Seal of the State of Ohio
The Great Seal of the State of Ohio is the official emblem of Ohio’s government, featuring symbols like a rising sun over mountains and fields to represent the state’s landscape, history, and ideals.
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B.
Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin
The Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin is the official emblem of Wisconsin’s government, symbolizing the state’s authority, sovereignty, and key economic and historical themes.
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C.
Great Seal of the State of Missouri
The Great Seal of the State of Missouri is the official emblem of Missouri’s government, featuring symbols of the state’s history, sovereignty, and values used to authenticate official acts and documents.
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D.
Great Seal of the State of Montana
The Great Seal of the State of Montana is the official emblem of Montana’s government, featuring imagery of the state’s natural landscape and resources along with its historic Spanish motto.
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E.
Seal of Maryland
The Seal of Maryland is the official emblem of the U.S. state of Maryland, featuring heraldic imagery representing its colonial history and the Calvert and Crossland family arms.
- 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: Great Seal of the State of Michigan Target entity description: The Great Seal of the State of Michigan is the official emblem used to authenticate state documents, featuring Michigan’s coat of arms with its Latin mottos and symbolic imagery representing the state’s history and values.
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A.
Great Seal of the State of Ohio
The Great Seal of the State of Ohio is the official emblem of Ohio’s government, featuring symbols like a rising sun over mountains and fields to represent the state’s landscape, history, and ideals.
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B.
Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin
The Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin is the official emblem of Wisconsin’s government, symbolizing the state’s authority, sovereignty, and key economic and historical themes.
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C.
Great Seal of the State of Missouri
The Great Seal of the State of Missouri is the official emblem of Missouri’s government, featuring symbols of the state’s history, sovereignty, and values used to authenticate official acts and documents.
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D.
Great Seal of the State of Montana
The Great Seal of the State of Montana is the official emblem of Montana’s government, featuring imagery of the state’s natural landscape and resources along with its historic Spanish motto.
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E.
Seal of Maryland
The Seal of Maryland is the official emblem of the U.S. state of Maryland, featuring heraldic imagery representing its colonial history and the Calvert and Crossland family arms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
official emblem
ⓘ
state seal ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
State of Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan
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| basedOn |
coat of arms of Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Coat of arms of Michigan
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| depicts |
Latin motto on a scroll
ⓘ
bald eagle representing the United States ⓘ elk and moose as supporters ⓘ man holding a long gun ⓘ |
| hasColor |
blue
ⓘ
brown ⓘ gold ⓘ green ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| hasMotto |
E Pluribus Unum
ⓘ
linked to:
E pluribus unum (shared national motto)
Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice ⓘ Tuebor ⓘ |
| hasPart |
coat of arms of Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Coat of arms of Michigan
eagle ⓘ elk ⓘ man with raised hand ⓘ moose ⓘ peninsula landscape ⓘ shield ⓘ sun rising over water ⓘ |
| hasShape | circular ⓘ |
| hasText |
The Great Seal of the State of Michigan
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linked to:
Great Seal of the State of Michigan
|
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | symbols of Michigan ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Coat of arms of Michigan
ⓘ
Flag of Michigan ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Michigan’s history
ⓘ
Michigan’s peninsulas ⓘ Michigan’s values ⓘ defense ⓘ natural resources ⓘ peace ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
government of Michigan
Governor of Michigan ⓘ Michigan state agencies ⓘ |
| usedFor | authentication of official state documents ⓘ |
| usedOn |
certificates
ⓘ
commissions ⓘ legal documents ⓘ official 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: Great Seal of the State of Michigan Description of subject: The Great Seal of the State of Michigan is the official emblem used to authenticate state documents, featuring Michigan’s coat of arms with its Latin mottos and symbolic imagery representing the state’s history and values.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Great Seal of the State of Michigan