seal of Washington, D.C.
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The seal of Washington, D.C. is the official emblem of the U.S. capital city, featuring symbolic imagery representing justice, patriotism, and the city’s federal significance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| seal of Washington, D.C. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10105082 — 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 Washington, D.C. Context triple: [Justitia Omnibus, associatedWith, seal of Washington, D.C.]
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A.
Seal of Delaware
The Seal of Delaware is the official state emblem featuring a shield with agricultural symbols, a sailing ship, and supporting figures that represent the state's history, economy, and values.
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B.
Seal of West Virginia
The Seal of West Virginia is the official emblem of the U.S. state of West Virginia, featuring symbols of its agriculture, industry, and motto to represent the state's heritage and values.
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C.
Seal of the United States Congress
The Seal of the United States Congress is an official emblem used to authenticate and symbolize the authority and actions of the U.S. legislative branch.
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D.
Seal of the State of Oregon
The Seal of the State of Oregon is the official emblem of Oregon’s government, featuring symbols of its history, natural resources, and statehood.
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E.
Seals of U.S. states
Seals of U.S. states are official emblems adopted by each U.S. state government to symbolize its authority, history, and identity, typically used on documents, flags, and other formal representations.
- 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 Washington, D.C. Target entity description: The seal of Washington, D.C. is the official emblem of the U.S. capital city, featuring symbolic imagery representing justice, patriotism, and the city’s federal significance.
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A.
Seal of Delaware
The Seal of Delaware is the official state emblem featuring a shield with agricultural symbols, a sailing ship, and supporting figures that represent the state's history, economy, and values.
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B.
Seal of West Virginia
The Seal of West Virginia is the official emblem of the U.S. state of West Virginia, featuring symbols of its agriculture, industry, and motto to represent the state's heritage and values.
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C.
Seal of the United States Congress
The Seal of the United States Congress is an official emblem used to authenticate and symbolize the authority and actions of the U.S. legislative branch.
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D.
Seal of the State of Oregon
The Seal of the State of Oregon is the official emblem of Oregon’s government, featuring symbols of its history, natural resources, and statehood.
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E.
Seals of U.S. states
Seals of U.S. states are official emblems adopted by each U.S. state government to symbolize its authority, history, and identity, typically used on documents, flags, and other formal representations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | official seal ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| depicts |
American flag
ⓘ
linked to:
United States flag
George Washington ⓘ Potomac River ⓘ U.S. Capitol ⓘ
linked to:
United States Capitol
female personification of Justice ⓘ locomotive ⓘ oak leaves ⓘ rising sun ⓘ scroll with motto ⓘ sheaf of wheat ⓘ shield with stars and stripes ⓘ |
| follows | earlier seals of the District of Columbia ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Capitol building dome
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agricultural elements ⓘ central pictorial scene ⓘ figure of George Washington standing ⓘ industrial elements ⓘ motto scroll ⓘ outer circular legend ⓘ personification of Justice holding scales ⓘ river landscape ⓘ shield with U.S. national colors ⓘ |
| locationOfUse | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| motto | JUSTITIA OMNIBUS ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| mottoTranslation | Justice for All ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
coat of arms of the District of Columbia
ⓘ
flag of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of the District of Columbia
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| symbolizes |
agriculture
ⓘ
commerce and transportation ⓘ federal significance of Washington, D.C. ⓘ justice ⓘ patriotism ⓘ progress ⓘ role of Washington, D.C. as the U.S. capital ⓘ |
| use |
authentication of official documents
ⓘ
official emblem of Washington, D.C. ⓘ symbol of the municipal government of Washington, D.C. ⓘ symbol on government publications ⓘ symbol on official signage ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Council of the District of Columbia
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District of Columbia courts ⓘ
linked to:
Judiciary of the District of Columbia
District of Columbia government ⓘ
linked to:
Government of the District of Columbia
Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ |
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 Washington, D.C. Description of subject: The seal of Washington, D.C. is the official emblem of the U.S. capital city, featuring symbolic imagery representing justice, patriotism, and the city’s federal significance.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.