In God We Trust
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"In God We Trust" is the official motto of the United States, prominently featured on its currency and widely used in governmental and civic contexts.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T27520 — 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: In God We Trust Context triple: [Florida, motto, In God We Trust]
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A.
The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner is a patriotic American song, with lyrics written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, that celebrates the resilience of the U.S. flag and is traditionally performed at public and sporting events.
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B.
Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam is the iconic, bearded figure in a star-spangled top hat who personifies the United States in political cartoons, posters, and popular culture.
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C.
Flag of the President of the United States
The Flag of the President of the United States is the official standard displaying the presidential coat of arms on a dark blue field, used to represent the office and presence of the U.S. president.
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D.
Lincoln Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial is a monumental neoclassical temple in Washington, D.C., honoring the 16th U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln, and serving as a symbolic site for American civil rights and national unity.
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E.
United States Capitol
The United States Capitol is the iconic neoclassical building in Washington, D.C., that houses the U.S. Congress and serves as a central symbol of American democracy.
- 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: In God We Trust Target entity description: "In God We Trust" is the official motto of the United States, prominently featured on its currency and widely used in governmental and civic contexts.
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A.
The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner is a patriotic American song, with lyrics written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, that celebrates the resilience of the U.S. flag and is traditionally performed at public and sporting events.
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B.
Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam is the iconic, bearded figure in a star-spangled top hat who personifies the United States in political cartoons, posters, and popular culture.
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C.
Flag of the President of the United States
The Flag of the President of the United States is the official standard displaying the presidential coat of arms on a dark blue field, used to represent the office and presence of the U.S. president.
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D.
Lincoln Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial is a monumental neoclassical temple in Washington, D.C., honoring the 16th U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln, and serving as a symbolic site for American civil rights and national unity.
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E.
United States Capitol
The United States Capitol is the iconic neoclassical building in Washington, D.C., that houses the U.S. Congress and serves as a central symbol of American democracy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national motto
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phrase ⓘ political slogan ⓘ |
| adoptedAsOfficialMotto | 1956 ⓘ |
| adoptingBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American civil religion
ⓘ
U.S. national identity ⓘ patriotism in the United States ⓘ |
| challengedBy |
civil liberties groups
ⓘ
secular organizations ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | 36 U.S.C. § 302 ⓘ |
| countryOfUse | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
appears in American popular culture
ⓘ
referenced in political speeches ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceOnUSCoin | 1864 ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceOnUSCoinType | two-cent piece ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceOnUSPaperCurrency | 1957 ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceOnUSPaperCurrencyType |
Silver Certificate
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surface form:
one-dollar silver certificate
|
| hasAbbreviation | IGWT ⓘ |
| hasWord |
God
ⓘ
In ⓘ Trust ⓘ We ⓘ |
| inspired | similar mottos in some U.S. states ⓘ |
| judicialCharacterization | ceremonial deism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Public Law 84-851 ⓘ |
| officialStatus | official motto of the United States ⓘ |
| positionInPhrase |
God is second word
ⓘ
Trust is fourth word ⓘ |
| printedOn |
back of U.S. banknotes
ⓘ
reverse of U.S. coins ⓘ |
| religiousReference | God ⓘ |
| replaced |
E pluribus unum (shared national motto)
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surface form:
E pluribus unum
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| scripturalAllusion | Bible ⓘ |
| signedIntoLawBy | Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
religious organizations
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some U.S. legislators ⓘ |
| topicOf |
Establishment Clause debates
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First Amendment litigation ⓘ church–state separation controversies ⓘ |
| usedIn |
U.S. national anthem performances and ceremonies
ⓘ
government buildings in the United States ⓘ municipal seals and logos ⓘ patriotic displays ⓘ public schools in some U.S. states ⓘ state legislative chambers ⓘ |
| usedOn |
United States coins
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United States license plates in some states ⓘ United States paper currency ⓘ |
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: In God We Trust Description of subject: "In God We Trust" is the official motto of the United States, prominently featured on its currency and widely used in governmental and civic contexts.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
"In God We Trust" as the national motto of the United States
this entity surface form:
"In God We Trust" as the official motto of the United States
this entity surface form:
"In God We Trust"
this entity surface form:
designated "In God We Trust" as the primary national motto
this entity surface form:
inscription "In God We Trust"
this entity surface form:
In God We Trust flag
this entity surface form:
“In God We Trust”
subject surface form:
United States
subject surface form:
United States
subject surface form:
United States
subject surface form:
United States
this entity surface form:
"In God We Trust"