Great Seal of the Realm

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The Great Seal of the Realm is the principal seal used to symbolize the monarch’s formal approval of important state documents and acts of government in the United Kingdom.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Great Seal of the Realm canonical	7
Great Seal of the United Kingdom	7
Great Seal	1
Great Seal of the Realm of Denmark	1
royal great seal of Charles II	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17623222 — 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 Realm
Context triple: [Seal of the Admiralty, relatedTo, Great Seal of the Realm]

A. Great Seal of the Protectorate
The Great Seal of the Protectorate was the official emblem used to authenticate state documents during Oliver Cromwell’s republican government in mid-17th-century England, Scotland, and Ireland.
B. Great Seal of Great Britain
The Great Seal of Great Britain was the principal state seal used to authenticate official documents of the unified Kingdom of Great Britain after the 1707 Acts of Union.
C. Great Seal of Victoria
The Great Seal of Victoria is the official emblem used to authenticate important state documents and symbolize the authority of the government of the Australian state of Victoria.
D. Great Seal of England
The Great Seal of England was the principal emblem used to authenticate official documents and acts of the English monarch, symbolizing the sovereign’s authority and the legitimacy of royal governance.
E. Great Seal of Scotland
The Great Seal of Scotland is the principal emblem of royal authority in Scotland, used to authenticate important state documents and formal acts of the monarch.
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 Realm
Target entity description: The Great Seal of the Realm is the principal seal used to symbolize the monarch’s formal approval of important state documents and acts of government in the United Kingdom.

A. Great Seal of the Protectorate
The Great Seal of the Protectorate was the official emblem used to authenticate state documents during Oliver Cromwell’s republican government in mid-17th-century England, Scotland, and Ireland.
B. Great Seal of Great Britain
The Great Seal of Great Britain was the principal state seal used to authenticate official documents of the unified Kingdom of Great Britain after the 1707 Acts of Union.
C. Great Seal of Victoria
The Great Seal of Victoria is the official emblem used to authenticate important state documents and symbolize the authority of the government of the Australian state of Victoria.
D. Great Seal of England
The Great Seal of England was the principal emblem used to authenticate official documents and acts of the English monarch, symbolizing the sovereign’s authority and the legitimacy of royal governance.
E. Great Seal of Scotland
The Great Seal of Scotland is the principal emblem of royal authority in Scotland, used to authenticate important state documents and formal acts of the monarch.
F. None of above. chosen