Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos
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Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos is the Latin motto of Utrecht University, traditionally translated as “Sun of Justice, shine upon us,” expressing an appeal for enlightenment and moral guidance.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos canonical | 1 |
| Sol iustitiae et occidentem illustra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2484318 — 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: Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos Context triple: [Utrecht University, motto, Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos]
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A.
Justitia Omnibus
Justitia Omnibus is the Latin motto of Washington, D.C., meaning "Justice for All."
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B.
Let Justice be Done
"Let Justice be Done" is the English motto of the Royal Air Force Police, reflecting their commitment to upholding law and justice within the RAF.
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C.
“Fiat Justitia Ruat Caelum”
“Fiat Justitia Ruat Caelum” is a Latin legal maxim meaning “Let justice be done though the heavens fall,” expressing an unwavering commitment to uphold justice regardless of consequences.
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D.
The Council of Justice
The Council of Justice is a crime novel by Edgar Wallace featuring a secretive vigilante organization and intricate plots of justice and retribution.
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E.
Justitia – Pietas – Fides
Justitia – Pietas – Fides is the Latin national motto of Suriname, expressing the ideals of justice, piety, and fidelity.
- 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: Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos Target entity description: Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos is the Latin motto of Utrecht University, traditionally translated as “Sun of Justice, shine upon us,” expressing an appeal for enlightenment and moral guidance.
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A.
Justitia Omnibus
Justitia Omnibus is the Latin motto of Washington, D.C., meaning "Justice for All."
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B.
Let Justice be Done
"Let Justice be Done" is the English motto of the Royal Air Force Police, reflecting their commitment to upholding law and justice within the RAF.
-
C.
“Fiat Justitia Ruat Caelum”
“Fiat Justitia Ruat Caelum” is a Latin legal maxim meaning “Let justice be done though the heavens fall,” expressing an unwavering commitment to uphold justice regardless of consequences.
-
D.
The Council of Justice
The Council of Justice is a crime novel by Edgar Wallace featuring a secretive vigilante organization and intricate plots of justice and retribution.
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E.
Justitia – Pietas – Fides
Justitia – Pietas – Fides is the Latin national motto of Suriname, expressing the ideals of justice, piety, and fidelity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin motto
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university motto ⓘ |
| expresses |
appeal for enlightenment
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appeal for moral guidance ⓘ |
| function |
moral ideal expression
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university identity symbol ⓘ |
| grammaticalMood | imperative ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Illustra
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Iustitiae ⓘ Nos ⓘ Sol ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mottoOf | Utrecht University ⓘ |
| refersTo | Sun of Justice ⓘ |
| semanticField |
enlightenment
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guidance ⓘ justice ⓘ light ⓘ |
| targetAudience | academic community of Utrecht University ⓘ |
| translatedAs |
Sun of Justice, shine upon us
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Sun of Righteousness, shine upon us ⓘ |
| usedBy | Utrecht University ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ceremonial contexts at Utrecht University
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official documents of Utrecht University ⓘ symbolic representations of Utrecht University ⓘ |
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: Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos Description of subject: Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos is the Latin motto of Utrecht University, traditionally translated as “Sun of Justice, shine upon us,” expressing an appeal for enlightenment and moral guidance.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.