Seal of Delaware
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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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Seal of the State of Delaware | 4 |
| Delaware state quarter reverse design (1999) | 1 |
| Delaware state seal | 1 |
| Seal of Delaware canonical | 1 |
| Seal of the Governor of Delaware | 1 |
| great seal of Delaware | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4798182 — 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 Delaware Context triple: [Flag of Delaware, relatedSymbol, Seal of Delaware]
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A.
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.
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B.
Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the official state seal used to authenticate government documents and symbolize Pennsylvania’s authority and identity.
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C.
Great Seal of the State of Rhode Island
The Great Seal of the State of Rhode Island is the official emblem of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, featuring a maritime anchor and the state’s motto as symbols of its seafaring heritage and ideals.
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D.
Great Seal of Vermont
The Great Seal of Vermont is the official state emblem featuring symbolic imagery of the state's natural landscape and values, used to authenticate government documents and represent Vermont's identity.
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E.
Seal of the State of Connecticut
The Seal of the State of Connecticut is the official emblem of the U.S. state of Connecticut, featuring three grapevines and the motto “Qui Transtulit Sustinet,” symbolizing the state’s colonial heritage and enduring strength.
- 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 Delaware Target entity description: 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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A.
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.
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B.
Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the official state seal used to authenticate government documents and symbolize Pennsylvania’s authority and identity.
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C.
Great Seal of the State of Rhode Island
The Great Seal of the State of Rhode Island is the official emblem of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, featuring a maritime anchor and the state’s motto as symbols of its seafaring heritage and ideals.
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D.
Great Seal of Vermont
The Great Seal of Vermont is the official state emblem featuring symbolic imagery of the state's natural landscape and values, used to authenticate government documents and represent Vermont's identity.
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E.
Seal of the State of Connecticut
The Seal of the State of Connecticut is the official emblem of the U.S. state of Connecticut, featuring three grapevines and the motto “Qui Transtulit Sustinet,” symbolizing the state’s colonial heritage and enduring strength.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
official emblem
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state seal ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Delaware ⓘ |
| color |
blue
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buff ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| depicts |
American flag
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ear of corn ⓘ farmer ⓘ forest scene ⓘ militiaman ⓘ ox ⓘ plow ⓘ sailing ship ⓘ sheaf of wheat ⓘ water ⓘ |
| depictsOnShield |
ear of corn
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ox ⓘ sheaf of wheat ⓘ water with ship ⓘ |
| hasPart |
crest
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motto scroll ⓘ outer ring with inscriptions ⓘ shield ⓘ supporters ⓘ |
| inception | 1777 ⓘ |
| inscription |
1704
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1776 ⓘ 1787 ⓘ Great Seal of the State of Delaware ⓘ
linked to:
Seal of Delaware
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| motto | Liberty and Independence ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
design revised in 1793
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design revised in 1847 ⓘ design revised in 1907 ⓘ design standardized in 2004 ⓘ |
| supporter |
farmer
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militiaman ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Delaware’s coastal and maritime heritage
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agriculture ⓘ commerce ⓘ constitutional history ⓘ independence ⓘ liberty ⓘ military readiness ⓘ natural resources ⓘ |
| use |
government publications
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official proclamations ⓘ official state documents ⓘ state buildings ⓘ |
| usedBy | Government of Delaware ⓘ |
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 Delaware Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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