Luxembourg lion
E628419
The Luxembourg lion is a heraldic lion emblem prominently featured in Luxembourg's national coat of arms and associated symbols.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Luxembourg lion canonical | 1 |
| Nassau lion | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6913731 — 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: Luxembourg lion Context triple: [Dutch lion, relatedSymbol, Luxembourg lion]
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A.
Belgian lion
The Belgian lion is a heraldic symbol representing strength and sovereignty, prominently used as the national emblem of Belgium.
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B.
Dutch lion
The Dutch lion is a heraldic symbol traditionally representing the Netherlands and its historical provinces, often depicted as a rampant lion on coats of arms and national emblems.
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C.
Flemish lion
The Flemish lion is a heraldic symbol featuring a black lion on a yellow field, historically associated with the Flemish people and the region of Flanders in Belgium.
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D.
Norwegian lion
The Norwegian lion is a heraldic symbol featuring a crowned, golden lion holding an axe, long used as the national coat of arms and emblem of the Norwegian monarchy.
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E.
Finnish lion
The Finnish lion is a heraldic symbol featuring a crowned lion with a sword, prominently used in Finland’s coat of arms and national insignia.
- 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: Luxembourg lion Target entity description: The Luxembourg lion is a heraldic lion emblem prominently featured in Luxembourg's national coat of arms and associated symbols.
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A.
Belgian lion
The Belgian lion is a heraldic symbol representing strength and sovereignty, prominently used as the national emblem of Belgium.
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B.
Dutch lion
The Dutch lion is a heraldic symbol traditionally representing the Netherlands and its historical provinces, often depicted as a rampant lion on coats of arms and national emblems.
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C.
Flemish lion
The Flemish lion is a heraldic symbol featuring a black lion on a yellow field, historically associated with the Flemish people and the region of Flanders in Belgium.
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D.
Norwegian lion
The Norwegian lion is a heraldic symbol featuring a crowned, golden lion holding an axe, long used as the national coat of arms and emblem of the Norwegian monarchy.
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E.
Finnish lion
The Finnish lion is a heraldic symbol featuring a crowned lion with a sword, prominently used in Finland’s coat of arms and national insignia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heraldic lion
ⓘ
national symbol ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
Luxembourgish passports
ⓘ
government documents of Luxembourg ⓘ insignia of Luxembourg state institutions ⓘ military insignia of Luxembourg ⓘ municipal coats of arms in Luxembourg ⓘ official seals of Luxembourg ⓘ police insignia of Luxembourg ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
ⓘ
linked to:
Luxembourg
House of Luxembourg ⓘ |
| attitude | rampant ⓘ |
| category |
Coats of arms with lions
ⓘ
Heraldic lions ⓘ National symbols of Luxembourg ⓘ |
| clawsColor | gold ⓘ |
| color | red ⓘ |
| country | Luxembourg ⓘ |
| crownColor | gold ⓘ |
| crowned | true ⓘ |
| fieldPattern | barry of ten argent and azure ⓘ |
| heraldicTradition | European heraldry ⓘ |
| languageName |
French: lion de Luxembourg
ⓘ
German: Luxemburger Löwe ⓘ Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerger Léiw ⓘ
linked to:
Luxembourgish
|
| originRegion |
medieval County of Luxembourg
ⓘ
linked to:
County of Luxembourg
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| relatedSymbol |
civil ensign of Luxembourg
ⓘ
flag of Luxembourg ⓘ national colors of Luxembourg ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
courage
ⓘ
sovereignty ⓘ strength ⓘ |
| tailForm |
forked tail
ⓘ
queue fourchée ⓘ |
| tincture | gules ⓘ |
| tongueColor | gold ⓘ |
| usedIn |
coat of arms of Luxembourg
ⓘ
linked to:
Coat of arms of Luxembourg
greater coat of arms of Luxembourg ⓘ
linked to:
Coat of arms of Luxembourg
lesser coat of arms of Luxembourg ⓘ
linked to:
Coat of arms of Luxembourg
national emblem of Luxembourg ⓘ |
| usedSinceCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
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: Luxembourg lion Description of subject: The Luxembourg lion is a heraldic lion emblem prominently featured in Luxembourg's national coat of arms and associated symbols.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Luxembourg lion