Great Seal of the State of Montana

E734603

official emblem state seal

The Great Seal of the State of Montana is the official emblem of Montana’s government, featuring imagery of the state’s natural landscape and resources along with its historic Spanish motto.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Great Seal of the State of Montana canonical	4
The Great Seal of the State of Montana	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8444729 — 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 State of Montana
Context triple: [Oro y Plata, usedOn, Great Seal of the State of Montana]

A. Great Seal of the State of Colorado
The Great Seal of the State of Colorado is the official emblem of Colorado’s government, featuring symbolic imagery representing the state’s authority, history, and values.
B. Great Seal of the State of Missouri
The Great Seal of the State of Missouri is the official emblem of Missouri’s government, featuring symbols of the state’s history, sovereignty, and values used to authenticate official acts and documents.
C. Great Seal of the State of Arizona
The Great Seal of the State of Arizona is the official emblem of Arizona’s government, featuring symbols of the state’s mining, agriculture, climate, and natural scenery.
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.
E. Seal of the United States District Court for the District of Montana
The Seal of the United States District Court for the District of Montana is the official emblem representing this federal trial court, typically incorporating national and judicial symbols to signify its authority and jurisdiction within Montana.
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 State of Montana
Target entity description: The Great Seal of the State of Montana is the official emblem of Montana’s government, featuring imagery of the state’s natural landscape and resources along with its historic Spanish motto.

A. Great Seal of the State of Colorado
The Great Seal of the State of Colorado is the official emblem of Colorado’s government, featuring symbolic imagery representing the state’s authority, history, and values.
B. Great Seal of the State of Missouri
The Great Seal of the State of Missouri is the official emblem of Missouri’s government, featuring symbols of the state’s history, sovereignty, and values used to authenticate official acts and documents.
C. Great Seal of the State of Arizona
The Great Seal of the State of Arizona is the official emblem of Arizona’s government, featuring symbols of the state’s mining, agriculture, climate, and natural scenery.
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.
E. Seal of the United States District Court for the District of Montana
The Seal of the United States District Court for the District of Montana is the official emblem representing this federal trial court, typically incorporating national and judicial symbols to signify its authority and jurisdiction within Montana.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	official emblem ⓘ state seal ⓘ
adopted	1865 ⓘ
adoptedBy	Montana Territorial Legislature ⓘ
appearsOn	Flag of the State of Montana ⓘ linked to: Flag of Montana
appliesToJurisdiction	State of Montana ⓘ linked to: Montana
country	United States of America ⓘ
depicts	Great Plains landscape ⓘ linked to: Great Plains Missouri River ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ agricultural tools ⓘ forest ⓘ mining tools ⓘ mountain range ⓘ pick and shovel ⓘ plow ⓘ sunrise ⓘ waterfall ⓘ
governingBody	Montana Secretary of State ⓘ
hasText	The Great Seal of the State of Montana ⓘ linked to: Great Seal of the State of Montana
heritage	reflects agricultural history of Montana ⓘ reflects frontier history of Montana ⓘ reflects mining history of Montana ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	English ⓘ
legalStatus	defined in Montana Code Annotated ⓘ
modified	1893 ⓘ
motto	Oro y Plata ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
mottoTranslation	Gold and Silver ⓘ
relatedTo	Flag of the State of Montana ⓘ linked to: Flag of Montana
shape	circular ⓘ
symbolizes	agriculture in Montana ⓘ mining industry in Montana ⓘ natural resources of Montana ⓘ scenic landscape of Montana ⓘ
usedBy	Government of Montana ⓘ linked to: government of Montana Governor of Montana ⓘ Montana Secretary of State ⓘ Montana state agencies ⓘ linked to: government of Montana
usedOn	Montana government buildings ⓘ Montana state publications ⓘ official state documents of Montana ⓘ
usedSince	statehood of Montana ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oro y Plata → usedOn → Great Seal of the State of Montana ⓘ

Seals of U.S. states → hasPart → Great Seal of the State of Montana ⓘ

Great Seal of the State of Montana → hasText → The Great Seal of the State of Montana ⓘ

linked to: Great Seal of the State of Montana

Flag of Montana → uses → Great Seal of the State of Montana ⓘ

Flag of Montana → emblem → Great Seal of the State of Montana ⓘ

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