Seal of the State of Washington
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The Seal of the State of Washington is the official emblem of the U.S. state of Washington, featuring a portrait of George Washington encircled by the words “The Seal of the State of Washington.”
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seal of Washington | 1 |
| Seal of the State of Washington canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10118221 — 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 the State of Washington Context triple: [Attorney General of Washington, symbol, Seal of the State of Washington]
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A.
Seal of the State of Oregon
The Seal of the State of Oregon is the official emblem of Oregon’s government, featuring symbols of its history, natural resources, and statehood.
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B.
Seal of the State of Alaska
The Seal of the State of Alaska is the official emblem of Alaska’s government, featuring imagery of its natural resources, landscape, and industries to symbolize the state’s identity and economy.
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C.
Seal of the State of Minnesota
The Seal of the State of Minnesota is the official emblem of the U.S. state of Minnesota, featuring imagery that reflects its frontier history, natural resources, and agricultural heritage.
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D.
Seal of Iowa
The Seal of Iowa is the official emblem of the U.S. state of Iowa, featuring imagery symbolizing its agriculture, industry, and the pioneering spirit of its citizens.
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E.
Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin
The Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin is the official emblem of Wisconsin’s government, symbolizing the state’s authority, sovereignty, and key economic and historical themes.
- 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 the State of Washington Target entity description: The Seal of the State of Washington is the official emblem of the U.S. state of Washington, featuring a portrait of George Washington encircled by the words “The Seal of the State of Washington.”
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A.
Seal of the State of Oregon
The Seal of the State of Oregon is the official emblem of Oregon’s government, featuring symbols of its history, natural resources, and statehood.
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B.
Seal of the State of Alaska
The Seal of the State of Alaska is the official emblem of Alaska’s government, featuring imagery of its natural resources, landscape, and industries to symbolize the state’s identity and economy.
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C.
Seal of the State of Minnesota
The Seal of the State of Minnesota is the official emblem of the U.S. state of Minnesota, featuring imagery that reflects its frontier history, natural resources, and agricultural heritage.
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D.
Seal of Iowa
The Seal of Iowa is the official emblem of the U.S. state of Iowa, featuring imagery symbolizing its agriculture, industry, and the pioneering spirit of its citizens.
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E.
Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin
The Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin is the official emblem of Wisconsin’s government, symbolizing the state’s authority, sovereignty, and key economic and historical themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
official emblem
ⓘ
state seal ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
certified copies of public records in Washington
ⓘ
official commissions issued by the State of Washington ⓘ official proclamations of the State of Washington ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Washington (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | image of George Washington ⓘ |
| color |
gold (outer ring on many renderings)
ⓘ
green (field on many renderings) ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| depictedOn | Flag of the State of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Revised Code of Washington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Washington State Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| differentFrom | Flag of the State of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | admission of Washington to the Union ⓘ |
| hasDesignElement |
central medallion with George Washington portrait
ⓘ
outer ring with inscription ⓘ |
| hasImageSubject |
first President of the United States
ⓘ
namesake of the State of Washington ⓘ |
| hasLegalProtection | unauthorized commercial use restricted ⓘ |
| hasMotto | none ⓘ |
| hasPart |
inscription "The Seal of the State of Washington"
ⓘ
portrait of George Washington ⓘ |
| inception | 1889 ⓘ |
| inscription | "The Seal of the State of Washington" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | defined in Washington state law ⓘ |
| namedAfter | George Washington ⓘ |
| officialLanguageOfInscription | English ⓘ |
| partOf | symbols of the State of Washington ⓘ |
| regulatesUse | Secretary of State of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shape | circular ⓘ |
| subjectHasRole | official state symbol ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
authority of the State of Washington
ⓘ
identity of the State of Washington ⓘ |
| use |
authentication of official state documents
ⓘ
representation of Washington in official contexts ⓘ symbol of authority of the government of Washington ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Governor of Washington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Secretary of State of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ executive branch of the State of Washington ⓘ judicial branch of the State of Washington ⓘ legislative branch of the State of Washington ⓘ |
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 the State of Washington Description of subject: The Seal of the State of Washington is the official emblem of the U.S. state of Washington, featuring a portrait of George Washington encircled by the words “The Seal of the State of Washington.”
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Washington (state)
this entity surface form:
Seal of Washington