Naval jack of the United States
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The Naval jack of the United States is a maritime flag flown by U.S. Navy ships at the bow, historically featuring a blue field with white stars symbolizing the states of the Union.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Naval jack of the United States canonical | 2 |
| 38-star jack | 1 |
| 45-star jack | 1 |
| 48-star jack | 1 |
| U.S. naval jack | 1 |
| United States naval ensign | 1 |
| United States naval jack | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T27653 — 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: Naval jack of the United States Context triple: [United States Navy, flag, Naval jack of the United States]
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A.
United States flag
The United States flag is the national banner of the United States, featuring thirteen red and white stripes and fifty white stars on a blue field to symbolize the original colonies and current states.
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B.
Flag of the President of the United States
The Flag of the President of the United States is the official standard displaying the presidential coat of arms on a dark blue field, used to represent the office and presence of the U.S. president.
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C.
Grand Union Flag
The Grand Union Flag was the first national flag of the United States, combining the British Union Jack with thirteen stripes representing the original American colonies during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
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D.
NATO flag
The NATO flag is the official emblem of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, featuring a white compass rose on a dark blue field to symbolize unity and collective defense among member states.
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E.
Flag of the United Nations
The Flag of the United Nations is a light blue banner featuring a white world map surrounded by olive branches, symbolizing global peace and international cooperation.
- 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: Naval jack of the United States Target entity description: The Naval jack of the United States is a maritime flag flown by U.S. Navy ships at the bow, historically featuring a blue field with white stars symbolizing the states of the Union.
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A.
United States flag
The United States flag is the national banner of the United States, featuring thirteen red and white stripes and fifty white stars on a blue field to symbolize the original colonies and current states.
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B.
Flag of the President of the United States
The Flag of the President of the United States is the official standard displaying the presidential coat of arms on a dark blue field, used to represent the office and presence of the U.S. president.
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C.
Grand Union Flag
The Grand Union Flag was the first national flag of the United States, combining the British Union Jack with thirteen stripes representing the original American colonies during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
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D.
NATO flag
The NATO flag is the official emblem of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, featuring a white compass rose on a dark blue field to symbolize unity and collective defense among member states.
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E.
Flag of the United Nations
The Flag of the United Nations is a light blue banner featuring a white world map surrounded by olive branches, symbolizing global peace and international cooperation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
maritime flag
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naval jack ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of the United States Navy
ⓘ
Maritime flags ⓘ National symbols of the United States ⓘ |
| charge | white stars ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| designBasis | flag of the United States ⓘ |
| fieldColor | blue ⓘ |
| flagType | jack ⓘ |
| flownAt | bow of a ship ⓘ |
| governingBody | Department of the Navy ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
13-star jack
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Naval jack of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
38-star jack
Naval jack of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
45-star jack
Naval jack of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
48-star jack
50-star jack ⓘ Sons of Liberty flag ⓘ
surface form:
First Navy Jack
|
| positionRelativeTo |
United States flag
ⓘ
surface form:
United States national ensign
commissioning pennant ⓘ |
| regulationBy | U.S. Navy flag regulations ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Union Flag
ⓘ
surface form:
Union Jack
ensign of the United States ⓘ |
| symbolizes | states of the Union ⓘ |
| symbolType | national symbol of the United States ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States Navy ⓘ |
| usedFor |
display of national identity at sea
ⓘ
identification of U.S. Navy vessels ⓘ |
| usedIn |
naval ceremonies
ⓘ
peacetime operations ⓘ wartime operations ⓘ |
| usedOn |
United States Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Navy craft
commissioned U.S. Navy ships ⓘ |
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: Naval jack of the United States Description of subject: The Naval jack of the United States is a maritime flag flown by U.S. Navy ships at the bow, historically featuring a blue field with white stars symbolizing the states of the Union.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
U.S. naval jack
Naval jack of the United States
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hasVariant
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Naval jack of the United States
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
48-star jack
Naval jack of the United States
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hasVariant
→
Naval jack of the United States
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
45-star jack
Naval jack of the United States
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hasVariant
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Naval jack of the United States
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
38-star jack
this entity surface form:
United States naval jack
subject surface form:
USS Hancock
this entity surface form:
United States naval ensign
subject surface form:
USS Ranger