Flag of the Bahamas
E138091
The Flag of the Bahamas is a national flag featuring aquamarine, gold, and black elements symbolizing the surrounding sea, the sun, and the strength and determination of the Bahamian people.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of the Bahamas canonical | 3 |
| Flags of the Bahamas | 2 |
| civil ensign of the Bahamas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T811313 — 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: Flag of the Bahamas Context triple: [Flags of North America, includesFlagOf, Flag of the Bahamas]
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A.
Flag of Bermuda
The Flag of Bermuda is a British Red Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory and its maritime heritage.
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B.
Flag of the Cayman Islands
The Flag of the Cayman Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory and reflecting its maritime heritage and Caribbean identity.
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C.
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands
The Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.
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D.
Flag of Belize
The Flag of Belize is a blue field with red stripes and a central white disc featuring the national coat of arms, symbolizing the country’s colonial history, diverse population, and forestry-based heritage.
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E.
Flag of Jamaica
The Flag of Jamaica is a distinctive national flag featuring a gold diagonal cross dividing green and black triangles, symbolizing the country's natural wealth, strength, and resilience.
- 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: Flag of the Bahamas Target entity description: The Flag of the Bahamas is a national flag featuring aquamarine, gold, and black elements symbolizing the surrounding sea, the sun, and the strength and determination of the Bahamian people.
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A.
Flag of Bermuda
The Flag of Bermuda is a British Red Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory and its maritime heritage.
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B.
Flag of the Cayman Islands
The Flag of the Cayman Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory and reflecting its maritime heritage and Caribbean identity.
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C.
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands
The Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.
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D.
Flag of Belize
The Flag of Belize is a blue field with red stripes and a central white disc featuring the national coat of arms, symbolizing the country’s colonial history, diverse population, and forestry-based heritage.
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E.
Flag of Jamaica
The Flag of Jamaica is a distinctive national flag featuring a gold diagonal cross dividing green and black triangles, symbolizing the country's natural wealth, strength, and resilience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag of a country
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 1973-07-10 ⓘ |
| adoptionOccasion | independence of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| capitalCityRepresented | Nassau ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of the Caribbean
ⓘ
National symbols of the Bahamas ⓘ |
| color |
aquamarine
ⓘ
black ⓘ gold ⓘ |
| continentRepresented | North America ⓘ |
| country |
Bahamas
ⓘ
surface form:
The Bahamas
|
| design | horizontal triband of aquamarine, gold, and aquamarine with a black equilateral triangle at the hoist ⓘ |
| designFeatures |
no coat of arms on the standard national flag
ⓘ
simple geometric design ⓘ |
| firstRaisedIn |
Nassau
ⓘ
surface form:
Nassau, Bahamas
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| governmentTypeRepresented | parliamentary constitutional monarchy ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Government of the Bahamas ⓘ |
| ISO3166Country | BS ⓘ |
| legalStatus | defined in Bahamian law ⓘ |
| proportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| regionRepresented | Caribbean ⓘ |
| replaced | Blue Ensign of the United Kingdom defaced with the colonial badge of the Bahamas ⓘ |
| represents |
Bahamian national identity
ⓘ
Bahamian sovereignty ⓘ Bahamas ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of The Bahamas
|
| shapeElement | black equilateral triangle at the hoist ⓘ |
| status |
ensign of the Bahamas
ⓘ
national flag of the Bahamas ⓘ |
| stripe |
bottom horizontal aquamarine stripe
ⓘ
middle horizontal gold stripe ⓘ top horizontal aquamarine stripe ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
determination of the Bahamian people
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natural resources of the Bahamas ⓘ sandy beaches of the Bahamas ⓘ strength of the Bahamian people ⓘ sun ⓘ surrounding sea ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of the Bahamas
ⓘ
civil population of the Bahamas ⓘ state authorities of the Bahamas ⓘ |
| usedIn |
air
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land ⓘ sea ⓘ |
| uses |
civil ensign variant for merchant ships
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naval ensign variant for naval vessels ⓘ state ensign variant for government vessels ⓘ |
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: Flag of the Bahamas Description of subject: The Flag of the Bahamas is a national flag featuring aquamarine, gold, and black elements symbolizing the surrounding sea, the sun, and the strength and determination of the Bahamian people.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Flags of the Bahamas
this entity surface form:
civil ensign of the Bahamas
this entity surface form:
Flags of the Bahamas