Our Banner in the Sky
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Our Banner in the Sky is a patriotic 1861 landscape painting by Frederic Edwin Church that depicts the American flag formed by a dramatic sunrise sky and treeline.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Our Banner in the Sky canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T142980 — 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: Our Banner in the Sky Context triple: [Frederic Edwin Church, notableWork, Our Banner in the Sky]
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A.
Die Luft der Freiheit weht
"Die Luft der Freiheit weht" is the German-language motto of Stanford University, traditionally translated as "The wind of freedom blows" and expressing the institution’s spirit of intellectual and personal liberty.
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B.
Silver Star
Silver Star is a long-distance Amtrak passenger train that runs along the U.S. East Coast, connecting New York City with Florida.
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C.
Silver Star
The Silver Star is a high-level U.S. military decoration awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States.
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D.
The Eagle
The Eagle is a 1925 silent adventure film starring Rudolph Valentino as a dashing Russian outlaw hero.
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E.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
- 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: Our Banner in the Sky Target entity description: Our Banner in the Sky is a patriotic 1861 landscape painting by Frederic Edwin Church that depicts the American flag formed by a dramatic sunrise sky and treeline.
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A.
Die Luft der Freiheit weht
"Die Luft der Freiheit weht" is the German-language motto of Stanford University, traditionally translated as "The wind of freedom blows" and expressing the institution’s spirit of intellectual and personal liberty.
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B.
Silver Star
Silver Star is a long-distance Amtrak passenger train that runs along the U.S. East Coast, connecting New York City with Florida.
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C.
Silver Star
The Silver Star is a high-level U.S. military decoration awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States.
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D.
The Eagle
The Eagle is a 1925 silent adventure film starring Rudolph Valentino as a dashing Russian outlaw hero.
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E.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
landscape painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
nationalism
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nature as symbol of nation ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Frederic Edwin Church ⓘ |
| depicts |
United States flag
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surface form:
American flag
United States flag formed by clouds and sky ⓘ flagpole suggested by a dead tree trunk ⓘ sunrise sky ⓘ treeline ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | heightened Union sentiment at the start of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical painting
ⓘ
patriotic art ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later patriotic landscape imagery in American art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
blue sky suggesting the flag canton
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red clouds suggesting flag stripes ⓘ stars suggested by bright points of light ⓘ |
| hasVersion | chromolithograph print ⓘ |
| inception | 1861 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | outbreak of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| mainSubject | American Civil War era patriotism ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Hudson River School ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Frederic Edwin Church ⓘ |
| title | Our Banner in the Sky self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Our Banner in the Sky Description of subject: Our Banner in the Sky is a patriotic 1861 landscape painting by Frederic Edwin Church that depicts the American flag formed by a dramatic sunrise sky and treeline.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Frederic Edwin Church