Royal Standard of Canada
E228950
The Royal Standard of Canada is the personal flag used by the Canadian monarch, featuring the quartered arms of Canada to symbolize the sovereign’s role as head of state.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Royal Standard of Canada canonical | 4 |
| Crest of the Royal Arms of Canada | 1 |
| Royal Arms of Canada | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2049413 — 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: Royal Standard of Canada Context triple: [Royal Standard of New Zealand, distinctFrom, Royal Standard of Canada]
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A.
Royal Standard of the United Kingdom
The Royal Standard of the United Kingdom is the monarch’s personal flag, traditionally flown to signify the sovereign’s presence and authority at royal residences, on official vehicles, and during state occasions.
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B.
Royal Standard of Jamaica
The Royal Standard of Jamaica is the personal flag used by the reigning monarch in Jamaica, symbolizing the sovereign’s authority in the country.
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C.
Royal Standard of New Zealand
The Royal Standard of New Zealand is the personal flag used by the reigning monarch in New Zealand, featuring symbols that represent the country and the Crown.
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D.
Royal Standard of Saint Lucia
The Royal Standard of Saint Lucia is the personal flag used to represent the reigning monarch in Saint Lucia, typically displayed when the sovereign is present in the country or at official royal residences and events there.
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E.
Royal Standard of Grenada
The Royal Standard of Grenada is the personal flag used by the reigning monarch of Grenada, symbolizing the sovereign’s authority and presence in the country.
- 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: Royal Standard of Canada Target entity description: The Royal Standard of Canada is the personal flag used by the Canadian monarch, featuring the quartered arms of Canada to symbolize the sovereign’s role as head of state.
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A.
Royal Standard of the United Kingdom
The Royal Standard of the United Kingdom is the monarch’s personal flag, traditionally flown to signify the sovereign’s presence and authority at royal residences, on official vehicles, and during state occasions.
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B.
Royal Standard of Jamaica
The Royal Standard of Jamaica is the personal flag used by the reigning monarch in Jamaica, symbolizing the sovereign’s authority in the country.
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C.
Royal Standard of New Zealand
The Royal Standard of New Zealand is the personal flag used by the reigning monarch in New Zealand, featuring symbols that represent the country and the Crown.
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D.
Royal Standard of Saint Lucia
The Royal Standard of Saint Lucia is the personal flag used to represent the reigning monarch in Saint Lucia, typically displayed when the sovereign is present in the country or at official royal residences and events there.
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E.
Royal Standard of Grenada
The Royal Standard of Grenada is the personal flag used by the reigning monarch of Grenada, symbolizing the sovereign’s authority and presence in the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
personal flag
ⓘ
royal standard ⓘ |
| authority | Canadian Heraldic Authority ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Canadian coat of arms
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Coat of Arms of Canada
|
| category |
Canadian heraldry
ⓘ
Flags of Canada ⓘ Royal standards ⓘ |
| color |
blue
ⓘ
gold ⓘ green ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| designFeature |
quarterly arrangement of the arms of Canada
ⓘ
Canadian coat of arms ⓘ
surface form:
quarterly royal coat of arms of Canada
|
| distinctFrom |
Flag of Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
National Flag of Canada
Royal Union Flag in Canada ⓘ |
| field | gold banner of the Royal Arms of Canada ⓘ |
| hasSymbolType | state symbol of Canada ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| legalStatus | regulated by Canadian heraldic and flag protocol ⓘ |
| notUsedAs |
Flag of the Governor General of Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
flag of the Governor General of Canada
flag of the Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ |
| protocolRule |
flown only in presence of the sovereign
ⓘ
never flown at half-mast ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Canadian royal symbols
ⓘ
Canadian system of constitutional monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Monarchy of Canada
Canadian coat of arms ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Arms of Canada
|
| replaces | National Flag of Canada when monarch is in residence ⓘ |
| represents | Canadian sovereign ⓘ |
| roleSymbolized | head of state of Canada ⓘ |
| scopeOfUse |
personal use of the sovereign
ⓘ
used only when the monarch is present ⓘ |
| status | official flag ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
continuity of the Canadian Crown
ⓘ
monarch’s authority in Canada ⓘ unity of Canada under the sovereign ⓘ |
| usedAt |
aircraft conveying the monarch in Canada
ⓘ
buildings where the monarch is in attendance ⓘ royal residences in Canada when the monarch is present ⓘ ships conveying the monarch in Canada ⓘ vehicles conveying the monarch in Canada ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Charles III, King of Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian monarch
King of Canada ⓘ |
| usedSince | 20th century ⓘ |
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: Royal Standard of Canada Description of subject: The Royal Standard of Canada is the personal flag used by the Canadian monarch, featuring the quartered arms of Canada to symbolize the sovereign’s role as head of state.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Crest of the Royal Arms of Canada
this entity surface form:
Royal Arms of Canada