Oklahoma state flag
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The Oklahoma state flag is the official banner of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, featuring a traditional Osage Nation buffalo-skin shield and symbols of peace on a blue field.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Oklahoma | 1 |
| Flag of the State of Oklahoma | 1 |
| Flags of Oklahoma | 1 |
| Oklahoma state flag canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3209063 — 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: Oklahoma state flag Context triple: [Sooner State, associatedWithSymbol, Oklahoma state flag]
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A.
Flag of Mississippi
The Flag of Mississippi is the U.S. state's official banner, adopted in 2020, featuring a magnolia blossom and stars on a blue, red, and gold design that replaced the former Confederate-themed flag.
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B.
Flag of Kentucky
The Flag of Kentucky is the U.S. state's banner featuring the state seal—showing a pioneer and statesman embracing—on a navy blue field encircled by goldenrod sprigs and the words "Commonwealth of Kentucky."
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C.
Flag of California
The Flag of California, commonly known as the "Bear Flag," is the state flag featuring a lone grizzly bear, a red star, a red stripe, and the words "California Republic," symbolizing the state's history and independence.
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D.
Flag of Wisconsin
The Flag of Wisconsin is the official state flag featuring the state coat of arms on a blue field, symbolizing Wisconsin’s history of mining, agriculture, manufacturing, and navigation.
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E.
Flag of Florida
The Flag of Florida is the state flag of Florida, featuring a red saltire on a white field with the state seal at its center.
- 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: Oklahoma state flag Target entity description: The Oklahoma state flag is the official banner of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, featuring a traditional Osage Nation buffalo-skin shield and symbols of peace on a blue field.
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A.
Flag of Mississippi
The Flag of Mississippi is the U.S. state's official banner, adopted in 2020, featuring a magnolia blossom and stars on a blue, red, and gold design that replaced the former Confederate-themed flag.
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B.
Flag of Kentucky
The Flag of Kentucky is the U.S. state's banner featuring the state seal—showing a pioneer and statesman embracing—on a navy blue field encircled by goldenrod sprigs and the words "Commonwealth of Kentucky."
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C.
Flag of California
The Flag of California, commonly known as the "Bear Flag," is the state flag featuring a lone grizzly bear, a red star, a red stripe, and the words "California Republic," symbolizing the state's history and independence.
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D.
Flag of Wisconsin
The Flag of Wisconsin is the official state flag featuring the state coat of arms on a blue field, symbolizing Wisconsin’s history of mining, agriculture, manufacturing, and navigation.
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E.
Flag of Florida
The Flag of Florida is the state flag of Florida, featuring a red saltire on a white field with the state seal at its center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag of a U.S. state
ⓘ
state flag ⓘ |
| adopted | 1925 ⓘ |
| backgroundRepresents | Choctaw war flag blue field ⓘ |
| category |
Blue Ensign-style flags
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Oklahoma state flag self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Flags of Oklahoma
Flags of states of the United States ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crossesSymbolize | Native American stars ⓘ |
| depicts |
Osage buffalo-skin shield
ⓘ
calumet ⓘ olive branch ⓘ peace pipe ⓘ |
| designer | Louise Fluke ⓘ |
| designModified |
1941
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1988 ⓘ |
| designSelectedBy | statewide contest ⓘ |
| element |
Osage buffalo-skin shield
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crossed olive branch and peace pipe ⓘ olive branch ⓘ peace pipe ⓘ seven eagle feathers ⓘ small crosses on shield ⓘ |
| fieldColor |
blue
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sky blue ⓘ |
| legalAuthority |
Oklahoma statutory law
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surface form:
Oklahoma Statutes
|
| officialName |
Oklahoma state flag
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Flag of the State of Oklahoma
|
| proportion | 2:3 ⓘ |
| represents | Oklahoma ⓘ |
| status | official state symbol of Oklahoma ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
European-American heritage
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Native American heritage ⓘ cultural syncretism ⓘ peace ⓘ unity ⓘ |
| textColor | white ⓘ |
| textOnFlag |
Oklahoma
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surface form:
OKLAHOMA
|
| usedBy |
Government of Oklahoma
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Oklahoma National Guard ⓘ public schools in Oklahoma ⓘ state agencies of Oklahoma ⓘ |
| uses | Osage Nation buffalo-skin shield ⓘ |
| usesColor |
brown
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green ⓘ red ⓘ tan ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
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: Oklahoma state flag Description of subject: The Oklahoma state flag is the official banner of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, featuring a traditional Osage Nation buffalo-skin shield and symbols of peace on a blue field.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Flag of the State of Oklahoma
this entity surface form:
Flags of Oklahoma
this entity surface form:
Flag of Oklahoma