Flag of the Governor of British Ceylon
E386441
The Flag of the Governor of British Ceylon was the official standard used by the British colonial governor in Ceylon, typically featuring the Union Jack defaced with the colony’s emblem to symbolize imperial authority.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of British Ceylon | 1 |
| Flag of the Governor of British Ceylon canonical | 1 |
| Flag of the Governor-General of Ceylon | 1 |
| Flags of Sri Lanka | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3775134 — 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 Governor of British Ceylon Context triple: [Governor of Ceylon, flag, Flag of the Governor of British Ceylon]
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A.
Flag of Ceylon
The Flag of Ceylon was the national flag used by the British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from independence in 1948 until the country became a republic in 1972.
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B.
Flag of the Governor-General of Jamaica
The Flag of the Governor-General of Jamaica is the official standard used by Jamaica’s viceregal representative, featuring a distinctive design that symbolizes the office’s constitutional and ceremonial authority.
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C.
Flag of the Governor-General of the Bahamas
The Flag of the Governor-General of the Bahamas is the official standard flown to represent the Bahamian viceregal office, typically featuring national symbols adapted to denote the monarch’s representative in the country.
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D.
Flag of the Governor-General of Grenada
The Flag of the Governor-General of Grenada is the official standard used by the monarch’s representative in Grenada, typically featuring a modified national emblem on a distinctive background to signify the office’s authority and ceremonial role.
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E.
Flag of the Governor-General of Australia
The Flag of the Governor-General of Australia is the official standard flown to represent the office and presence of the Governor-General, featuring distinctive heraldic symbols that denote the Crown’s representative in Australia.
- 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 Governor of British Ceylon Target entity description: The Flag of the Governor of British Ceylon was the official standard used by the British colonial governor in Ceylon, typically featuring the Union Jack defaced with the colony’s emblem to symbolize imperial authority.
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A.
Flag of Ceylon
The Flag of Ceylon was the national flag used by the British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from independence in 1948 until the country became a republic in 1972.
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B.
Flag of the Governor-General of Jamaica
The Flag of the Governor-General of Jamaica is the official standard used by Jamaica’s viceregal representative, featuring a distinctive design that symbolizes the office’s constitutional and ceremonial authority.
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C.
Flag of the Governor-General of the Bahamas
The Flag of the Governor-General of the Bahamas is the official standard flown to represent the Bahamian viceregal office, typically featuring national symbols adapted to denote the monarch’s representative in the country.
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D.
Flag of the Governor-General of Grenada
The Flag of the Governor-General of Grenada is the official standard used by the monarch’s representative in Grenada, typically featuring a modified national emblem on a distinctive background to signify the office’s authority and ceremonial role.
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E.
Flag of the Governor-General of Australia
The Flag of the Governor-General of Australia is the official standard flown to represent the office and presence of the Governor-General, featuring distinctive heraldic symbols that denote the Crown’s representative in Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial governor's flag
ⓘ
government flag ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British colonial rule in South Asia
ⓘ
Queen's House, Colombo ⓘ
surface form:
Government House, Colombo
|
| authority | British Empire ⓘ |
| category |
Colonial flags of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
Flags of British governors ⓘ Flag of the Governor of British Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Flags of Sri Lanka
|
| color |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| country | British Ceylon ⓘ |
| designBasis |
Union Flag
ⓘ
surface form:
Union Jack
|
| designFeature |
British colonial badge of Ceylon
ⓘ
Union Jack defaced with the emblem of Ceylon ⓘ |
| emblem |
badge of Ceylon on a white disc
ⓘ
crowned lion holding a sword (in the colonial badge) ⓘ |
| flagType | defaced Union Jack ⓘ |
| governingPower | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| languageOfInscription | none ⓘ |
| rankFlagFor | colonial governor ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Emblem of Ceylon
ⓘ
surface form:
Coat of arms of British Ceylon
Flag of the Governor of British Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Flag of British Ceylon
Union Flag ⓘ
surface form:
Union Jack
|
| replacedBy |
flag of the Governor-General of Ceylon
ⓘ
national flag of Ceylon ⓘ |
| status | historical flag ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
British sovereignty over Ceylon
ⓘ
office of the Governor of British Ceylon ⓘ |
| territory |
Sri Lanka
ⓘ
surface form:
Ceylon
present-day Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| timePeriod | British colonial period in Ceylon ⓘ |
| usedBy |
British colonial administration in Ceylon
ⓘ
Governor of Ceylon ⓘ
surface form:
Governor of British Ceylon
|
| usedFor |
official standard of the Governor
ⓘ
symbolizing British imperial authority in Ceylon ⓘ |
| usedFrom | 19th century ⓘ |
| usedIn |
government buildings
ⓘ
government residences ⓘ official ceremonies ⓘ |
| usedUntil | 1948 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Governor of British Ceylon Description of subject: The Flag of the Governor of British Ceylon was the official standard used by the British colonial governor in Ceylon, typically featuring the Union Jack defaced with the colony’s emblem to symbolize imperial authority.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Flag of the Governor-General of Ceylon
Flag of the Governor of British Ceylon
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category
→
Flag of the Governor of British Ceylon
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Flags of Sri Lanka
Flag of the Governor of British Ceylon
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relatedTo
→
Flag of the Governor of British Ceylon
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Flag of British Ceylon