Flag of the Governor of the Straits Settlements
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The Flag of the Governor of the Straits Settlements was a British colonial gubernatorial standard featuring the Union Jack defaced with the badge of the Straits Settlements, used by the governor during the period of British rule in Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Flag of the Governor of the Malayan Union | 1 |
| Flag of the Governor of the Straits Settlements canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4023137 — 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 the Straits Settlements Context triple: [Governor of the Straits Settlements, flag, Flag of the Governor of the Straits Settlements]
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A.
Flag of the Governor of British Ceylon
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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B.
Flag of South East Asia Command
The Flag of South East Asia Command was the distinctive ensign used by the Allied military command responsible for operations in the Southeast Asian theatre during World War II.
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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 the Straits Settlements Target entity description: The Flag of the Governor of the Straits Settlements was a British colonial gubernatorial standard featuring the Union Jack defaced with the badge of the Straits Settlements, used by the governor during the period of British rule in Southeast Asia.
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A.
Flag of the Governor of British Ceylon
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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B.
Flag of South East Asia Command
The Flag of South East Asia Command was the distinctive ensign used by the Allied military command responsible for operations in the Southeast Asian theatre during World War II.
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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British colonial flag
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colonial flag ⓘ gubernatorial standard ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 1:2 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British colonial symbols in Southeast Asia
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colonial administration of the Straits Settlements ⓘ |
| backgroundColor | blue field of the Union Jack ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of former British colonies
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Gubernatorial standards ⓘ Straits Settlements ⓘ |
| contains |
Union Flag
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surface form:
Union Jack
badge of the Straits Settlements ⓘ |
| country | Straits Settlements ⓘ |
| design | Union Jack defaced with the badge of the Straits Settlements ⓘ |
| emblem | badge of the Straits Settlements ⓘ |
| followsDesignPrinciple | British Blue Ensign defacement tradition ⓘ |
| governingPower | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
British colonial period in Malaya
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British rule in Malacca ⓘ British rule in Penang ⓘ British rule in Singapore ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official colonial standard ⓘ |
| region | British Malaya ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
British colonial flags in Asia
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Flag of the Straits Settlements ⓘ Union Flag ⓘ
surface form:
Union Jack
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| replacedBy |
Flag of the Governor of the Straits Settlements
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Flag of the Governor of the Malayan Union
|
| status | historical ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
authority of the British Crown in the Straits Settlements
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Governor of the Straits Settlements ⓘ
surface form:
office of the Governor of the Straits Settlements
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| usedAt |
Government House, Singapore
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government vessels carrying the Governor ⓘ official residences of the Governor ⓘ |
| usedBy |
British Empire
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Governor of the Straits Settlements ⓘ |
| usedByOffice | Governor ⓘ |
| usedFor | official gubernatorial purposes ⓘ |
| usedFrom | 19th century ⓘ |
| usedIn | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| usedUntil | 1946 ⓘ |
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 the Straits Settlements Description of subject: The Flag of the Governor of the Straits Settlements was a British colonial gubernatorial standard featuring the Union Jack defaced with the badge of the Straits Settlements, used by the governor during the period of British rule in Southeast Asia.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Flag of the Governor of the Straits Settlements
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replacedBy
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Flag of the Governor of the Straits Settlements
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Flag of the Governor of the Malayan Union