Blue Ensign
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The Blue Ensign is a British maritime flag featuring a dark blue field with the Union Jack in the canton, traditionally used by certain government vessels, colonial administrations, and authorized organizations.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blue Ensign canonical | 25 |
| Blue Ensigns | 5 |
| blue ensign | 2 |
| Blue Ensign (undefaced) | 1 |
| Blue Ensign with Hong Kong badge | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T330275 — 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.
Target entity: Blue Ensign Context triple: [British Red Ensign, relatedFlag, Blue Ensign]
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Flagg
Flagg is a surname most notably associated with American artist and illustrator James Montgomery Flagg, famed for creating the iconic "I Want YOU for U.S. Army" Uncle Sam poster.
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B.
White Ensign
The White Ensign is the distinctive white naval flag with a red St George’s Cross and Union Flag in the canton flown by commissioned warships and shore establishments of the Royal Navy.
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British Red Ensign
The British Red Ensign is a historic maritime flag of England and later Great Britain, featuring a red field with the Union Jack in the canton, traditionally flown by British merchant and civilian vessels.
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Aeromar
Aeromar is a Mexican regional airline that primarily operates domestic and short-haul international flights, with a major operational base in Mexico City.
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E.
Sons of Liberty flag
The Sons of Liberty flag is a Revolutionary-era American banner, often featuring vertical red and white stripes, associated with colonial resistance to British rule and the early patriot movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Blue Ensign Target entity description: The Blue Ensign is a British maritime flag featuring a dark blue field with the Union Jack in the canton, traditionally used by certain government vessels, colonial administrations, and authorized organizations.
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A.
Flagg
Flagg is a surname most notably associated with American artist and illustrator James Montgomery Flagg, famed for creating the iconic "I Want YOU for U.S. Army" Uncle Sam poster.
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B.
White Ensign
The White Ensign is the distinctive white naval flag with a red St George’s Cross and Union Flag in the canton flown by commissioned warships and shore establishments of the Royal Navy.
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C.
British Red Ensign
The British Red Ensign is a historic maritime flag of England and later Great Britain, featuring a red field with the Union Jack in the canton, traditionally flown by British merchant and civilian vessels.
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D.
Aeromar
Aeromar is a Mexican regional airline that primarily operates domestic and short-haul international flights, with a major operational base in Mexico City.
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E.
Sons of Liberty flag
The Sons of Liberty flag is a Revolutionary-era American banner, often featuring vertical red and white stripes, associated with colonial resistance to British rule and the early patriot movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British ensign
ⓘ
maritime flag ⓘ national flag variant ⓘ |
| canton |
Union Flag
ⓘ
surface form:
Union Jack
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| category |
British maritime flag
ⓘ
blue flag ⓘ government ensign ⓘ |
| color | dark blue ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
British Red Ensign
ⓘ
surface form:
Red Ensign
White Ensign ⓘ civil ensign ⓘ naval ensign ⓘ |
| fieldColor | blue ⓘ |
| flagType | ensign ⓘ |
| hasDesignElement |
Union Jack in the canton
ⓘ
dark blue field ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
basis for flags of former British colonies
ⓘ
flag of many British colonies ⓘ |
| influenced |
flag of Australia
ⓘ
flag of Fiji ⓘ flag of New Zealand ⓘ flag of Tuvalu ⓘ flag of several British Overseas Territories ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
regulated by the United Kingdom government
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use restricted to authorized users ⓘ |
| partOf | British ensign system ⓘ |
| regulatingAuthority |
Admiralty (United Kingdom)
ⓘ
surface form:
Admiralty (historical)
Department for Transport ⓘ
surface form:
UK Department for Transport
United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form:
UK Ministry of Defence
|
| relatedTo |
British Red Ensign
ⓘ
surface form:
Red Ensign
Union Flag ⓘ
surface form:
Union Jack
White Ensign ⓘ |
| timePeriod | in use since at least the 17th century ⓘ |
| usedBy |
British Overseas Territories
ⓘ
surface form:
British Overseas Territories (defaced variants)
Colonial Office ⓘ
surface form:
British colonial governments (historical)
British government departments at sea ⓘ Royal Fleet Auxiliary ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Fleet Auxiliary (defaced variant)
Royal Navy Reserve ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Naval Reserve (historical and variants)
United Kingdom ⓘ certain yacht clubs under warrant ⓘ |
| usedFor |
authorized organizations
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civil shipping under warrant ⓘ colonial administrations ⓘ government vessels ⓘ maritime identification ⓘ naval auxiliary vessels ⓘ yachts with special warrants ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Blue Ensign Description of subject: The Blue Ensign is a British maritime flag featuring a dark blue field with the Union Jack in the canton, traditionally used by certain government vessels, colonial administrations, and authorized organizations.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.