Calvert family arms
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The Calvert family arms are the heraldic coat of arms of the Lords Baltimore, featuring distinctive black-and-gold and red-and-white quartered designs that form the basis of the Maryland state flag.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Calvert arms (paly of six Or and Sable, a bend counterchanged) | 1 |
| Calvert family arms canonical | 1 |
| Calvert family coat of arms | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6325653 — 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: Calvert family arms Context triple: [Seal of Maryland, depicts, Calvert family arms]
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Maitland family arms
The Maitland family arms are the heraldic coat of arms historically associated with the Scottish noble Maitland family, notably linked to the Earls of Lauderdale.
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B.
Campbell of Argyll arms
The Campbell of Argyll arms are the heraldic bearings of the powerful Scottish Campbell family, historically associated with the Dukes of Argyll and the clan’s prominence in the Scottish Highlands.
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C.
Arms of the Spencer family
The Arms of the Spencer family are the heraldic coat of arms historically borne by the aristocratic Spencer lineage, including the Earls Spencer and their notable descendants such as Diana, Princess of Wales.
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D.
Murray of Atholl arms
The Murray of Atholl arms are the heraldic coat of arms historically associated with the noble Murray family of Atholl in Scotland.
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Arms of the Earls of Harewood
The Arms of the Earls of Harewood are the heraldic bearings of the Lascelles family, historically associated with their noble title and estates in Yorkshire, England.
- 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: Calvert family arms Target entity description: The Calvert family arms are the heraldic coat of arms of the Lords Baltimore, featuring distinctive black-and-gold and red-and-white quartered designs that form the basis of the Maryland state flag.
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A.
Maitland family arms
The Maitland family arms are the heraldic coat of arms historically associated with the Scottish noble Maitland family, notably linked to the Earls of Lauderdale.
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B.
Campbell of Argyll arms
The Campbell of Argyll arms are the heraldic bearings of the powerful Scottish Campbell family, historically associated with the Dukes of Argyll and the clan’s prominence in the Scottish Highlands.
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C.
Arms of the Spencer family
The Arms of the Spencer family are the heraldic coat of arms historically borne by the aristocratic Spencer lineage, including the Earls Spencer and their notable descendants such as Diana, Princess of Wales.
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D.
Murray of Atholl arms
The Murray of Atholl arms are the heraldic coat of arms historically associated with the noble Murray family of Atholl in Scotland.
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E.
Arms of the Earls of Harewood
The Arms of the Earls of Harewood are the heraldic bearings of the Lascelles family, historically associated with their noble title and estates in Yorkshire, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coat of arms
ⓘ
heraldic achievement ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
Great Seal of Maryland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maryland state government insignia ⓘ |
| associatedWithFamily | Calvert family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTitle | Baron Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | Heraldry of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| formsBasisOf | Flag of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColor |
black
ⓘ
gold ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| hasDesignElement |
a bend counterchanged
ⓘ
alternating red and white quadrants ⓘ cross bottony ⓘ paly of six or and sable ⓘ |
| hasField | quarterly design ⓘ |
| hasQuarteringWith | Crossland family arms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heraldicTradition | English heraldry ⓘ |
| influenced | symbolism of the State of Maryland ⓘ |
| inspired | design of many Maryland county flags ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| symbolizes | authority of the Lords Baltimore in Maryland ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfOrigin | early 17th century ⓘ |
| usedAs | proprietary arms of Maryland ⓘ |
| usedBy | Lords Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Colony of Maryland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Province of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Calvert family arms Description of subject: The Calvert family arms are the heraldic coat of arms of the Lords Baltimore, featuring distinctive black-and-gold and red-and-white quartered designs that form the basis of the Maryland state flag.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Calvert arms (paly of six Or and Sable, a bend counterchanged)
this entity surface form:
Calvert family coat of arms