Confederate battle flag
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The Confederate battle flag is a widely recognized and highly controversial emblem associated with the Confederate States during the American Civil War and later with movements supporting white supremacy and Southern heritage.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Confederate battle flag canonical | 7 |
| Confederate flag | 1 |
| Confederate-themed flag of Mississippi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T470691 — 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: Confederate battle flag Context triple: [Confederate States of America, symbol, Confederate battle flag]
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A.
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.
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B.
Grand Union Flag
The Grand Union Flag was the first national flag of the United States, combining the British Union Jack with thirteen stripes representing the original American colonies during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
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C.
“Don’t Tread on Me” (associated naval ensign)
“Don’t Tread on Me” (associated naval ensign) is a historic American naval flag featuring a rattlesnake and defiant motto symbolizing resistance to oppression and used by the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War.
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D.
United States flag
The United States flag is the national banner of the United States, featuring thirteen red and white stripes and fifty white stars on a blue field to symbolize the original colonies and current states.
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E.
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.
- 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: Confederate battle flag Target entity description: The Confederate battle flag is a widely recognized and highly controversial emblem associated with the Confederate States during the American Civil War and later with movements supporting white supremacy and Southern heritage.
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A.
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.
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B.
Grand Union Flag
The Grand Union Flag was the first national flag of the United States, combining the British Union Jack with thirteen stripes representing the original American colonies during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
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C.
“Don’t Tread on Me” (associated naval ensign)
“Don’t Tread on Me” (associated naval ensign) is a historic American naval flag featuring a rattlesnake and defiant motto symbolizing resistance to oppression and used by the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War.
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D.
United States flag
The United States flag is the national banner of the United States, featuring thirteen red and white stripes and fifty white stars on a blue field to symbolize the original colonies and current states.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
controversial symbol
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flag ⓘ historical symbol ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Confederate battle flag
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surface form:
Confederate flag
Southern Cross ⓘ rebel flag ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Civil War
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Lost Cause ideology ⓘ Southern heritage movement ⓘ secession ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ |
| bannedBy | several U.S. military branches ⓘ |
| color |
blue saltire
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red field ⓘ white stars ⓘ |
| controversy |
display on public buildings
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use in state flags ⓘ |
| design | blue diagonal cross with white edging on a red field ⓘ |
| feature | thirteen white stars ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
Civil War reenactments
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heritage organizations ⓘ |
| influenced |
design of Georgia state flag (1956–2001)
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design of Mississippi state flag (1894–2020) ⓘ |
| legalStatus | protected as free speech in the United States ⓘ |
| perceivedAs |
symbol of Southern pride by some supporters
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symbol of racism by many observers ⓘ |
| represents | Confederate states and claimed territories ⓘ |
| restrictedBy | various U.S. corporations and organizations ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
academic research
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legislative debates ⓘ museum exhibitions ⓘ public protests ⓘ |
| symbolOf | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1861–1865 ⓘ |
| usedAs | symbol of resistance to civil rights ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Army of Northern Virginia
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Army of Tennessee ⓘ Confederate States Army ⓘ Ku Klux Klan ⓘ segregationists ⓘ white supremacist groups ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Southern United States
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
neo-Confederate movements ⓘ |
| usedOn |
bumper stickers
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clothing ⓘ license plates ⓘ music album covers ⓘ |
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: Confederate battle flag Description of subject: The Confederate battle flag is a widely recognized and highly controversial emblem associated with the Confederate States during the American Civil War and later with movements supporting white supremacy and Southern heritage.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Confederate flag
this entity surface form:
Confederate-themed flag of Mississippi