Flag of the State of Oregon
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The Flag of the State of Oregon is a distinctive U.S. state flag known for its navy blue field bearing the state’s name and coat of arms on the front and a beaver on the reverse, making it the only state flag with different designs on each side.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Flag of the State of Oregon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7930042 — 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 State of Oregon Context triple: [Seal of the State of Oregon, relatedTo, Flag of the State of Oregon]
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A.
Flag of California
The Flag of California, commonly known as the "Bear Flag," is the state flag featuring a lone grizzly bear, a red star, a red stripe, and the words "California Republic," symbolizing the state's history and independence.
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B.
Oklahoma state flag
The Oklahoma state flag is the official banner of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, featuring a traditional Osage Nation buffalo-skin shield and symbols of peace on a blue field.
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C.
Flag of Wisconsin
The Flag of Wisconsin is the official state flag featuring the state coat of arms on a blue field, symbolizing Wisconsin’s history of mining, agriculture, manufacturing, and navigation.
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D.
Flag of Arizona
The Flag of Arizona is the state flag featuring a copper-colored star symbolizing the state's mining heritage, set against rays of red and yellow and a blue lower half representing the western setting sun and liberty.
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E.
Flag of New Mexico
The Flag of New Mexico is a bright yellow banner featuring a red Zia sun symbol, reflecting the state’s Native American heritage and Spanish colonial history.
- 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 State of Oregon Target entity description: The Flag of the State of Oregon is a distinctive U.S. state flag known for its navy blue field bearing the state’s name and coat of arms on the front and a beaver on the reverse, making it the only state flag with different designs on each side.
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A.
Flag of California
The Flag of California, commonly known as the "Bear Flag," is the state flag featuring a lone grizzly bear, a red star, a red stripe, and the words "California Republic," symbolizing the state's history and independence.
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B.
Oklahoma state flag
The Oklahoma state flag is the official banner of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, featuring a traditional Osage Nation buffalo-skin shield and symbols of peace on a blue field.
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C.
Flag of Wisconsin
The Flag of Wisconsin is the official state flag featuring the state coat of arms on a blue field, symbolizing Wisconsin’s history of mining, agriculture, manufacturing, and navigation.
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D.
Flag of Arizona
The Flag of Arizona is the state flag featuring a copper-colored star symbolizing the state's mining heritage, set against rays of red and yellow and a blue lower half representing the western setting sun and liberty.
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E.
Flag of New Mexico
The Flag of New Mexico is a bright yellow banner featuring a red Zia sun symbol, reflecting the state’s Native American heritage and Spanish colonial history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. state flag
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national symbol of Oregon ⓘ |
| adopted | 1925 ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | Oregon Legislative Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1925-04-15 ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of states of the United States
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Symbols of Oregon ⓘ |
| color |
gold
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navy blue ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| designFeature |
33 stars around shield
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American eagle atop shield ⓘ Pacific Ocean with American ship arriving ⓘ Pacific Ocean with British ship departing ⓘ banner with words "The Union" ⓘ beaver on reverse ⓘ covered wagon on shield ⓘ date "1859" on obverse ⓘ golden beaver centered on reverse ⓘ golden letters ⓘ golden shield ⓘ mountains in background ⓘ pickaxe ⓘ plow and sheaf of wheat ⓘ state coat of arms on obverse ⓘ state name "OREGON" on obverse ⓘ word "STATE" above shield ⓘ words "OF OREGON" below "STATE" ⓘ |
| fieldColor | navy blue ⓘ |
| governingBodyForDesign | Oregon Secretary of State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTwoSidedDesign | true ⓘ |
| obverseDepicts | coat of arms of Oregon ⓘ |
| officialLanguageOfText | English ⓘ |
| proportion | 3:5 ⓘ |
| reverseDepicts | North American beaver ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| state | Oregon ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Oregon’s admission as the 33rd U.S. state
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Oregon’s agricultural resources ⓘ Oregon’s loyalty to the Union ⓘ Oregon’s maritime trade ⓘ Oregon’s mining resources ⓘ |
| textOnFlag |
1859
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OREGON NERFINISHED ⓘ STATE OF OREGON NERFINISHED ⓘ THE UNION NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uniqueFeature | only U.S. state flag with different designs on obverse and reverse ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Oregon
NERFINISHED
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public schools in Oregon ⓘ state agencies of Oregon ⓘ |
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 State of Oregon Description of subject: The Flag of the State of Oregon is a distinctive U.S. state flag known for its navy blue field bearing the state’s name and coat of arms on the front and a beaver on the reverse, making it the only state flag with different designs on each side.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.