Union Flag
E835
The Union Flag, commonly known as the Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom, combining the crosses of England, Scotland, and (historically) Ireland into a single design.
All labels observed (22)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3726 — 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: Union Flag Context triple: [Kingdom of Great Britain, flag, Union Flag]
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A.
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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B.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state that existed from 1801 to 1922, uniting Great Britain and all of Ireland under a single constitutional monarchy and global imperial power.
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C.
The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner is a patriotic American song, with lyrics written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, that celebrates the resilience of the U.S. flag and is traditionally performed at public and sporting events.
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D.
Kingdom of Great Britain
The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state that existed from 1707 to 1801, formed by the political union of England (and Wales) and Scotland, and became a major global colonial and maritime power.
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E.
Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam is the iconic, bearded figure in a star-spangled top hat who personifies the United States in political cartoons, posters, and popular culture.
- 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: Union Flag Target entity description: The Union Flag, commonly known as the Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom, combining the crosses of England, Scotland, and (historically) Ireland into a single design.
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A.
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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B.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state that existed from 1801 to 1922, uniting Great Britain and all of Ireland under a single constitutional monarchy and global imperial power.
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C.
The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner is a patriotic American song, with lyrics written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, that celebrates the resilience of the U.S. flag and is traditionally performed at public and sporting events.
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D.
Kingdom of Great Britain
The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state that existed from 1707 to 1801, formed by the political union of England (and Wales) and Scotland, and became a major global colonial and maritime power.
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E.
Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam is the iconic, bearded figure in a star-spangled top hat who personifies the United States in political cartoons, posters, and popular culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national flag
ⓘ
vexillological symbol ⓘ |
| adopted | 1801-01-01 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Union Flag
ⓘ
surface form:
Flag of the United Kingdom
Union Flag ⓘ
surface form:
Union Jack
|
| associatedWith |
British Empire
ⓘ
British Crown ⓘ
surface form:
British monarchy
Commonwealth countries ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth realms
|
| backgroundColor | blue ⓘ |
| category |
British symbols
ⓘ
Flags of Europe ⓘ National flags ⓘ |
| color |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| componentOf |
flag of Australia
ⓘ
flag of Fiji ⓘ flag of Hawaii ⓘ Union Flag self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
flag of New Zealand
flag of Tuvalu ⓘ flags of several British Overseas Territories ⓘ |
| controversy | use in Northern Ireland politics ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs | national flag of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designFeature |
off‑set red diagonal cross of Saint Patrick
ⓘ
superimposed red and white crosses ⓘ symmetrical diagonal saltires ⓘ white fimbriation around red crosses ⓘ |
| displayedAt |
British diplomatic missions abroad
ⓘ
UK government buildings ⓘ |
| inspired | designs of many former British colonies’ flags ⓘ |
| introducedFor |
Acts of Union 1800
ⓘ
surface form:
Act of Union 1800
|
| ISOCode |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
GB
|
| legalStatus | de facto national flag of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| officialProportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Union Flag
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Union Flag of 1606
original union of England and Scotland flag ⓘ |
| regulatesUse | UK government flag‑flying protocols ⓘ |
| represents | union of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ |
| symbolizes | political union of constituent countries of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| usedBy |
British armed forces
ⓘ
UK government ⓘ
surface form:
British government
British merchant shipping (in ensigns) ⓘ |
| usedIn |
British civil ensign (Red Ensign) canton
ⓘ
British government ensign (Blue Ensign) canton ⓘ British naval ensign (White Ensign) canton ⓘ |
| usesInDesign |
Cross of Saint Andrew
ⓘ
Cross of Saint George ⓘ Cross of Saint Patrick ⓘ |
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: Union Flag Description of subject: The Union Flag, commonly known as the Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom, combining the crosses of England, Scotland, and (historically) Ireland into a single design.
Referenced by (155)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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