Flag of Gibraltar
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The Flag of Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory flag featuring a distinctive red castle and golden key on a white and red field, symbolizing Gibraltar’s historic role as the “key” to the Mediterranean.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Gibraltar canonical | 4 |
| Gibraltar flag badge | 1 |
| flag of Gibraltar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T752467 — 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 Gibraltar Context triple: [Flags of British Overseas Territories, hasPart, Flag of Gibraltar]
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A.
Flag of the Canary Islands
The Flag of the Canary Islands is a vertical tricolour of white, blue, and yellow that symbolizes the Spanish Atlantic archipelago’s maritime heritage and insular identity.
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B.
Flag of the Isle of Man
The Flag of the Isle of Man features a red field charged with a triskelion of three armored legs with golden spurs, an ancient symbol closely associated with the island’s identity and heritage.
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C.
Flag of Bermuda
The Flag of Bermuda is a British Red Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory and its maritime heritage.
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D.
Vatican City flag
The Vatican City flag is a vertically divided yellow and white banner featuring the papal tiara and crossed keys of Saint Peter, symbolizing the authority and sovereignty of the Holy See.
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E.
Flag of Wales
The Flag of Wales is a national flag featuring a red dragon passant on a green and white field, symbolizing Welsh identity and heritage.
- 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 Gibraltar Target entity description: The Flag of Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory flag featuring a distinctive red castle and golden key on a white and red field, symbolizing Gibraltar’s historic role as the “key” to the Mediterranean.
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A.
Flag of the Canary Islands
The Flag of the Canary Islands is a vertical tricolour of white, blue, and yellow that symbolizes the Spanish Atlantic archipelago’s maritime heritage and insular identity.
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B.
Flag of the Isle of Man
The Flag of the Isle of Man features a red field charged with a triskelion of three armored legs with golden spurs, an ancient symbol closely associated with the island’s identity and heritage.
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C.
Flag of Bermuda
The Flag of Bermuda is a British Red Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory and its maritime heritage.
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D.
Vatican City flag
The Vatican City flag is a vertically divided yellow and white banner featuring the papal tiara and crossed keys of Saint Peter, symbolizing the authority and sovereignty of the Holy See.
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E.
Flag of Wales
The Flag of Wales is a national flag featuring a red dragon passant on a green and white field, symbolizing Welsh identity and heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national flag
ⓘ
territorial flag ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
Gibraltar
ⓘ
surface form:
British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar
Government of Gibraltar ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1982-11-08 ⓘ |
| armsGrantYear | 1502 ⓘ |
| castleColor | red ⓘ |
| castlePosition | centered on the white band ⓘ |
| castleSymbolism |
fortress
ⓘ
strength ⓘ |
| category |
Flags displaying animals, plants, or objects
ⓘ
Flags of British Overseas Territories ⓘ |
| colors |
gold
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| country | Gibraltar ⓘ |
| designOrigin |
Coat of arms of Gibraltar
ⓘ
surface form:
Gibraltar coat of arms
|
| fieldDivision | two horizontal bands ⓘ |
| isBasedOn | arms granted by Queen Isabella I of Castile ⓘ |
| keyColor | gold ⓘ |
| keyPosition | hanging from the castle gate into the red band ⓘ |
| keySymbolism |
key to the Mediterranean Sea
ⓘ
key to the fortress ⓘ |
| legalStatus | defined by Gibraltar law ⓘ |
| lowerBandColor | red ⓘ |
| lowerBandWidth | one third of flag height ⓘ |
| politicalEntityType | British Overseas Territory ⓘ |
| proportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| relatedSymbol |
Coat of arms of Gibraltar
ⓘ
surface form:
coat of arms of Gibraltar
|
| status | official flag of Gibraltar ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Gibraltar’s role as the key to the Mediterranean
ⓘ
Gibraltar’s strategic importance ⓘ fortress of Gibraltar ⓘ |
| upperBandColor | white ⓘ |
| upperBandWidth | two thirds of flag height ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Gibraltar
ⓘ
residents of Gibraltar ⓘ |
| usedIn |
official ceremonies in Gibraltar
ⓘ
sporting events involving Gibraltar ⓘ |
| usedWith |
Union Flag
ⓘ
surface form:
Union Jack
|
| uses |
golden key
ⓘ
red castle ⓘ red horizontal stripe ⓘ white field ⓘ |
| usesOnLand |
civil flag
ⓘ
state flag ⓘ war flag ⓘ |
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: Flag of Gibraltar Description of subject: The Flag of Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory flag featuring a distinctive red castle and golden key on a white and red field, symbolizing Gibraltar’s historic role as the “key” to the Mediterranean.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gibraltar flag badge
this entity surface form:
flag of Gibraltar