Flag of the British Virgin Islands
E95854
The Flag of the British Virgin Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, featuring Saint Ursula and lamps, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of the British Virgin Islands canonical | 3 |
| British Virgin Islands flag | 1 |
| Flag of the Governor of the British Virgin Islands | 1 |
| flag of the British Virgin Islands | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T752473 — 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 British Virgin Islands Context triple: [Flags of British Overseas Territories, hasPart, Flag of the British Virgin Islands]
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A.
Flag of the Cayman Islands
The Flag of the Cayman Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory and reflecting its maritime heritage and Caribbean identity.
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B.
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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C.
Flag of Ascension Island
The Flag of Ascension Island is the official banner of this remote South Atlantic British Overseas Territory, featuring a Blue Ensign defaced with the island’s distinctive coat of arms.
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D.
Coat of arms of the United States Virgin Islands
The Coat of arms of the United States Virgin Islands is the official emblem featuring a simplified version of the U.S. eagle holding symbols of peace and defense, representing the territory’s identity and its connection to the United States.
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E.
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.
- 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 British Virgin Islands Target entity description: The Flag of the British Virgin Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, featuring Saint Ursula and lamps, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.
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A.
Flag of the Cayman Islands
The Flag of the Cayman Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory and reflecting its maritime heritage and Caribbean identity.
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B.
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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C.
Flag of Ascension Island
The Flag of Ascension Island is the official banner of this remote South Atlantic British Overseas Territory, featuring a Blue Ensign defaced with the island’s distinctive coat of arms.
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D.
Coat of arms of the United States Virgin Islands
The Coat of arms of the United States Virgin Islands is the official emblem featuring a simplified version of the U.S. eagle holding symbols of peace and defense, representing the territory’s identity and its connection to the United States.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Blue Ensign
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ |
| adoptionStatus | official flag of the British Virgin Islands ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Virgin Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Virgin Islands archipelago
|
| category |
Blue Ensign flags
ⓘ
Flags of British Overseas Territories ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsFigureCount | one female figure ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsMotto | Vigilate ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsShieldColor | green ⓘ |
| containsFigure | Saint Ursula ⓘ |
| containsSymbol |
coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands
ⓘ
golden lamps ⓘ |
| country | British Virgin Islands ⓘ |
| designElement |
Union Flag in the canton
ⓘ
dark blue field ⓘ territorial badge on the fly ⓘ |
| designOrigin | British Blue Ensign tradition ⓘ |
| emblemPosition | centered in the fly half ⓘ |
| emblemType | heraldic shield with motto scroll ⓘ |
| fieldColor | blue ⓘ |
| governorFlagDesign | Union Jack defaced with the territory coat of arms in a white disc ⓘ |
| hasCanton |
Union Flag
ⓘ
surface form:
Union Jack
|
| hasProportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| hasVariant | Governor of the British Virgin Islands flag ⓘ |
| lampArrangement | around Saint Ursula ⓘ |
| lampCount | multiple golden lamps ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| mottoMeaning | Be vigilant ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| sovereignState | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Christian heritage
ⓘ
Saint Ursula and her 11,000 virgins legend ⓘ historical association with the United Kingdom ⓘ status as a British Overseas Territory ⓘ |
| territoryType |
British Overseas Territories
ⓘ
surface form:
British Overseas Territory
|
| usedAtSea | yes ⓘ |
| usedBy |
civil authorities
ⓘ
government vessels ⓘ territorial government ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial occasions
ⓘ
government buildings ⓘ maritime identification ⓘ official representation of the British Virgin Islands ⓘ |
| usedOnLand | yes ⓘ |
| usesDesign | Blue Ensign defaced with coat of arms ⓘ |
| usesRatio | 1:2 ⓘ |
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 the British Virgin Islands Description of subject: The Flag of the British Virgin Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, featuring Saint Ursula and lamps, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
British Virgin Islands flag
subject surface form:
Flag of Saint Helena
this entity surface form:
Flag of the Governor of the British Virgin Islands
this entity surface form:
flag of the British Virgin Islands