Flag of Delaware
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The Flag of Delaware is a blue field featuring the state's coat of arms within a buff-colored diamond, with the date of Delaware's ratification of the U.S. Constitution inscribed below.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Delaware canonical | 3 |
| Delaware state flag | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T905446 — 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 Delaware Context triple: [Province of Delaware, flag, Flag of Delaware]
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A.
Flag of New Jersey
The Flag of New Jersey is the U.S. state flag featuring a buff-colored field with the state coat of arms, including a blue shield with three plows, a horse’s head crest, and the figures of Liberty and Ceres.
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B.
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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C.
Flag of Mississippi
The Flag of Mississippi is the U.S. state's official banner, adopted in 2020, featuring a magnolia blossom and stars on a blue, red, and gold design that replaced the former Confederate-themed flag.
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D.
Flag of Kentucky
The Flag of Kentucky is the U.S. state's banner featuring the state seal—showing a pioneer and statesman embracing—on a navy blue field encircled by goldenrod sprigs and the words "Commonwealth of Kentucky."
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E.
Connecticut colonial flag
The Connecticut colonial flag was the historical banner of the Connecticut Colony, featuring early versions of the state’s emblematic grapevines and motto that evolved into the modern Connecticut state flag.
- 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 Delaware Target entity description: The Flag of Delaware is a blue field featuring the state's coat of arms within a buff-colored diamond, with the date of Delaware's ratification of the U.S. Constitution inscribed below.
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A.
Flag of New Jersey
The Flag of New Jersey is the U.S. state flag featuring a buff-colored field with the state coat of arms, including a blue shield with three plows, a horse’s head crest, and the figures of Liberty and Ceres.
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B.
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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C.
Flag of Mississippi
The Flag of Mississippi is the U.S. state's official banner, adopted in 2020, featuring a magnolia blossom and stars on a blue, red, and gold design that replaced the former Confederate-themed flag.
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D.
Flag of Kentucky
The Flag of Kentucky is the U.S. state's banner featuring the state seal—showing a pioneer and statesman embracing—on a navy blue field encircled by goldenrod sprigs and the words "Commonwealth of Kentucky."
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E.
Connecticut colonial flag
The Connecticut colonial flag was the historical banner of the Connecticut Colony, featuring early versions of the state’s emblematic grapevines and motto that evolved into the modern Connecticut state flag.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag
ⓘ
state flag ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | Delaware General Assembly ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | July 24, 1913 ⓘ |
| adoptionYear | 1913 ⓘ |
| basedOn | coat of arms of Delaware ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsFeatures |
ear of corn
ⓘ
farmer ⓘ militiaman ⓘ motto scroll ⓘ ox ⓘ sailing ship ⓘ shield ⓘ wheat sheaf ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designElement |
Delaware coat of arms
ⓘ
buff-colored diamond ⓘ date inscription ⓘ |
| fieldColor | blue ⓘ |
| firstStateDateSignificance | first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on December 7, 1787 ⓘ |
| inscription | December 7, 1787 ⓘ |
| inscriptionLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | date of ratification of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ |
| motto | Liberty and Independence ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | English ⓘ |
| mottoPosition | on scroll beneath shield ⓘ |
| officialUse |
civil flag
ⓘ
governor’s flag base design ⓘ state government flag ⓘ |
| proportion | 2:3 ⓘ |
| rankedInSurvey | North American Vexillological Association 2001 state and provincial flag survey ⓘ |
| rankedPosition | 52nd of 72 in NAVA 2001 survey ⓘ |
| relatedSymbol | Seal of Delaware ⓘ |
| represents |
State of Delaware
ⓘ
linked to:
Province of Delaware
|
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| status | current state flag of Delaware ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Delaware as first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution
ⓘ
Delaware’s colonial heritage ⓘ agriculture in Delaware ⓘ independence and liberty ⓘ maritime commerce ⓘ military readiness ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Delaware
ⓘ
residents of Delaware ⓘ |
| usesColor |
buff
ⓘ
colonial blue ⓘ |
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 Delaware Description of subject: The Flag of Delaware is a blue field featuring the state's coat of arms within a buff-colored diamond, with the date of Delaware's ratification of the U.S. Constitution inscribed below.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flag of Delaware
linked to: Flag of Delaware