Flag of West Virginia
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The Flag of West Virginia is the U.S. state's banner featuring its coat of arms with a farmer and miner flanking a rock inscribed with the date of statehood, surrounded by rhododendron, on a white field bordered in dark blue.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of West Virginia canonical | 3 |
| West Virginia state flag | 1 |
| flag of West Virginia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1090191 — 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 West Virginia Context triple: [West Virginia, flag, Flag of West Virginia]
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A.
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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B.
Flag of Delaware
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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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 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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E.
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.
- 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 West Virginia Target entity description: The Flag of West Virginia is the U.S. state's banner featuring its coat of arms with a farmer and miner flanking a rock inscribed with the date of statehood, surrounded by rhododendron, on a white field bordered in dark blue.
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A.
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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B.
Flag of Delaware
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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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 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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag
ⓘ
state flag ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
State of West Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
West Virginia
|
| adoptionDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
West Virginia state government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of West Virginia
West Virginia state identity ⓘ |
| borderColor |
blue
ⓘ
dark blue ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designType | white field with central coat of arms ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
farmer
ⓘ
miner ⓘ rock with inscription ⓘ |
| featuresObject |
Phrygian cap
ⓘ
anvil ⓘ cornstalks ⓘ pickaxe ⓘ plow ⓘ wheat sheaves ⓘ |
| featuresPlant |
Rhododendron maximum
ⓘ
linked to:
rhododendron
rhododendron ⓘ |
| featuresText |
State of West Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
West Virginia
|
| featuresWeapon | crossed rifles ⓘ |
| fieldColor | white ⓘ |
| hasDesignElement |
scroll with state name
ⓘ
state coat of arms in center ⓘ wreath of rhododendron around coat of arms ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Montani Semper Liberi ⓘ |
| inscription | June 20, 1863 ⓘ |
| inscriptionMeaning | date of West Virginia statehood ⓘ |
| legalDefinition | defined by West Virginia state code ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| mottoTranslation | Mountaineers are always free ⓘ |
| officialStatus | official state flag of West Virginia ⓘ |
| proportion | 10:19 ⓘ |
| represents | West Virginia ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
agriculture
ⓘ
mining ⓘ natural resources of West Virginia ⓘ statehood of West Virginia ⓘ |
| usesCoatOfArms | Coat of arms of West Virginia ⓘ |
| usesColor |
blue
ⓘ
gold ⓘ green ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ |
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 West Virginia Description of subject: The Flag of West Virginia is the U.S. state's banner featuring its coat of arms with a farmer and miner flanking a rock inscribed with the date of statehood, surrounded by rhododendron, on a white field bordered in dark blue.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flag of West Virginia
linked to: Flag of West Virginia