Flag of Jamaica
E133881
The Flag of Jamaica is a distinctive national flag featuring a gold diagonal cross dividing green and black triangles, symbolizing the country's natural wealth, strength, and resilience.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Jamaica canonical | 3 |
| flag of Jamaica | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T811310 — 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 Jamaica Context triple: [Flags of North America, includesFlagOf, Flag of Jamaica]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Flag of Belize
The Flag of Belize is a blue field with red stripes and a central white disc featuring the national coat of arms, symbolizing the country’s colonial history, diverse population, and forestry-based heritage.
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D.
Flag of Anguilla
The Flag of Anguilla is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms featuring three orange dolphins, symbolizing unity, strength, and endurance.
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E.
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands
The Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.
- 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 Jamaica Target entity description: The Flag of Jamaica is a distinctive national flag featuring a gold diagonal cross dividing green and black triangles, symbolizing the country's natural wealth, strength, and resilience.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Flag of Belize
The Flag of Belize is a blue field with red stripes and a central white disc featuring the national coat of arms, symbolizing the country’s colonial history, diverse population, and forestry-based heritage.
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D.
Flag of Anguilla
The Flag of Anguilla is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms featuring three orange dolphins, symbolizing unity, strength, and endurance.
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E.
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands
The Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag of a sovereign state
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 1962-08-06 ⓘ |
| adoptionOccasion | Jamaican independence from the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
Jamaican embassies and consulates abroad
ⓘ
government buildings in Jamaica ⓘ |
| category |
Flags introduced in 1962
ⓘ
Flags of North America ⓘ National symbols of Jamaica ⓘ |
| country | Jamaica ⓘ |
| designedBy | committee of the Jamaican House of Representatives ⓘ |
| fileName | Flag of Jamaica.svg ⓘ |
| hasAspectRatio | 1:2 ⓘ |
| hasCrossColor | gold ⓘ |
| hasDesign |
divided into four triangles
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gold diagonal cross ⓘ saltire ⓘ |
| hasLowerFlyTriangleColor | black ⓘ |
| hasLowerHoistTriangleColor | black ⓘ |
| hasMottoAssociated | Hardships there are but the land is green and the sun shineth ⓘ |
| hasProportionDescription | length is twice the height ⓘ |
| hasTriangleColor |
black
ⓘ
green ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeEmoji | 🇯🇲 ⓘ |
| hasUpperFlyTriangleColor | green ⓘ |
| hasUpperHoistTriangleColor | green ⓘ |
| isEnsignFor |
civil ensign of Jamaica
ⓘ
naval ensign of Jamaica ⓘ state ensign of Jamaica ⓘ |
| isUniqueFor | being the only national flag that does not contain red, white, or blue ⓘ |
| legalStatus | protected national symbol of Jamaica ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | Government of Jamaica ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
natural wealth
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resilience ⓘ strength ⓘ |
| symbolizesColorMeaning |
black represents the strength and creativity of the people
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gold represents natural wealth and sunshine ⓘ green represents hope and agricultural resources ⓘ |
| usedAs |
civil flag
ⓘ
state flag ⓘ war flag ⓘ |
| usedIn |
international organizations to denote Jamaican membership
ⓘ
sporting events to represent Jamaica ⓘ |
| usesColor |
black
ⓘ
gold ⓘ green ⓘ |
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 Jamaica Description of subject: The Flag of Jamaica is a distinctive national flag featuring a gold diagonal cross dividing green and black triangles, symbolizing the country's natural wealth, strength, and resilience.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flag of Jamaica