Flag of Barbados
E140189
The Flag of Barbados is a vertical tricolour of ultramarine and gold featuring a black broken trident, symbolizing the nation’s independence and its connection to the sea.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Barbados canonical | 3 |
| flag of Barbados | 2 |
| Barbadian flag | 1 |
| Barbados Defence Force flag | 1 |
| National flag of Barbados | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T811314 — 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 Barbados Context triple: [Flags of North America, includesFlagOf, Flag of Barbados]
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A.
Flag of the Bahamas
The Flag of the Bahamas is a national flag featuring aquamarine, gold, and black elements symbolizing the surrounding sea, the sun, and the strength and determination of the Bahamian people.
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B.
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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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.
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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E.
Flag of Jamaica
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.
- 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 Barbados Target entity description: The Flag of Barbados is a vertical tricolour of ultramarine and gold featuring a black broken trident, symbolizing the nation’s independence and its connection to the sea.
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A.
Flag of the Bahamas
The Flag of the Bahamas is a national flag featuring aquamarine, gold, and black elements symbolizing the surrounding sea, the sun, and the strength and determination of the Bahamian people.
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B.
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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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.
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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E.
Flag of Jamaica
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | national flag ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 1966-11-30 ⓘ |
| adoptionOccasion | independence of Barbados ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Broken Trident ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
Barbadian embassies
ⓘ
Barbadian government buildings ⓘ Barbadian passports ⓘ |
| blueStripesSymbolize |
sea surrounding Barbados
ⓘ
sky over Barbados ⓘ |
| capitalCityFlownIn | Bridgetown ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of the Caribbean
ⓘ
National symbols of Barbados ⓘ |
| centralEmblem | black broken trident ⓘ |
| centreStripeColour | gold ⓘ |
| colour |
black
ⓘ
gold ⓘ ultramarine ⓘ |
| competitionEntries | over 1000 ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Barbados ⓘ |
| designer | Grantley Prescod ⓘ |
| designSelectedBy | national competition ⓘ |
| designType | vertical tricolour ⓘ |
| ensignVariant |
civil ensign of Barbados
ⓘ
naval ensign of Barbados ⓘ state ensign of Barbados ⓘ |
| goldStripeSymbolizes | sand of Barbados ⓘ |
| governingLaw | Barbados national flag protocol ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Government of Barbados ⓘ |
| leftStripeColour | ultramarine ⓘ |
| numberOfStripes | 3 ⓘ |
| proportion | 2:3 ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| rightStripeColour | ultramarine ⓘ |
| stripeOrientation | vertical ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Barbadian identity
ⓘ
break with colonial past ⓘ connection to the sea ⓘ democratic government ⓘ independence ⓘ |
| tridentBrokenShaftSymbolizes | break from colonial rule ⓘ |
| tridentProngsSymbolize |
government by the people
ⓘ
government for the people ⓘ government of the people ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Barbadian citizens
ⓘ
civil authorities ⓘ state authorities ⓘ |
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 Barbados Description of subject: The Flag of Barbados is a vertical tricolour of ultramarine and gold featuring a black broken trident, symbolizing the nation’s independence and its connection to the sea.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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BOA
linked to: Flag of Barbados