Flag of Quebec
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The Flag of Quebec is the official provincial flag of Quebec, Canada, featuring a white cross on a blue field with four white fleurs-de-lis symbolizing the province’s French heritage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Quebec canonical | 1 |
| drapeau du Québec | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2074155 — 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 Quebec Context triple: [Quebec City Hall, hasFlagDisplay, Flag of Quebec]
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A.
Flag of Quebec City
The Flag of Quebec City is the municipal banner featuring symbols that represent the city's French heritage, maritime history, and status as one of North America’s oldest fortified settlements.
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B.
Flag of Canada
The Flag of Canada is a red and white national flag featuring a stylized red maple leaf at its center, symbolizing the country’s identity and heritage.
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C.
Flag of Prince Edward Island
The Flag of Prince Edward Island is a Canadian provincial flag featuring a stylized English heraldic lion above three small oak saplings and a large oak tree, symbolizing the island and its relationship to Great Britain.
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D.
Acadian flag
The Acadian flag is a tricolour banner of blue, white, and red with a gold star that represents the heritage, identity, and resilience of the Acadian people.
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E.
Flag of Guadeloupe
The Flag of Guadeloupe is a regional emblem often featuring a golden sun and sugarcane on a red field beneath a blue stripe with three fleurs-de-lis, symbolizing the island’s Caribbean identity and French 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 Quebec Target entity description: The Flag of Quebec is the official provincial flag of Quebec, Canada, featuring a white cross on a blue field with four white fleurs-de-lis symbolizing the province’s French heritage.
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A.
Flag of Quebec City
The Flag of Quebec City is the municipal banner featuring symbols that represent the city's French heritage, maritime history, and status as one of North America’s oldest fortified settlements.
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B.
Flag of Canada
The Flag of Canada is a red and white national flag featuring a stylized red maple leaf at its center, symbolizing the country’s identity and heritage.
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C.
Flag of Prince Edward Island
The Flag of Prince Edward Island is a Canadian provincial flag featuring a stylized English heraldic lion above three small oak saplings and a large oak tree, symbolizing the island and its relationship to Great Britain.
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D.
Acadian flag
The Acadian flag is a tricolour banner of blue, white, and red with a gold star that represents the heritage, identity, and resilience of the Acadian people.
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E.
Flag of Guadeloupe
The Flag of Guadeloupe is a regional emblem often featuring a golden sun and sugarcane on a red field beneath a blue stripe with three fleurs-de-lis, symbolizing the island’s Caribbean identity and French heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag
ⓘ
provincial flag ⓘ |
| adopted | 1948-01-21 ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
Government of Quebec
ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Quebec ⓘ
linked to:
National Assembly of Quebec
|
| category |
Flags of Canadian provinces
ⓘ
Quebec symbols ⓘ |
| color |
blue
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| crossColor | white ⓘ |
| design | white cross on a blue field with four white fleurs-de-lis ⓘ |
| designElement |
blue field
ⓘ
four white fleurs-de-lis ⓘ white cross ⓘ |
| emblem | fleur-de-lis ⓘ |
| fieldColor | blue ⓘ |
| governmentLevel | subnational ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | French royal flags with fleurs-de-lis ⓘ |
| introduced | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| ISO3166-2Region | CA-QC ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Quebec provincial legislation ⓘ |
| nickname |
fleurdelisé
ⓘ
linked to:
fleur-de-lis
|
| numberOfFleursDeLis | 4 ⓘ |
| officialName |
drapeau du Québec
ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of Quebec
fleurdelisé ⓘ
linked to:
fleur-de-lis
|
| placedIn | four quarters of the flag ⓘ |
| precededBy | Union Jack in official use in Quebec ⓘ |
| proportion | 2:3 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Coat of arms of Quebec
ⓘ
Flags of Canada ⓘ |
| represents | Quebec nation within Canada ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| status | official provincial flag ⓘ |
| subdivision |
Quebec
ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
|
| symbolizes |
Catholic heritage of Quebec
ⓘ
French heritage of Quebec ⓘ French-speaking population of Quebec ⓘ cultural identity of Quebec ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Quebec
ⓘ
National Assembly of Quebec ⓘ Province of Quebec ⓘ
linked to:
province of Quebec
|
| usedOn |
Quebec government institutions
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Quebec
public buildings in Quebec ⓘ |
| usesScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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 Quebec Description of subject: The Flag of Quebec is the official provincial flag of Quebec, Canada, featuring a white cross on a blue field with four white fleurs-de-lis symbolizing the province’s French heritage.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flag of Quebec