Flag
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Flag is a famous 1954–55 encaustic painting by American artist Jasper Johns that depicts the U.S. flag and became a landmark work bridging Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2097599 — 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 Context triple: [Jasper Johns, notableWork, Flag]
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A.
Flagg
Flagg is a surname most notably associated with American artist and illustrator James Montgomery Flagg, famed for creating the iconic "I Want YOU for U.S. Army" Uncle Sam poster.
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B.
Gwenn-ha-du flag
The Gwenn-ha-du flag is the modern black-and-white banner that symbolizes the cultural and historical identity of Brittany in northwestern France.
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C.
Flag of Poland
The Flag of Poland is a simple national banner consisting of two horizontal stripes of equal width, white on top and red on the bottom, symbolizing the country’s historic heraldic colors.
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D.
rainbow flag
The rainbow flag is a multicolored symbol of LGBTQ+ pride, diversity, and social movements for queer rights and visibility worldwide.
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E.
United States flag
The United States flag is the national banner of the United States, featuring thirteen red and white stripes and fifty white stars on a blue field to symbolize the original colonies and current states.
- 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 Target entity description: Flag is a famous 1954–55 encaustic painting by American artist Jasper Johns that depicts the U.S. flag and became a landmark work bridging Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art.
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A.
Flagg
Flagg is a surname most notably associated with American artist and illustrator James Montgomery Flagg, famed for creating the iconic "I Want YOU for U.S. Army" Uncle Sam poster.
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B.
Gwenn-ha-du flag
The Gwenn-ha-du flag is the modern black-and-white banner that symbolizes the cultural and historical identity of Brittany in northwestern France.
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C.
Flag of Poland
The Flag of Poland is a simple national banner consisting of two horizontal stripes of equal width, white on top and red on the bottom, symbolizing the country’s historic heraldic colors.
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D.
rainbow flag
The rainbow flag is a multicolored symbol of LGBTQ+ pride, diversity, and social movements for queer rights and visibility worldwide.
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E.
United States flag
The United States flag is the national banner of the United States, featuring thirteen red and white stripes and fifty white stars on a blue field to symbolize the original colonies and current states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
ⓘ
work of art ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
key work in transition from Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art
ⓘ
landmark of postwar American art ⓘ |
| artist | Jasper Johns ⓘ |
| collection |
Museum of Modern Art collection
ⓘ
linked to:
Museum of Modern Art
|
| copyrightStatus | copyrighted ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Jasper Johns ⓘ |
| depicts |
flag of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States flag
stars and stripes ⓘ |
| exhibitionHistory | exhibited at Leo Castelli Gallery ⓘ |
| genre |
Abstract Expressionism
ⓘ
linked to:
Abstract expressionism
Pop Art ⓘ
linked to:
Pop art
contemporary art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
field of stars
ⓘ
thirteen stripes ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
American identity
ⓘ
national symbolism ⓘ relationship between sign and object ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Three Flags (Jasper Johns)
ⓘ
linked to:
Three Flags
White Flag (Jasper Johns) ⓘ |
| inception |
1954
ⓘ
1955 ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent Pop Art painters ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
United States national flag
ⓘ
linked to:
United States flag
|
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| location | Museum of Modern Art ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
encaustic
ⓘ
fabric ⓘ newsprint ⓘ oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Neo-Dada
ⓘ
contemporary American art ⓘ |
| movementContext | bridge between Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blurring line between image and object
ⓘ
challenge to Abstract Expressionist spontaneity ⓘ influence on Pop Art ⓘ use of everyday symbol as subject matter ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | English ⓘ |
| support | three joined panels ⓘ |
| technique | encaustic painting ⓘ |
| title | Flag ⓘ |
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 Description of subject: Flag is a famous 1954–55 encaustic painting by American artist Jasper Johns that depicts the U.S. flag and became a landmark work bridging Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.