coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands
E424457
The coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands is a heraldic emblem featuring Saint Ursula holding a golden lamp, surrounded by additional lamps, symbolizing the territory’s name and its association with the legendary saint.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands | 2 |
| coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4251131 — 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: coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands Context triple: [Flag of the British Virgin Islands, containsSymbol, coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands]
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A.
Coat of arms of the United States Virgin Islands
The Coat of arms of the United States Virgin Islands is the official emblem featuring a simplified version of the U.S. eagle holding symbols of peace and defense, representing the territory’s identity and its connection to the United States.
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B.
Coat of arms of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The Coat of arms of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the national heraldic emblem featuring classical female figures and symbols of peace and justice, representing the country’s history, values, and identity.
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C.
Coat of arms of Barbados
The Coat of arms of Barbados is the national heraldic emblem featuring a bearded fig tree, a broken trident, and supporting animals that symbolize the island’s heritage, independence, and identity.
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D.
coat of arms of the Turks and Caicos Islands
The coat of arms of the Turks and Caicos Islands is a heraldic emblem featuring local symbols such as a conch shell, lobster, and cactus, representing the territory’s natural heritage and identity.
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E.
Coat of arms of Antigua and Barbuda
The Coat of arms of Antigua and Barbuda is the national heraldic emblem featuring symbols of the islands’ landscape, history, and culture, including a rising sun, sugarcane, pineapple, and native fauna.
- 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: coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands Target entity description: The coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands is a heraldic emblem featuring Saint Ursula holding a golden lamp, surrounded by additional lamps, symbolizing the territory’s name and its association with the legendary saint.
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A.
Coat of arms of the United States Virgin Islands
The Coat of arms of the United States Virgin Islands is the official emblem featuring a simplified version of the U.S. eagle holding symbols of peace and defense, representing the territory’s identity and its connection to the United States.
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B.
Coat of arms of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The Coat of arms of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the national heraldic emblem featuring classical female figures and symbols of peace and justice, representing the country’s history, values, and identity.
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C.
Coat of arms of Barbados
The Coat of arms of Barbados is the national heraldic emblem featuring a bearded fig tree, a broken trident, and supporting animals that symbolize the island’s heritage, independence, and identity.
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D.
coat of arms of the Turks and Caicos Islands
The coat of arms of the Turks and Caicos Islands is a heraldic emblem featuring local symbols such as a conch shell, lobster, and cactus, representing the territory’s natural heritage and identity.
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E.
Coat of arms of Antigua and Barbuda
The Coat of arms of Antigua and Barbuda is the national heraldic emblem featuring symbols of the islands’ landscape, history, and culture, including a rising sun, sugarcane, pineapple, and native fauna.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coat of arms
ⓘ
national emblem ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | British Virgin Islands ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1960-11-15 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | British Overseas Territories heraldry ⓘ |
| borderColor | or (gold) ⓘ |
| category |
Coats of arms of British Overseas Territories
ⓘ
National symbols of the British Virgin Islands ⓘ |
| charge |
a female figure (Saint Ursula) holding a golden lamp
ⓘ
eleven golden lamps around the figure ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | British Virgin Islands ⓘ |
| depicts |
Saint Ursula holding a golden lamp
ⓘ
eleven additional golden lamps ⓘ |
| designElement |
female saint in white robe
ⓘ
golden lamps with flames ⓘ scroll bearing the motto ⓘ |
| figureCount | one female figure ⓘ |
| grantedBy |
College of Arms
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| heraldicField | vert ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | British Virgin Islands ⓘ |
| lampArrangement | eleven lamps surrounding Saint Ursula and one in her hand ⓘ |
| lampCount | twelve golden lamps ⓘ |
| lampMaterial | gold ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official symbol of the British Virgin Islands ⓘ |
| motto | Vigilate ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| mottoTranslation | Be Vigilant ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
flag of the British Virgin Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of the British Virgin Islands
|
| religiousTheme | Christian ⓘ |
| scriptOnMottoScroll | VIGILATE ⓘ |
| shieldColor | vert (green) ⓘ |
| sovereignState | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Christian faith of the territory
ⓘ
historical connection to the Virgin Islands’ naming by Christopher Columbus ⓘ legend of Saint Ursula and her 11,000 virgins ⓘ origin of the name Virgin Islands ⓘ vigilance ⓘ |
| territorialUse |
British Virgin Islands government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of the British Virgin Islands
|
| usedIn |
flag of the British Virgin Islands
ⓘ
government documents of the British Virgin Islands ⓘ official seals of the British Virgin Islands ⓘ |
| usedSince | 1960 ⓘ |
| usesSaint | Saint Ursula ⓘ |
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: coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands Description of subject: The coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands is a heraldic emblem featuring Saint Ursula holding a golden lamp, surrounded by additional lamps, symbolizing the territory’s name and its association with the legendary saint.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands
linked to: coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands