Bear Flag
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Bear Flag is the historic banner featuring a grizzly bear and star that became the emblem of the short-lived California Republic and later inspired the modern California state flag.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bear Flag canonical | 4 |
| Bear Flag of 1846 | 1 |
| Bear Flag of the California Republic | 1 |
| original Bear Flag | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4244385 — 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: Bear Flag Context triple: [Bear Flag Revolt, hasSymbol, Bear Flag]
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A.
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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B.
Confederate battle flag
The Confederate battle flag is a widely recognized and highly controversial emblem associated with the Confederate States during the American Civil War and later with movements supporting white supremacy and Southern heritage.
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C.
Bedford Flag
The Bedford Flag is an early American militia banner, believed to be one of the oldest surviving battle flags of the United States and traditionally associated with the opening battles of the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Flag
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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E.
Flag
Flag is a 1979 studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor that features a mix of original songs and notable covers, including his hit rendition of "Up on the Roof."
- 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: Bear Flag Target entity description: Bear Flag is the historic banner featuring a grizzly bear and star that became the emblem of the short-lived California Republic and later inspired the modern California state flag.
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A.
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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B.
Confederate battle flag
The Confederate battle flag is a widely recognized and highly controversial emblem associated with the Confederate States during the American Civil War and later with movements supporting white supremacy and Southern heritage.
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C.
Bedford Flag
The Bedford Flag is an early American militia banner, believed to be one of the oldest surviving battle flags of the United States and traditionally associated with the opening battles of the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Flag
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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E.
Flag
Flag is a 1979 studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor that features a mix of original songs and notable covers, including his hit rendition of "Up on the Roof."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical flag
ⓘ
national emblem ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | California Republic ⓘ |
| color |
brown
ⓘ
green ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| country | California Republic ⓘ |
| creator | William L. Todd ⓘ |
| depicts |
California grizzly bear
ⓘ
lone red star ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
California historical records
ⓘ
contemporary eyewitness accounts ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrAbolished | 1846 ⓘ |
| followedBy | flag of the United States ⓘ |
| follows | Mexican flag ⓘ |
| genre | revolutionary flag ⓘ |
| hasCause | rebellion against Mexican rule in California ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | icon of California identity ⓘ |
| hasEffect | establishment of California Republic ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole | emblem of the Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ |
| hasPart |
grizzly bear
ⓘ
inscription "California Republic" ⓘ red star ⓘ red stripe ⓘ white field ⓘ |
| hasUse | symbol of the short-lived California Republic ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | symbol of the State of California ⓘ |
| inception | 1846 ⓘ |
| influenced | design elements of modern California flag ⓘ |
| inspired | Flag of California ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
California state flag
ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of California
|
| locationOfCreation | Sonoma, California ⓘ |
| mainSubject | California grizzly bear ⓘ |
| namedAfter | bear ⓘ |
| partOf | history of California ⓘ |
| replacedBy | United States flag in California ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ |
| significantPlace | Sonoma Plaza ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
California independence ⓘ republican government ⓘ |
| usedBy |
American settlers in California
ⓘ
California Republic ⓘ |
| usedInWar | Mexican–American War ⓘ |
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: Bear Flag Description of subject: Bear Flag is the historic banner featuring a grizzly bear and star that became the emblem of the short-lived California Republic and later inspired the modern California state flag.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bear Flag
linked to: Bear Flag
linked to: Bear Flag