Flag of Guernsey
E643841
The Flag of Guernsey is the official banner of the British Crown dependency of Guernsey, featuring a red St George’s Cross overlaid with a smaller golden cross on a white field.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Guernsey canonical | 1 |
| state flag of Guernsey | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7116254 — 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 Guernsey Context triple: [Flag of Brecqhou, distinctFrom, Flag of Guernsey]
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A.
Flag of the Isle of Man
The Flag of the Isle of Man features a red field charged with a triskelion of three armored legs with golden spurs, an ancient symbol closely associated with the island’s identity and heritage.
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B.
Flag of Sark
The Flag of Sark is the official banner of the Channel Island of Sark, featuring a red St George’s Cross on white with a red canton bearing two yellow lions, symbolizing its historic ties to England and Normandy.
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C.
Flag of Brecqhou
The Flag of Brecqhou is the distinctive banner representing the privately owned Channel Island of Brecqhou, reflecting its unique identity separate from nearby Sark.
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D.
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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E.
Flag of Tristan da Cunha
The Flag of Tristan da Cunha is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing the remote South Atlantic island’s status as a British Overseas Territory.
- 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 Guernsey Target entity description: The Flag of Guernsey is the official banner of the British Crown dependency of Guernsey, featuring a red St George’s Cross overlaid with a smaller golden cross on a white field.
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A.
Flag of the Isle of Man
The Flag of the Isle of Man features a red field charged with a triskelion of three armored legs with golden spurs, an ancient symbol closely associated with the island’s identity and heritage.
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B.
Flag of Sark
The Flag of Sark is the official banner of the Channel Island of Sark, featuring a red St George’s Cross on white with a red canton bearing two yellow lions, symbolizing its historic ties to England and Normandy.
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C.
Flag of Brecqhou
The Flag of Brecqhou is the distinctive banner representing the privately owned Channel Island of Brecqhou, reflecting its unique identity separate from nearby Sark.
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D.
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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E.
Flag of Tristan da Cunha
The Flag of Tristan da Cunha is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing the remote South Atlantic island’s status as a British Overseas Territory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag of a Crown dependency
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | States of Guernsey ⓘ |
| adoptionDate |
1985
ⓘ
30 April 1985 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British Crown dependencies
ⓘ
linked to:
Crown dependencies
Channel Islands ⓘ
linked to:
Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
|
| backgroundColor | white ⓘ |
| category |
Flags introduced in 1985
ⓘ
Flags of the Channel Islands ⓘ |
| color |
gold
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| country | Guernsey ⓘ |
| crossColor | red ⓘ |
| design | red St George’s Cross overlaid with a smaller golden cross on a white field ⓘ |
| ensignVariant | Red Ensign defaced with the Guernsey arms ⓘ |
| features |
golden cross
ⓘ
red St George’s Cross ⓘ |
| governmentUse |
state flag of Guernsey
ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of Guernsey
|
| hasDesignElement |
centered cross
ⓘ
superimposed smaller cross ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Norman gonfalon of William the Conqueror
ⓘ
St George’s Cross ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of England
flag of England ⓘ |
| legalStatus | defined in Guernsey legislation ⓘ |
| officialStatus | official banner of the British Crown dependency of Guernsey ⓘ |
| overlaidCrossColor | gold ⓘ |
| proportion | 3:5 ⓘ |
| relatedFlag |
Flag of England
ⓘ
Flag of Jersey ⓘ Union Jack ⓘ
linked to:
Union Flag
|
| replaced | British Red Ensign with the arms of Guernsey in the fly ⓘ |
| represents |
Guernsey’s association with William the Conqueror
ⓘ
Guernsey’s historical links with Normandy ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | none (no text) ⓘ |
| sideRatio | 3:5 ⓘ |
| symbolizes | Guernsey ⓘ |
| territoryType | British Crown dependency ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Guernsey
ⓘ
linked to:
States of Guernsey Policy Council
public institutions in Guernsey ⓘ |
| usedFor |
official ceremonies in Guernsey
ⓘ
representation of Guernsey in international events ⓘ |
| usedOn |
land
ⓘ
sea (as a civil ensign when defaced on the Red Ensign) ⓘ |
| uses |
gold cross
ⓘ
red cross ⓘ white field ⓘ |
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 Guernsey Description of subject: The Flag of Guernsey is the official banner of the British Crown dependency of Guernsey, featuring a red St George’s Cross overlaid with a smaller golden cross on a white field.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flag of Guernsey