Flag of Hawaii
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The Flag of Hawaii is the state flag featuring eight horizontal stripes and a British Union Jack in the canton, symbolizing the islands and Hawaii’s historical ties to the United Kingdom.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Hawaii canonical | 4 |
| Hawaiian national flag | 1 |
| flag of the Provisional Government of Hawaii | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8491136 — 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 Hawaii Context triple: [Kingdom of Hawaii, flag, Flag of Hawaii]
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A.
Flag of Florida
The Flag of Florida is the state flag of Florida, featuring a red saltire on a white field with the state seal at its center.
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B.
Flag of Palau
The Flag of Palau is a light blue field with a large yellow disk slightly off-center, symbolizing the Pacific Ocean and the moon, and representing the island nation's identity and independence.
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C.
Flag of Delaware
The Flag of Delaware is a blue field featuring the state's coat of arms within a buff-colored diamond, with the date of Delaware's ratification of the U.S. Constitution inscribed below.
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D.
Flag of Maryland
The Flag of Maryland is the distinctive U.S. state flag featuring the heraldic black-and-gold Calvert and red-and-white Crossland family arms in a quartered design.
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E.
Flag of Connecticut
The Flag of Connecticut is the state flag featuring a blue field with a white baroque shield displaying three grapevines and the Latin motto "Qui Transtulit Sustinet."
- 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 Hawaii Target entity description: The Flag of Hawaii is the state flag featuring eight horizontal stripes and a British Union Jack in the canton, symbolizing the islands and Hawaii’s historical ties to the United Kingdom.
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A.
Flag of Florida
The Flag of Florida is the state flag of Florida, featuring a red saltire on a white field with the state seal at its center.
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B.
Flag of Palau
The Flag of Palau is a light blue field with a large yellow disk slightly off-center, symbolizing the Pacific Ocean and the moon, and representing the island nation's identity and independence.
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C.
Flag of Delaware
The Flag of Delaware is a blue field featuring the state's coat of arms within a buff-colored diamond, with the date of Delaware's ratification of the U.S. Constitution inscribed below.
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D.
Flag of Maryland
The Flag of Maryland is the distinctive U.S. state flag featuring the heraldic black-and-gold Calvert and red-and-white Crossland family arms in a quartered design.
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E.
Flag of Connecticut
The Flag of Connecticut is the state flag featuring a blue field with a white baroque shield displaying three grapevines and the Latin motto "Qui Transtulit Sustinet."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag
ⓘ
state flag ⓘ |
| adoptedAsNationalFlagOfKingdomOfHawaii | 1845 ⓘ |
| adoptedAsStateFlag | 1959 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | U.S. state flags ⓘ |
| cantonDesign |
Union Flag of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Union Flag
|
| containsColorsOf |
United Kingdom flag
ⓘ
linked to:
Union Flag
United States flag ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designedUnderMonarch | Kamehameha I ⓘ |
| displayedAt |
Hawaii State Capitol
ⓘ
Hawaii government buildings ⓘ Hawaii public schools ⓘ |
| hasAspectRatio | 1:2 ⓘ |
| hasCanton |
Union Jack
ⓘ
linked to:
Union Flag
|
| hasCulturalSignificanceFor |
Native Hawaiians
ⓘ
residents of Hawaii ⓘ |
| hasDesign | eight horizontal stripes ⓘ |
| hasElement |
blue stripes
ⓘ
red stripes ⓘ white stripes ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
flag of the Provisional Government of Hawaii
ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of Hawaii
flag of the Republic of Hawaii ⓘ national flag of the Kingdom of Hawaii ⓘ territorial flag of Hawaii ⓘ |
| isOnlyUSStateFlagWithNationalFlagOfAnotherCountry | true ⓘ |
| isOnlyUSStateFlagWithUnionJack | true ⓘ |
| isVexillologicalSubjectOf | North American Vexillological Association ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official state symbol of Hawaii ⓘ |
| nickname | Ka Hae Hawaiʻi ⓘ |
| numberOfStripes | 8 ⓘ |
| officialIn |
State of Hawaii constitution
ⓘ
linked to:
Hawaii State Constitution
|
| previousVersionsExistedBefore1845 | true ⓘ |
| proportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| state | Hawaii ⓘ |
| stripeColors |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
eight main Hawaiian Islands
ⓘ
historical ties to the United Kingdom ⓘ relationship with the United States ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Hawaii residents
ⓘ
Hawaii state government ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Hawaii
State of Hawaii ⓘ
linked to:
Hawaii
|
| usedOn |
Hawaii Statehood Day
ⓘ
Hawaii state holidays ⓘ Kamehameha Day ⓘ |
| writingSystemOfNickname |
Hawaiian language
ⓘ
linked to:
Hawaiian
|
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 Hawaii Description of subject: The Flag of Hawaii is the state flag featuring eight horizontal stripes and a British Union Jack in the canton, symbolizing the islands and Hawaii’s historical ties to the United Kingdom.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flag of Hawaii
linked to: Flag of Hawaii