United States Army flag
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The United States Army flag is the official banner of the U.S. Army, featuring its emblem on a white field above a scroll inscribed with "United States Army" and the year of its establishment, 1775.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of the United States Army | 2 |
| United States Army flag canonical | 2 |
| United States Army (through flag commission) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T742617 — 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: United States Army flag Context triple: [United States Army seal, relatedTo, United States Army flag]
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A.
Flag of the United States Department of Defense
The Flag of the United States Department of Defense is the official banner representing the U.S. Department of Defense, typically featuring its emblem on a plain field and used for ceremonial and official departmental purposes.
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B.
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.
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C.
Naval jack of the United States
The Naval jack of the United States is a maritime flag flown by U.S. Navy ships at the bow, historically featuring a blue field with white stars symbolizing the states of the Union.
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D.
United States Army seal
The United States Army seal is the official emblem of the U.S. Army, featuring symbols of military readiness and authority along with its historic founding date.
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E.
United States coat of arms
The United States coat of arms is the national heraldic emblem featuring a bald eagle with a shield, olive branch, and arrows, symbolizing the country’s sovereignty, peace, and readiness for defense.
- 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: United States Army flag Target entity description: The United States Army flag is the official banner of the U.S. Army, featuring its emblem on a white field above a scroll inscribed with "United States Army" and the year of its establishment, 1775.
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A.
Flag of the United States Department of Defense
The Flag of the United States Department of Defense is the official banner representing the U.S. Department of Defense, typically featuring its emblem on a plain field and used for ceremonial and official departmental purposes.
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B.
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.
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C.
Naval jack of the United States
The Naval jack of the United States is a maritime flag flown by U.S. Navy ships at the bow, historically featuring a blue field with white stars symbolizing the states of the Union.
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D.
United States Army seal
The United States Army seal is the official emblem of the U.S. Army, featuring symbols of military readiness and authority along with its historic founding date.
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E.
United States coat of arms
The United States coat of arms is the national heraldic emblem featuring a bald eagle with a shield, olive branch, and arrows, symbolizing the country’s sovereignty, peace, and readiness for defense.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military flag
ⓘ
organizational flag ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
United States Department of the Army
ⓘ
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
linked to:
Dwight D. Eisenhower
|
| adoptedOn | 1956-06-12 ⓘ |
| background | plain white field ⓘ |
| campaignStreamersAttachedTo | flagstaff ⓘ |
| campaignStreamersRepresent | Army campaigns and battles ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| designBasis | War Office Seal of 1779 ⓘ |
| displayedWith |
United States national flag
ⓘ
linked to:
United States flag
|
| emblemColor | blue ⓘ |
| emblemIncludes |
Phrygian cap on an upraised sword
ⓘ
Roman cuirass ⓘ cannon ⓘ drum and drumsticks ⓘ flags ⓘ mortar ⓘ scroll with motto "This We'll Defend" ⓘ unsheathed sword ⓘ |
| emblemPosition | centered on the field ⓘ |
| establishmentYearShown | 1775 ⓘ |
| features |
United States Army emblem
ⓘ
scroll with inscription "United States Army" ⓘ year "1775" ⓘ |
| fieldColor | white ⓘ |
| hasVariant | United States Army flag with campaign streamers ⓘ |
| inscription |
1775
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ |
| introducedOn | United States Army’s 181st birthday observance ⓘ |
| motto | This We'll Defend ⓘ |
| officialName |
Flag of the United States Army
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Army flag
|
| primaryUse |
ceremonial purposes
ⓘ
official functions ⓘ parades ⓘ |
| regulatesBy | United States Army regulations ⓘ |
| representsEstablishmentYearOf | United States Army ⓘ |
| scrollPosition | below the emblem ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| status | official service flag of the United States Army ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
United States Army battle honors
ⓘ
United States Army heritage ⓘ United States Army traditions ⓘ |
| textColorOnScroll | red ⓘ |
| usedAt |
Army installations
ⓘ
Department of the Army headquarters ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of the Army
official Army ceremonies ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States Army ⓘ |
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: United States Army flag Description of subject: The United States Army flag is the official banner of the U.S. Army, featuring its emblem on a white field above a scroll inscribed with "United States Army" and the year of its establishment, 1775.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: United States Army flag
subject linked to:
“This We’ll Defend” motto
subject linked to:
her daughter Caroline Pickersgill
linked to: United States Army flag
subject linked to:
United States Army and Navy
linked to: United States Army flag