Puerto Rican flag
E1217
The Puerto Rican flag is a red, white, and blue banner featuring five horizontal stripes and a single white star within a blue triangle, symbolizing the island’s identity and political history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Puerto Rican flag canonical | 7 |
| Flag of Puerto Rico | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17062 — 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: Puerto Rican flag Context triple: [Puerto Rico, nationalSymbol, Puerto Rican flag]
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A.
Flag of the United Nations
The Flag of the United Nations is a light blue banner featuring a white world map surrounded by olive branches, symbolizing global peace and international cooperation.
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B.
Grand Union Flag
The Grand Union Flag was the first national flag of the United States, combining the British Union Jack with thirteen stripes representing the original American colonies during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
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C.
Flag of the President of the United States
The Flag of the President of the United States is the official standard displaying the presidential coat of arms on a dark blue field, used to represent the office and presence of the U.S. president.
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D.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and unincorporated U.S. territory known for its Spanish-Caribbean culture, tropical climate, and status as a popular tourist destination.
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E.
Union Flag
The Union Flag, commonly known as the Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom, combining the crosses of England, Scotland, and (historically) Ireland into a single design.
- 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: Puerto Rican flag Target entity description: The Puerto Rican flag is a red, white, and blue banner featuring five horizontal stripes and a single white star within a blue triangle, symbolizing the island’s identity and political history.
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A.
Flag of the United Nations
The Flag of the United Nations is a light blue banner featuring a white world map surrounded by olive branches, symbolizing global peace and international cooperation.
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B.
Grand Union Flag
The Grand Union Flag was the first national flag of the United States, combining the British Union Jack with thirteen stripes representing the original American colonies during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
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C.
Flag of the President of the United States
The Flag of the President of the United States is the official standard displaying the presidential coat of arms on a dark blue field, used to represent the office and presence of the U.S. president.
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D.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and unincorporated U.S. territory known for its Spanish-Caribbean culture, tropical climate, and status as a popular tourist destination.
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E.
Union Flag
The Union Flag, commonly known as the Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom, combining the crosses of England, Scotland, and (historically) Ireland into a single design.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national flag
ⓘ
symbol of Puerto Rico ⓘ |
| adoptedAsNationalFlag | 1952 ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
Puerto Rico
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
|
| associatedWithMovement | Puerto Rican independence movement ⓘ |
| blackAndWhiteVariantSymbolism | protest against austerity and colonial status ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of North America
ⓘ
National symbols of Puerto Rico ⓘ |
| country | Puerto Rico ⓘ |
| designedBy | Puerto Rican Revolutionary Committee ⓘ |
| designInspiredBy | flag of Cuba ⓘ |
| displayedWith | flag of the United States ⓘ |
| fieldType | horizontal stripes ⓘ |
| firstUnveiled | 1895 ⓘ |
| firstUnveiledLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfStripes | 5 ⓘ |
| hasStar | 1 ⓘ |
| hasTriangle | yes ⓘ |
| hasVariant | black-and-white resistance flag ⓘ |
| orientationRelativeToCubanFlag | colors inverted from Cuban flag ⓘ |
| outlawedByLaw | Gag Law (Ley de la Mordaza) ⓘ |
| outlawPeriod | 1948–1957 ⓘ |
| politicalSymbolism |
symbol of Puerto Rican identity
ⓘ
symbol of Puerto Rican nationalism ⓘ symbol of resistance to colonialism ⓘ |
| represents |
Puerto Rican culture
ⓘ
Puerto Rican heritage ⓘ Puerto Rican people ⓘ |
| standardProportion | 2:3 ⓘ |
| starColor | white ⓘ |
| starRepresents |
Puerto Rico
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
|
| starShape | five-pointed star ⓘ |
| statusInUSContext | official territorial flag recognized by the United States ⓘ |
| stripeColorPattern | red-white-red-white-red ⓘ |
| stripesRepresent |
three red stripes represent the blood that nourishes the government branches
ⓘ
two white stripes represent individual liberty and the rights of man ⓘ |
| triangleColor | blue ⓘ |
| trianglePosition | hoist side ⓘ |
| triangleRepresents | three branches of government ⓘ |
| useCriminalizedUnderGagLaw | displaying the flag was punishable by imprisonment ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Puerto Rican government institutions
ⓘ
official documents of Puerto Rico ⓘ public buildings in Puerto Rico ⓘ |
| usesColors |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| wasOnceOutlawed | yes ⓘ |
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: Puerto Rican flag Description of subject: The Puerto Rican flag is a red, white, and blue banner featuring five horizontal stripes and a single white star within a blue triangle, symbolizing the island’s identity and political history.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Flag of Puerto Rico
this entity surface form:
Flag of Puerto Rico
this entity surface form:
Flag of Puerto Rico