Flag of the Republic of Texas
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The Flag of the Republic of Texas is the historic Lone Star banner featuring a single white star beside vertical blue and horizontal white and red stripes, which later became the state flag of Texas.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of the Republic of Texas canonical | 2 |
| Flag of the State of Texas | 2 |
| Flag of Texas | 1 |
| Lone Star Flag | 1 |
| Lone Star banner | 1 |
| Lone Star symbol | 1 |
| flag of Texas (historical similarity, not direct derivation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T174591 — 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 the Republic of Texas Context triple: [Republic of Texas, flag, Flag of the Republic of Texas]
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A.
Flag of the Organization of American States
The Flag of the Organization of American States features the OAS emblem—an array of member states’ flags arranged in a circular pattern—on a solid blue field, symbolizing unity and cooperation among the countries of the Americas.
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B.
Mexican flag
The Mexican flag is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red featuring a national coat of arms with an eagle devouring a snake atop a cactus, symbolizing the country’s heritage and identity.
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C.
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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D.
Puerto Rican flag
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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E.
Flag of the United States Department of State
The Flag of the United States Department of State is the official banner featuring the department’s coat of arms, symbolizing its role in conducting American foreign policy and representing the U.S. abroad.
- 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 the Republic of Texas Target entity description: The Flag of the Republic of Texas is the historic Lone Star banner featuring a single white star beside vertical blue and horizontal white and red stripes, which later became the state flag of Texas.
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A.
Flag of the Organization of American States
The Flag of the Organization of American States features the OAS emblem—an array of member states’ flags arranged in a circular pattern—on a solid blue field, symbolizing unity and cooperation among the countries of the Americas.
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B.
Mexican flag
The Mexican flag is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red featuring a national coat of arms with an eagle devouring a snake atop a cactus, symbolizing the country’s heritage and identity.
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C.
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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D.
Puerto Rican flag
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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E.
Flag of the United States Department of State
The Flag of the United States Department of State is the official banner featuring the department’s coat of arms, symbolizing its role in conducting American foreign policy and representing the U.S. abroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical flag
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ state symbol ⓘ |
| alsoUsedBy |
Texas
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Texas
|
| associatedWith |
Texan independence movement
ⓘ
Texas Revolution ⓘ |
| category |
Flags introduced in the 19th century
ⓘ
Flags of former countries ⓘ Flags of the United States states ⓘ |
| color |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| commonName |
Flag of the Republic of Texas
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lone Star Flag
Flag of the Republic of Texas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lone Star banner
|
| country | Republic of Texas ⓘ |
| emblem | lone star ⓘ |
| fieldPattern | vertical tricolor with single star and horizontal bicolor fly ⓘ |
| hasAspectRatio | 2:3 ⓘ |
| hasDesignFeature |
horizontal red stripe on the fly
ⓘ
horizontal white stripe on the fly ⓘ single white five-pointed star ⓘ vertical blue stripe at the hoist ⓘ |
| inLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inspiredNameOf |
Texas
ⓘ
surface form:
Lone Star State
|
| represents |
independence
ⓘ
sovereignty ⓘ unity ⓘ |
| starColor | white ⓘ |
| starCount | 1 ⓘ |
| starPosition | centered in blue vertical stripe ⓘ |
| stripeOrientation |
horizontal white over red on fly end
ⓘ
vertical blue at hoist ⓘ |
| successorUse |
Flag of the Republic of Texas
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Flag of the State of Texas
|
| symbolizes | Texas ⓘ |
| symbolType |
Flag of the Republic of Texas
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lone Star symbol
|
| usedAs | state flag of Texas ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Texan citizens
ⓘ
Congress of the Republic of Texas ⓘ
surface form:
Texan government
Texan military ⓘ |
| usedIn | North America ⓘ |
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 the Republic of Texas Description of subject: The Flag of the Republic of Texas is the historic Lone Star banner featuring a single white star beside vertical blue and horizontal white and red stripes, which later became the state flag of Texas.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
flag of Texas (historical similarity, not direct derivation)
Flag of the Republic of Texas
→
commonName
→
Flag of the Republic of Texas
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Lone Star Flag
Flag of the Republic of Texas
→
commonName
→
Flag of the Republic of Texas
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Lone Star banner
Flag of the Republic of Texas
→
successorUse
→
Flag of the Republic of Texas
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Flag of the State of Texas
Flag of the Republic of Texas
→
symbolType
→
Flag of the Republic of Texas
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Lone Star symbol
this entity surface form:
Flag of Texas
this entity surface form:
Flag of the State of Texas