Flag of the United States Public Health Service
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The Flag of the United States Public Health Service is the official ensign of the USPHS, featuring its distinctive emblem to represent the nation’s uniformed health service in official and ceremonial contexts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Flag of the United States Public Health Service canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2062211 — 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 United States Public Health Service Context triple: [Seal of the United States Public Health Service, relatedTo, Flag of the United States Public Health Service]
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A.
Flag of the United States Department of Agriculture
The Flag of the United States Department of Agriculture is the official banner displaying the department’s emblem on a blue field, symbolizing its federal authority and mission in agriculture and food policy.
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B.
Flag of the United States Department of the Interior
The Flag of the United States Department of the Interior is the official banner of the federal agency responsible for managing the nation’s public lands, natural resources, and related cultural heritage.
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C.
United States Coast Guard flag
The United States Coast Guard flag is the official standard of the U.S. Coast Guard, featuring its emblem and used to represent the service in official, ceremonial, and operational contexts.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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 United States Public Health Service Target entity description: The Flag of the United States Public Health Service is the official ensign of the USPHS, featuring its distinctive emblem to represent the nation’s uniformed health service in official and ceremonial contexts.
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A.
Flag of the United States Department of Agriculture
The Flag of the United States Department of Agriculture is the official banner displaying the department’s emblem on a blue field, symbolizing its federal authority and mission in agriculture and food policy.
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B.
Flag of the United States Department of the Interior
The Flag of the United States Department of the Interior is the official banner of the federal agency responsible for managing the nation’s public lands, natural resources, and related cultural heritage.
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C.
United States Coast Guard flag
The United States Coast Guard flag is the official standard of the U.S. Coast Guard, featuring its emblem and used to represent the service in official, ceremonial, and operational contexts.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag
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government ensign ⓘ organizational flag ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
United States Department of Health and Human Services
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United States government ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| authority | United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of the United States government
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Organizational flags of the United States ⓘ Public health symbols ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| domain |
public health
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uniformed services of the United States ⓘ |
| emblem |
Seal of the United States Public Health Service
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surface form:
United States Public Health Service emblem
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| hasDesignElement |
Seal of the United States Public Health Service
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surface form:
United States Public Health Service seal
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| jurisdiction | United States federal jurisdiction ⓘ |
| represents |
United States Public Health Service as a uniformed service
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national public health authority ⓘ |
| scope | federal ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers
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surface form:
United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
public health mission of the United States ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Public Health Service
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Public Health Service
U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers ⓘ
surface form:
United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
|
| usedFor |
ceremonial purposes
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official purposes ⓘ representing the United States Public Health Service ⓘ representing the United States uniformed health service ⓘ |
| usedIn |
display at United States Public Health Service facilities
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display with other United States uniformed service flags ⓘ formal events of the United States Public Health Service ⓘ official ceremonies ⓘ |
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 United States Public Health Service Description of subject: The Flag of the United States Public Health Service is the official ensign of the USPHS, featuring its distinctive emblem to represent the nation’s uniformed health service in official and ceremonial contexts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Seal of the United States Public Health Service
→
relatedTo
→
Flag of the United States Public Health Service
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