Flag of Queensland
E341246
The Flag of Queensland is the state flag of Queensland, Australia, featuring a British Blue Ensign defaced with the state's royal crown emblem on a white disc.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Queensland canonical | 4 |
| Flag of the Colony of Queensland | 1 |
| State badge of Queensland | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3255677 — 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 Queensland Context triple: [Coat of Arms of Queensland, relatedSymbol, Flag of Queensland]
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A.
Flag of South Australia
The Flag of South Australia is a blue ensign featuring the state badge with a distinctive piping shrike (Australian magpie) set against a golden disc, symbolizing the region’s identity within Australia.
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B.
Flag of New South Wales
The Flag of New South Wales is an Australian state flag featuring a British Blue Ensign defaced with the state's distinctive badge derived from its coat of arms.
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C.
Flag of the Governor of Queensland
The Flag of the Governor of Queensland is the official standard used by the state's vice-regal representative, featuring a royal crown and distinctive emblem to signify the governor’s authority within Queensland, Australia.
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D.
Flag of the Governor-General of Australia
The Flag of the Governor-General of Australia is the official standard flown to represent the office and presence of the Governor-General, featuring distinctive heraldic symbols that denote the Crown’s representative in Australia.
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E.
Australian national flag
The Australian national flag is the official flag of Australia, featuring the Union Jack, the Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation to symbolize the nation’s history and identity.
- 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 Queensland Target entity description: The Flag of Queensland is the state flag of Queensland, Australia, featuring a British Blue Ensign defaced with the state's royal crown emblem on a white disc.
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A.
Flag of South Australia
The Flag of South Australia is a blue ensign featuring the state badge with a distinctive piping shrike (Australian magpie) set against a golden disc, symbolizing the region’s identity within Australia.
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B.
Flag of New South Wales
The Flag of New South Wales is an Australian state flag featuring a British Blue Ensign defaced with the state's distinctive badge derived from its coat of arms.
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C.
Flag of the Governor of Queensland
The Flag of the Governor of Queensland is the official standard used by the state's vice-regal representative, featuring a royal crown and distinctive emblem to signify the governor’s authority within Queensland, Australia.
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D.
Flag of the Governor-General of Australia
The Flag of the Governor-General of Australia is the official standard flown to represent the office and presence of the Governor-General, featuring distinctive heraldic symbols that denote the Crown’s representative in Australia.
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E.
Australian national flag
The Australian national flag is the official flag of Australia, featuring the Union Jack, the Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation to symbolize the nation’s history and identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag
ⓘ
state flag ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1876-11-29 ⓘ |
| adoptionYear | 1876 ⓘ |
| badgeBackgroundColor | white ⓘ |
| badgeShape | circular ⓘ |
| category |
Blue Ensign flags
ⓘ
Flags introduced in 1876 ⓘ Flags of Australian states and territories ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| crownType | St Edward's Crown ⓘ |
| defacedWith | state badge of Queensland ⓘ |
| designAuthority | Queensland Government ⓘ |
| designFeature | Blue Ensign with state badge in fly ⓘ |
| designOrigin |
British ensign system
ⓘ
surface form:
British colonial ensign system
|
| emblem | royal crown ⓘ |
| emblemShape | white disc ⓘ |
| fieldColor | blue ⓘ |
| flagType |
civil flag
ⓘ
government flag ⓘ state flag ⓘ |
| governmentLevel | state ⓘ |
| hasCanton |
Union Flag
ⓘ
surface form:
Union Jack
|
| hasDesignElement | royal crown on white disc ⓘ |
| hasSide |
obverse
ⓘ
reverse ⓘ |
| isBasedOn |
British Blue Ensign
ⓘ
surface form:
Blue Ensign of the United Kingdom
|
| officialLanguageContext | English ⓘ |
| proportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| represents | authority of the Crown in Queensland ⓘ |
| reverseDesign | same as obverse ⓘ |
| state | Queensland ⓘ |
| status | official ⓘ |
| symbolizes | Queensland as a state of Australia ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Queensland Government
ⓘ
surface form:
State Government of Queensland
public of Queensland ⓘ |
| usedSince | 19th century ⓘ |
| usesColor |
gold
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| usesDesign | British Blue Ensign ⓘ |
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 Queensland Description of subject: The Flag of Queensland is the state flag of Queensland, Australia, featuring a British Blue Ensign defaced with the state's royal crown emblem on a white disc.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
State badge of Queensland
this entity surface form:
Flag of the Colony of Queensland