Flag of Ceylon
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The Flag of Ceylon was the national flag used by the British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from independence in 1948 until the country became a republic in 1972.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Sri Lanka | 3 |
| Flag of Ceylon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T291432 — 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 Ceylon Context triple: [Dominion of Ceylon, flag, Flag of Ceylon]
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A.
Flag of Bermuda
The Flag of Bermuda is a British Red Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory and its maritime heritage.
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B.
Chilean flag
The Chilean flag is the national flag of Chile, featuring a white and red horizontal bicolor with a blue canton bearing a single white star, and is a central emblem of Chilean identity and patriotism.
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C.
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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D.
Flag of Greece
The Flag of Greece is a national symbol featuring nine horizontal blue and white stripes with a white cross on a blue canton, representing Greek Orthodoxy and the country's struggle for independence.
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E.
Flag of the Isle of Man
The Flag of the Isle of Man features a red field charged with a triskelion of three armored legs with golden spurs, an ancient symbol closely associated with the island’s identity and heritage.
- 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 Ceylon Target entity description: The Flag of Ceylon was the national flag used by the British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from independence in 1948 until the country became a republic in 1972.
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A.
Flag of Bermuda
The Flag of Bermuda is a British Red Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory and its maritime heritage.
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B.
Chilean flag
The Chilean flag is the national flag of Chile, featuring a white and red horizontal bicolor with a blue canton bearing a single white star, and is a central emblem of Chilean identity and patriotism.
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C.
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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D.
Flag of Greece
The Flag of Greece is a national symbol featuring nine horizontal blue and white stripes with a white cross on a blue canton, representing Greek Orthodoxy and the country's struggle for independence.
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E.
Flag of the Isle of Man
The Flag of the Isle of Man features a red field charged with a triskelion of three armored legs with golden spurs, an ancient symbol closely associated with the island’s identity and heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical flag
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ |
| abolishedDate | 1972-05-22 ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1948-02-04 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Commonwealth realm status of Ceylon ⓘ |
| boLeavesRepresent |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Four Noble Truths ⓘ |
| borderColor | gold ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of former countries
ⓘ
National symbols of Ceylon ⓘ |
| color |
crimson
ⓘ
gold ⓘ green ⓘ orange ⓘ |
| country |
Sri Lanka
ⓘ
surface form:
Ceylon
Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| design | golden lion holding a kastane sword on a crimson field with four golden bo leaves in the corners and two vertical stripes at the hoist ⓘ |
| designElement |
four Bo leaves
ⓘ
kastane sword ⓘ lion passant holding a sword ⓘ vertical green stripe ⓘ vertical orange stripe ⓘ |
| era | post-independence Ceylon ⓘ |
| fieldColor | crimson ⓘ |
| greenStripeRepresents | Muslim Moors ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1948–1972 ⓘ |
| introducedAfter | independence of Ceylon from the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| lionRepresents | Sinhalese ethnicity ⓘ |
| orangeStripeRepresents |
Tamil people
ⓘ
surface form:
Sri Lankan Tamils
|
| predecessor |
British Blue Ensign
ⓘ
surface form:
British Blue Ensign with Ceylon badge
|
| proportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Flag of Ceylon
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Flag of Sri Lanka
|
| scriptOnFlag | none ⓘ |
| sideRatio | 1:2 ⓘ |
| status | defunct national flag ⓘ |
| successorState |
Sri Lanka
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Sri Lanka
|
| symbolizes |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
surface form:
Muslim Moors of Ceylon
Sinhalese people ⓘ Tamil people ⓘ sovereignty of Ceylon ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Dominion of Ceylon
ⓘ
surface form:
British Dominion of Ceylon
Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ |
| usedFrom | 1948 ⓘ |
| usedIn |
government buildings in Ceylon
ⓘ
official ceremonies of Ceylon ⓘ |
| usedUntil | 1972 ⓘ |
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 Ceylon Description of subject: The Flag of Ceylon was the national flag used by the British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from independence in 1948 until the country became a republic in 1972.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Flag of Sri Lanka
this entity surface form:
Flag of Sri Lanka
this entity surface form:
Flag of Sri Lanka