Flag of Connecticut
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The Flag of Connecticut is the state flag featuring a blue field with a white baroque shield displaying three grapevines and the Latin motto "Qui Transtulit Sustinet."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Connecticut state flags | 1 |
| Flag of Connecticut canonical | 1 |
| Flag of the State of Connecticut | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3999767 — 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 Connecticut Context triple: [Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, flag, Flag of Connecticut]
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A.
Flag of Vermont
The Flag of Vermont is the U.S. state flag featuring the state coat of arms on a blue field, symbolizing its natural landscape, agricultural heritage, and independent spirit.
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B.
Flag of Rhode Island
The Flag of Rhode Island is a white field featuring a gold anchor encircled by thirteen gold stars and a blue ribbon bearing the state motto, symbolizing the state's maritime heritage and colonial history.
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C.
Flag of Delaware
The Flag of Delaware is a blue field featuring the state's coat of arms within a buff-colored diamond, with the date of Delaware's ratification of the U.S. Constitution inscribed below.
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D.
Flag of Maryland
The Flag of Maryland is the distinctive U.S. state flag featuring the heraldic black-and-gold Calvert and red-and-white Crossland family arms in a quartered design.
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E.
Flag of New Jersey
The Flag of New Jersey is the U.S. state flag featuring a buff-colored field with the state coat of arms, including a blue shield with three plows, a horse’s head crest, and the figures of Liberty and Ceres.
- 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 Connecticut Target entity description: The Flag of Connecticut is the state flag featuring a blue field with a white baroque shield displaying three grapevines and the Latin motto "Qui Transtulit Sustinet."
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A.
Flag of Vermont
The Flag of Vermont is the U.S. state flag featuring the state coat of arms on a blue field, symbolizing its natural landscape, agricultural heritage, and independent spirit.
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B.
Flag of Rhode Island
The Flag of Rhode Island is a white field featuring a gold anchor encircled by thirteen gold stars and a blue ribbon bearing the state motto, symbolizing the state's maritime heritage and colonial history.
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C.
Flag of Delaware
The Flag of Delaware is a blue field featuring the state's coat of arms within a buff-colored diamond, with the date of Delaware's ratification of the U.S. Constitution inscribed below.
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D.
Flag of Maryland
The Flag of Maryland is the distinctive U.S. state flag featuring the heraldic black-and-gold Calvert and red-and-white Crossland family arms in a quartered design.
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E.
Flag of New Jersey
The Flag of New Jersey is the U.S. state flag featuring a buff-colored field with the state coat of arms, including a blue shield with three plows, a horse’s head crest, and the figures of Liberty and Ceres.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag of a U.S. state
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state flag ⓘ |
| adopted | 1897 ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1897-09-09 ⓘ |
| basedOn | coat of arms of Connecticut ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of states of the United States
ⓘ
Symbols of Connecticut ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| designElement |
Latin motto scroll
ⓘ
three grapevines ⓘ white baroque shield ⓘ |
| fieldColor |
azure blue
ⓘ
blue ⓘ |
| grapevinesCount | 3 ⓘ |
| grapevinesSymbolize |
Hartford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wethersfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Windsor ⓘ three original settlements of Connecticut ⓘ |
| hasEmblem |
coat of arms of Connecticut
ⓘ
surface form:
Connecticut state coat of arms
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| introducedBy | Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ |
| isOnDisplayAt |
Connecticut State Capitol
ⓘ
public buildings in Connecticut ⓘ |
| legallyDefinedBy | Connecticut General Statutes ⓘ |
| motto | Qui Transtulit Sustinet ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| mottoTranslation |
He who transplanted still sustains
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He who transplanted sustains ⓘ |
| officialIn | Connecticut ⓘ |
| proportion | 3:4 ⓘ |
| represents | Connecticut ⓘ |
| reverseSide | same design as obverse ⓘ |
| scriptOnScroll | Roman capital letters ⓘ |
| secondaryColor | white ⓘ |
| shieldShape | baroque shield ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Connecticut’s early colonial settlements
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agriculture in Connecticut ⓘ heritage of the Connecticut Colony ⓘ strength and endurance ⓘ vineyards and grape cultivation ⓘ |
| tertiaryColor |
gold
ⓘ
green ⓘ |
| usage |
ceremonial flag
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civil flag ⓘ state government flag ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Connecticut
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surface form:
State of Connecticut
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| usesCoatOfArms |
coat of arms of Connecticut
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surface form:
Coat of arms of Connecticut
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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 Connecticut Description of subject: The Flag of Connecticut is the state flag featuring a blue field with a white baroque shield displaying three grapevines and the Latin motto "Qui Transtulit Sustinet."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Connecticut state flags
this entity surface form:
Flag of the State of Connecticut