Starry Plough flag
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The Starry Plough flag is a historic Irish socialist and republican banner featuring a constellation of stars on a plough, symbolizing the working class and its struggle for social and national liberation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Starry Plough flag canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4911189 — 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: Starry Plough flag Context triple: [Irish Republican Socialist Party, symbol, Starry Plough flag]
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Gwenn-ha-du flag
The Gwenn-ha-du flag is the modern black-and-white banner that symbolizes the cultural and historical identity of Brittany in northwestern France.
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B.
Prince's Flag
Prince's Flag was an early Dutch national flag associated with the House of Orange and used by the United Provinces during the Dutch Revolt and the early Dutch Republic.
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C.
Saint Helena flag
The Saint Helena flag is a British Blue Ensign defaced with the island’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic.
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D.
Bedford Flag
The Bedford Flag is an early American militia banner, believed to be one of the oldest surviving battle flags of the United States and traditionally associated with the opening battles of the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
Bear Flag
Bear Flag is the historic banner featuring a grizzly bear and star that became the emblem of the short-lived California Republic and later inspired the modern California state flag.
- 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: Starry Plough flag Target entity description: The Starry Plough flag is a historic Irish socialist and republican banner featuring a constellation of stars on a plough, symbolizing the working class and its struggle for social and national liberation.
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A.
Gwenn-ha-du flag
The Gwenn-ha-du flag is the modern black-and-white banner that symbolizes the cultural and historical identity of Brittany in northwestern France.
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B.
Prince's Flag
Prince's Flag was an early Dutch national flag associated with the House of Orange and used by the United Provinces during the Dutch Revolt and the early Dutch Republic.
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C.
Saint Helena flag
The Saint Helena flag is a British Blue Ensign defaced with the island’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic.
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D.
Bedford Flag
The Bedford Flag is an early American militia banner, believed to be one of the oldest surviving battle flags of the United States and traditionally associated with the opening battles of the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
Bear Flag
Bear Flag is the historic banner featuring a grizzly bear and star that became the emblem of the short-lived California Republic and later inspired the modern California state flag.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish national symbol
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flag ⓘ political symbol ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Easter Rising NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithIdeology |
republicanism
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socialism ⓘ trade unionism ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization |
Irish Citizen Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish Labour Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | James Connolly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| color |
blue
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gold ⓘ green ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
plough
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seven stars ⓘ |
| firstUsedIn | 1914 ⓘ |
| follows | constellation of Ursa Major ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
blue Starry Plough flag
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green Starry Plough flag ⓘ modern stylized Starry Plough flag ⓘ |
| mottoAssociation | “from the plough to the stars” ⓘ |
| notableFor |
enduring role in Irish left-wing politics
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use by Irish Citizen Army in 1916 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hammer and sickle
NERFINISHED
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Irish tricolour NERFINISHED ⓘ Red flag ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Irish republicanism
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labour movement ⓘ national liberation ⓘ social liberation ⓘ socialism ⓘ working class ⓘ |
| theme |
anti-imperialism
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class struggle ⓘ workers’ control ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
| usedAs |
banner at political demonstrations
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symbol on badges ⓘ symbol on murals ⓘ symbol on posters ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Irish Citizen Army
NERFINISHED
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Irish Labour Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish republican movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish socialist movement ⓘ various Irish left-wing groups ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Starry Plough flag Description of subject: The Starry Plough flag is a historic Irish socialist and republican banner featuring a constellation of stars on a plough, symbolizing the working class and its struggle for social and national liberation.
Referenced by (2)
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