Cross of Saint George
E4831
The Cross of Saint George is a red upright cross on a white field traditionally associated with Saint George and used as a national emblem of England.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St George's Cross | 6 |
| Saint George's Cross | 4 |
| Cross of Saint George canonical | 2 |
| Cross of St George | 1 |
| Saint George's cross | 1 |
| St George's Cross with royal emblems | 1 |
| St George’s Cross | 1 |
| St George’s Cross shield | 1 |
| cross of Saint George | 1 |
| red cross of Saint George | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T42365 — 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: Cross of Saint George Context triple: [Union Flag, usesInDesign, Cross of Saint George]
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A.
St George
St George is a Christian martyr and legendary dragon-slaying warrior venerated as a patron saint of England and chivalry.
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B.
Star of David
The Star of David is a six-pointed star composed of two interlocking triangles, widely recognized as a central symbol of Judaism and Jewish identity.
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C.
Union Flag
The Union Flag, commonly known as the Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom, combining the crosses of England, Scotland, and (historically) Ireland into a single design.
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D.
RAF roundel
The RAF roundel is the distinctive circular insignia featuring concentric colored rings used to identify aircraft and equipment of the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force.
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E.
Eagle, Globe, and Anchor
The Eagle, Globe, and Anchor is the iconic emblem of the United States Marine Corps, symbolizing its global reach, naval heritage, and commitment to defending the nation.
- 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: Cross of Saint George Target entity description: The Cross of Saint George is a red upright cross on a white field traditionally associated with Saint George and used as a national emblem of England.
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A.
St George
St George is a Christian martyr and legendary dragon-slaying warrior venerated as a patron saint of England and chivalry.
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B.
Star of David
The Star of David is a six-pointed star composed of two interlocking triangles, widely recognized as a central symbol of Judaism and Jewish identity.
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C.
Union Flag
The Union Flag, commonly known as the Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom, combining the crosses of England, Scotland, and (historically) Ireland into a single design.
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D.
RAF roundel
The RAF roundel is the distinctive circular insignia featuring concentric colored rings used to identify aircraft and equipment of the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force.
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E.
Eagle, Globe, and Anchor
The Eagle, Globe, and Anchor is the iconic emblem of the United States Marine Corps, symbolizing its global reach, naval heritage, and commitment to defending the nation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag design
ⓘ
heraldic cross ⓘ national emblem ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Saint George of Lydda
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint George
|
| displayedOn |
English sporting events
ⓘ
St George's Day celebrations ⓘ public buildings in England ⓘ |
| fieldType | plain field ⓘ |
| hasCharge | upright cross ⓘ |
| hasColor |
red
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| hasCrossColor | red ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificanceIn |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasFeastDayAssociation |
St George's Day
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint George's Day
|
| hasFieldColor | white ⓘ |
| hasPatronSaint |
Saint George of Lydda
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint George
|
| hasReligiousAssociation | Christianity ⓘ |
| hasShape | upright Greek cross ⓘ |
| influenced | design of the Union Jack ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
Cross of Saint Andrew
ⓘ
Cross of Saint Patrick ⓘ red cross ⓘ
surface form:
Red Cross emblem
|
| orientation | vertical ⓘ |
| partOf | Union Flag composition ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Christian martyrdom
ⓘ
England ⓘ English national identity ⓘ Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
surface form:
Saint George
chivalry ⓘ crusaders ⓘ |
| usedAs | national emblem of England ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Church of England
ⓘ
City of London ⓘ England ⓘ English national sports teams ⓘ English people ⓘ several English counties ⓘ |
| usedIn |
British heraldry
ⓘ
English heraldry ⓘ civic flags in England ⓘ naval ensigns historically ⓘ |
| usedOn | flag of England ⓘ |
| usedSinceCentury |
13th century
ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ |
| visualDescription | red upright cross on a white field ⓘ |
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: Cross of Saint George Description of subject: The Cross of Saint George is a red upright cross on a white field traditionally associated with Saint George and used as a national emblem of England.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
St George's Cross
this entity surface form:
St George's Cross with royal emblems
this entity surface form:
red cross of Saint George
this entity surface form:
St George's Cross
this entity surface form:
Saint George's Cross
this entity surface form:
St George's Cross
this entity surface form:
St George's Cross
this entity surface form:
Saint George's Cross
this entity surface form:
St George’s Cross shield
subject surface form:
Cross of Milan
this entity surface form:
Saint George's Cross
this entity surface form:
Cross of St George
this entity surface form:
Saint George's Cross
this entity surface form:
St George's Cross
this entity surface form:
St George's Cross
this entity surface form:
St George’s Cross
this entity surface form:
cross of Saint George
this entity surface form:
Saint George's cross