Gadsden flag
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The Gadsden flag is a historic American banner featuring a coiled rattlesnake and the phrase “Don’t Tread on Me,” widely associated with libertarian and conservative patriot movements.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gadsden flag canonical | 6 |
| "Don’t Tread on Me" flag design | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6399073 — 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: Gadsden flag Context triple: [American patriot movement, usesSymbol, Gadsden flag]
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A.
Sons of Liberty flag
The Sons of Liberty flag is a Revolutionary-era American banner, often featuring vertical red and white stripes, associated with colonial resistance to British rule and the early patriot movement.
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B.
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.
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C.
Confederate battle flag
The Confederate battle flag is a widely recognized and highly controversial emblem associated with the Confederate States during the American Civil War and later with movements supporting white supremacy and Southern heritage.
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D.
Grand Union Flag
The Grand Union Flag was the first national flag of the United States, combining the British Union Jack with thirteen stripes representing the original American colonies during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
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E.
Come and Take It flag
The Come and Take It flag is a historic Texian banner featuring a cannon and defiant slogan, famously associated with the opening clash of the Texas Revolution.
- 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: Gadsden flag Target entity description: The Gadsden flag is a historic American banner featuring a coiled rattlesnake and the phrase “Don’t Tread on Me,” widely associated with libertarian and conservative patriot movements.
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A.
Sons of Liberty flag
The Sons of Liberty flag is a Revolutionary-era American banner, often featuring vertical red and white stripes, associated with colonial resistance to British rule and the early patriot movement.
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B.
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.
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C.
Confederate battle flag
The Confederate battle flag is a widely recognized and highly controversial emblem associated with the Confederate States during the American Civil War and later with movements supporting white supremacy and Southern heritage.
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D.
Grand Union Flag
The Grand Union Flag was the first national flag of the United States, combining the British Union Jack with thirteen stripes representing the original American colonies during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
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E.
Come and Take It flag
The Come and Take It flag is a historic Texian banner featuring a cannon and defiant slogan, famously associated with the opening clash of the Texas Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American revolutionary symbol
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historical flag ⓘ political symbol ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American conservatism
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Tea Party movement ⓘ anti-tax protests ⓘ gun rights activism ⓘ libertarianism ⓘ patriot movement ⓘ |
| color |
black design
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yellow field ⓘ |
| controversialFor |
association with far-right groups
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use in anti-government rhetoric ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Christopher Gadsden ⓘ |
| depicts |
coiled rattlesnake
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grass field ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
American political rallies
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Second Amendment demonstrations ⓘ tax protest events ⓘ |
| hasDesignElement |
ground line under snake
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rattlesnake poised to strike ⓘ uppercase serif lettering ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
American Revolution
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linked to:
American Revolutionary War
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| inception | 1775 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | rattlesnake as American colonial symbol ⓘ |
| inscription | DON'T TREAD ON ME ⓘ |
| languageOfInscription | English ⓘ |
| materialTypical | woven fabric ⓘ |
| mottoMeaning | warning against infringement of rights ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Christopher Gadsden ⓘ |
| orientation | horizontal ⓘ |
| originalUse | naval ensign ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Culpeper Minutemen flag
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First Navy Jack ⓘ
linked to:
Naval jack of the United States
Join, or Die cartoon ⓘ
linked to:
Join or Die
|
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
American patriotism
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individual liberty ⓘ limited government ⓘ resistance to oppression ⓘ self-defense ⓘ |
| usedAs |
military morale symbol
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political statement ⓘ protest flag ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Continental Marines
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Continental Navy ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ |
| usedDuring | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
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: Gadsden flag Description of subject: The Gadsden flag is a historic American banner featuring a coiled rattlesnake and the phrase “Don’t Tread on Me,” widely associated with libertarian and conservative patriot movements.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.