skull and crossbones flag
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The skull and crossbones flag is a traditional pirate emblem featuring a human skull above crossed bones, commonly associated with danger, death, and piracy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| skull and crossbones flag canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9630855 — 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: skull and crossbones flag Context triple: [FCSP, symbol, skull and crossbones flag]
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A.
Moor's head flag
The Moor's head flag is the historic emblem of Corsica, featuring a black Moor's head in profile on a white field and symbolizing the island's identity and struggle for freedom.
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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.
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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D.
Gadsden flag
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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E.
Flagg
Flagg is a sinister sorcerer and recurring villain in Stephen King’s works, notably serving as the manipulative antagonist in the fantasy novel "The Eyes of the Dragon."
- 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: skull and crossbones flag Target entity description: The skull and crossbones flag is a traditional pirate emblem featuring a human skull above crossed bones, commonly associated with danger, death, and piracy.
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A.
Moor's head flag
The Moor's head flag is the historic emblem of Corsica, featuring a black Moor's head in profile on a white field and symbolizing the island's identity and struggle for freedom.
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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.
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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D.
Gadsden flag
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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E.
Flagg
Flagg is a sinister sorcerer and recurring villain in Stephen King’s works, notably serving as the manipulative antagonist in the fantasy novel "The Eyes of the Dragon."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pirate emblem
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symbol ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
films about pirates
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pirate fiction ⓘ video games about pirates ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
danger
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death ⓘ piracy ⓘ poison ⓘ |
| backgroundColor | black ⓘ |
| culturalMeaning | icon of popular pirate imagery ⓘ |
| depicts |
crossbones
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skull ⓘ |
| foregroundColor | white ⓘ |
| hasConnotation |
adventure
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lawlessness ⓘ risk ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| hasDesignElement |
crossed long bones
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simplified skull graphic ⓘ |
| hasPart |
crossed bones
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human skull ⓘ |
| hasVariant | Jolly Roger with additional motifs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | memento mori symbolism ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | international symbol of lethal danger in many contexts ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Jolly Roger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
mortality
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outlaw identity ⓘ rebellion ⓘ threat ⓘ warning ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfOrigin | early modern era ⓘ |
| typicalColorScheme | white on black ⓘ |
| usedAs |
hazard symbol
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warning label for toxic substances ⓘ |
| usedBy | pirates ⓘ |
| usedDuring | Golden Age of Piracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
identification of pirate ships
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intimidation at sea ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
Halloween decorations
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maritime history ⓘ rock and punk subcultures ⓘ |
| usedOn |
bottles of poison in popular iconography
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warning signs for lethal hazards ⓘ |
| visualContrast | high ⓘ |
| visualStyle | minimalist ⓘ |
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: skull and crossbones flag Description of subject: The skull and crossbones flag is a traditional pirate emblem featuring a human skull above crossed bones, commonly associated with danger, death, and piracy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.