Flag of Tasmania
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The Flag of Tasmania is a British Blue Ensign defaced with the state's badge featuring a red lion passant on a white disc, symbolizing Tasmania as an Australian state with strong historical ties to the United Kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Tasmania canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10614195 — 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 Tasmania Context triple: [Flag of New South Wales, isSimilarTo, Flag of Tasmania]
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A.
Flag of South Australia
The Flag of South Australia is a blue ensign featuring the state badge with a distinctive piping shrike (Australian magpie) set against a golden disc, symbolizing the region’s identity within Australia.
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B.
Flag of Victoria
The Flag of Victoria is the official state flag of Victoria, Australia, featuring a British Blue Ensign defaced with the Southern Cross constellation beneath a royal crown.
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C.
Flag of Western Australia
The Flag of Western Australia is a British Blue Ensign defaced with a black swan on a yellow disc, symbolizing the state's identity and heritage within Australia.
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D.
Flag of New South Wales
The Flag of New South Wales is an Australian state flag featuring a British Blue Ensign defaced with the state's distinctive badge derived from its coat of arms.
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E.
Flag of Queensland
The Flag of Queensland is the state flag of Queensland, Australia, featuring a British Blue Ensign defaced with the state's royal crown emblem on a white disc.
- 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 Tasmania Target entity description: The Flag of Tasmania is a British Blue Ensign defaced with the state's badge featuring a red lion passant on a white disc, symbolizing Tasmania as an Australian state with strong historical ties to the United Kingdom.
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A.
Flag of South Australia
The Flag of South Australia is a blue ensign featuring the state badge with a distinctive piping shrike (Australian magpie) set against a golden disc, symbolizing the region’s identity within Australia.
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B.
Flag of Victoria
The Flag of Victoria is the official state flag of Victoria, Australia, featuring a British Blue Ensign defaced with the Southern Cross constellation beneath a royal crown.
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C.
Flag of Western Australia
The Flag of Western Australia is a British Blue Ensign defaced with a black swan on a yellow disc, symbolizing the state's identity and heritage within Australia.
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D.
Flag of New South Wales
The Flag of New South Wales is an Australian state flag featuring a British Blue Ensign defaced with the state's distinctive badge derived from its coat of arms.
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E.
Flag of Queensland
The Flag of Queensland is the state flag of Queensland, Australia, featuring a British Blue Ensign defaced with the state's royal crown emblem on a white disc.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Blue Ensign
ⓘ
state flag ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1876-11-29 ⓘ |
| adoptionYear | 1876 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British Empire
ⓘ
Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ |
| badgeBackground | white disc ⓘ |
| badgeColorScheme | red and white ⓘ |
| badgePosition | fly of the flag ⓘ |
| badgeShape | circular disc ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| defacedWith | state badge of Tasmania ⓘ |
| designApprovedBy |
British Admiralty
ⓘ
linked to:
Admiralty (United Kingdom)
|
| designConfirmedBy |
Tasmanian government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Tasmania
|
| designOrigin | British colonial ensign tradition ⓘ |
| ensignType | Blue Ensign with badge ⓘ |
| fieldColor | blue ⓘ |
| flagProportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| hasCanton |
Union Jack
ⓘ
linked to:
Union Flag
|
| hasCharge | red lion passant ⓘ |
| hasElement | Union Flag in canton ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Tasmania
ⓘ
linked to:
Tasmania
|
| language | English (for official description) ⓘ |
| lionAttitude | passant ⓘ |
| lionColor | red ⓘ |
| lionOrientation | facing hoist ⓘ |
| officialStatus | official flag of Tasmania ⓘ |
| partOf | Australian state flags ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Flag of Australia
ⓘ
linked to:
Australian national flag
Flag of New South Wales ⓘ Flag of New Zealand Red Ensign ⓘ
linked to:
New Zealand Red Ensign
Flag of Queensland ⓘ Flag of South Australia ⓘ Flag of Victoria ⓘ Flag of Western Australia ⓘ |
| represents | Tasmania ⓘ |
| status | in use ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Tasmania as an Australian state
ⓘ
historical ties to the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Tasmania
ⓘ
State of Tasmania ⓘ
linked to:
Tasmania
|
| usedOn |
Tasmanian government vessels
ⓘ
government buildings in Tasmania ⓘ |
| usedSince | 19th century ⓘ |
| usesDesign | British Blue Ensign ⓘ |
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 Tasmania Description of subject: The Flag of Tasmania is a British Blue Ensign defaced with the state's badge featuring a red lion passant on a white disc, symbolizing Tasmania as an Australian state with strong historical ties to the United Kingdom.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.