fleur-de-lis
E98517
The fleur-de-lis is a stylized lily emblem historically associated with French royalty and heraldry, symbolizing purity, power, and sovereignty.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| fleur-de-lis canonical | 18 |
| fleurdelisé | 2 |
| Capetian fleur-de-lis | 1 |
| Fleur-de-Lis | 1 |
| Fleur-de-Lys | 1 |
| Fleur-de-lis of the House of Bourbon | 1 |
| Fleur-de-lis of the House of Orléans | 1 |
| fleur-de-lis (historically) | 1 |
| fleur-de-lys | 1 |
| fleur_de_lis | 1 |
| fleurs-de-lis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T824810 — 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: fleur-de-lis Context triple: [Kings of France, symbol, fleur-de-lis]
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A.
Cross of Lorraine
The Cross of Lorraine is a two-barred Christian cross that became a prominent emblem of French resistance and the Free French Forces during World War II.
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B.
Seal of the French Republic
The Seal of the French Republic is the official emblem used to authenticate the most solemn acts of the French state, symbolizing national authority and republican legitimacy.
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C.
French tricolour
The French tricolour is the national flag of France, featuring three vertical bands of blue, white, and red that have become a global symbol of republicanism and liberty.
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D.
French Crown
The French Crown was the monarchical authority of France, encompassing the kings and their centralized state power prior to the French Revolution.
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E.
Tudor rose
The Tudor rose is a traditional heraldic emblem of England that symbolically unites the red rose of Lancaster and the white rose of York, originating from the end of the Wars of the Roses under the Tudor dynasty.
- 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: fleur-de-lis Target entity description: The fleur-de-lis is a stylized lily emblem historically associated with French royalty and heraldry, symbolizing purity, power, and sovereignty.
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A.
Cross of Lorraine
The Cross of Lorraine is a two-barred Christian cross that became a prominent emblem of French resistance and the Free French Forces during World War II.
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B.
Seal of the French Republic
The Seal of the French Republic is the official emblem used to authenticate the most solemn acts of the French state, symbolizing national authority and republican legitimacy.
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C.
French tricolour
The French tricolour is the national flag of France, featuring three vertical bands of blue, white, and red that have become a global symbol of republicanism and liberty.
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D.
French Crown
The French Crown was the monarchical authority of France, encompassing the kings and their centralized state power prior to the French Revolution.
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E.
Tudor rose
The Tudor rose is a traditional heraldic emblem of England that symbolically unites the red rose of Lancaster and the white rose of York, originating from the end of the Wars of the Roses under the Tudor dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
emblem
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heraldic charge ⓘ symbol ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
coat of arms of Florence
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flag of New Orleans ⓘ flag of Quebec ⓘ insignia of the New Orleans Saints ⓘ many European coats of arms ⓘ royal standards of France ⓘ
linked to:
French royal coat of arms
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| associatedWith |
Boy Scouts emblem
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French Catholic tradition ⓘ French monarchy ⓘ
linked to:
Ancien Régime
French national identity ⓘ French royal arms ⓘ
linked to:
arms of France
House of Bourbon ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ New Orleans ⓘ Quebec ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
Saint Louis ⓘ Scouting movement ⓘ |
| etymologyMeaning | flower of the lily ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
emblem of French heritage
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religious symbol ⓘ symbol of monarchy ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | French language ⓘ |
| hasForm |
stylized lily
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three-petaled flower ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | France ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Catholic faith
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chivalry ⓘ power ⓘ purity ⓘ royalty ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ the Virgin Mary ⓘ
linked to:
Virgin Mary
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| usedBy |
Catholic Church
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
French kings ⓘ military units ⓘ nobility ⓘ |
| usedIn |
European heraldry
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French heraldry ⓘ architecture ⓘ coats of arms ⓘ decorative arts ⓘ flags ⓘ logos ⓘ military insignia ⓘ seals ⓘ |
| usedSince | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| variantSpelling |
fleur de lis
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fleur-de-lys ⓘ
linked to:
fleur-de-lis
|
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: fleur-de-lis Description of subject: The fleur-de-lis is a stylized lily emblem historically associated with French royalty and heraldry, symbolizing purity, power, and sovereignty.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
French Canadian
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subject linked to:
royal crown of Canada
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Arms of the House of Orléans-Braganza (Vassouras branch)
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containsElement
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Fleur-de-lis of the House of Orléans
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linked to: fleur-de-lis