Flag of Canada
E103840
The Flag of Canada is a red and white national flag featuring a stylized red maple leaf at its center, symbolizing the country’s identity and heritage.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Canada canonical | 10 |
| National Flag of Canada | 2 |
| Canadian flag | 1 |
| Canadian national flag | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T811296 — 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 Canada Context triple: [Flags of North America, includesFlagOf, Flag of Canada]
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A.
Commonwealth flag
The Commonwealth flag is the official emblem of the Commonwealth of Nations, featuring a gold globe surrounded by radiating spears on a blue field to symbolize unity and cooperation among its member states.
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B.
Flag of England
The Flag of England is a simple red cross on a white field, known as the St George's Cross and historically associated with Saint George, the patron saint of England.
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C.
Australian national flag
The Australian national flag is the official flag of Australia, featuring the Union Jack, the Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation to symbolize the nation’s history and identity.
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D.
Flag of Wales
The Flag of Wales is a national flag featuring a red dragon passant on a green and white field, symbolizing Welsh identity and heritage.
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E.
Flag of Bermuda
The Flag of Bermuda is a British Red Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory and its maritime heritage.
- 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 Canada Target entity description: The Flag of Canada is a red and white national flag featuring a stylized red maple leaf at its center, symbolizing the country’s identity and heritage.
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A.
Commonwealth flag
The Commonwealth flag is the official emblem of the Commonwealth of Nations, featuring a gold globe surrounded by radiating spears on a blue field to symbolize unity and cooperation among its member states.
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B.
Flag of England
The Flag of England is a simple red cross on a white field, known as the St George's Cross and historically associated with Saint George, the patron saint of England.
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C.
Australian national flag
The Australian national flag is the official flag of Australia, featuring the Union Jack, the Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation to symbolize the nation’s history and identity.
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D.
Flag of Wales
The Flag of Wales is a national flag featuring a red dragon passant on a green and white field, symbolizing Welsh identity and heritage.
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E.
Flag of Bermuda
The Flag of Bermuda is a British Red Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory and its maritime heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag of a country
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 1965-02-15 ⓘ |
| adoptionMethod | Act of the Parliament of Canada ⓘ |
| aspectRatioOfCentralWhitePanel | 1:1 ⓘ |
| category |
Flags introduced in 1965
ⓘ
Flags with plants ⓘ |
| centralCharge | red maple leaf ⓘ |
| color |
red
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| commonName |
Maple Leaf
ⓘ
l’Unifolié ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| dayOfRecognition | National Flag of Canada Day ⓘ |
| design | vertical triband ⓘ |
| designedBy |
George Stanley
ⓘ
surface form:
George F. G. Stanley
John Matheson ⓘ |
| ensignVariant | Red Ensign of Canada ⓘ |
| fieldColorMeaning |
red symbolizes sacrifice and bravery
ⓘ
white symbolizes peace and neutrality ⓘ |
| firstRaisedAt |
Parliament Hill
ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament Hill, Ottawa
|
| firstRaisingDate | 1965-02-15 ⓘ |
| flagDayObservedOn | February 15 ⓘ |
| governingDocument |
Canadian Heritage flag protocol
ⓘ
National Flag of Canada Act ⓘ |
| leafPoints | 11 ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official symbol of Canada ⓘ |
| officialColorName |
Canadian pale white
ⓘ
national flag red ⓘ |
| officialName |
Flag of Canada
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
National Flag of Canada
|
| predecessorFlag |
Union Flag
ⓘ
surface form:
Union Jack (as national flag in practice)
|
| proclaimedBy |
Elizabeth II
ⓘ
surface form:
Queen Elizabeth II
|
| proportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| redPanelWidthFraction | 1/4 of flag length each ⓘ |
| replaced |
Red Ensign of Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Red Ensign
|
| replacedAsNationalFlagOn | 1965-02-15 ⓘ |
| stripeArrangement | red-white-red ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Canada
ⓘ
Canadian heritage ⓘ Canadian identity ⓘ maple tree ⓘ nature ⓘ peace ⓘ tolerance ⓘ unity of Canada ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Canadian forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Armed Forces
Canadian public ⓘ Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Canada
|
| whitePanelWidthFraction | 1/2 of flag length ⓘ |
| widthToLengthRatio | 1:2 ⓘ |
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 Canada Description of subject: The Flag of Canada is a red and white national flag featuring a stylized red maple leaf at its center, symbolizing the country’s identity and heritage.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Canadian national flag
this entity surface form:
National Flag of Canada
this entity surface form:
National Flag of Canada
this entity surface form:
Canadian flag