Flag of the Republic of China
E119827
The Flag of the Republic of China is a red field with a navy blue canton bearing a white sun with twelve rays, symbolizing nationalism, democracy, and the people's livelihood, and is commonly associated with Taiwan.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of the Republic of China canonical | 10 |
| Flag of Taiwan | 2 |
| Republic of China national flag | 1 |
| Zhōnghuá Mínguó Guóqí | 1 |
| 中華民國國旗 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1048650 — 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 the Republic of China Context triple: [Plum Blossom Banner, relatedTo, Flag of the Republic of China]
-
A.
Flag of Manchukuo
The Flag of Manchukuo was the national flag of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo (1932–1945), featuring a yellow field with four colored stripes symbolizing the region’s major ethnic groups.
-
B.
National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China
The National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China is a patriotic ceremonial song associated with the Republic of China (Taiwan), commonly performed at flag-raising events and international sports competitions.
-
C.
National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
The National Emblem of the People's Republic of China is the official state symbol featuring Tiananmen Gate under five stars framed by sheaves of wheat and a cogwheel, representing the unity of the Chinese people under Communist leadership and the country's socialist foundations.
-
D.
Flag of Ceylon
The Flag of Ceylon was the national flag used by the British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from independence in 1948 until the country became a republic in 1972.
-
E.
Taegeukgi
Taegeukgi is the national flag of South Korea, featuring a red-and-blue yin-yang symbol and four black trigrams on a white background, symbolizing balance, harmony, and the principles of Eastern philosophy.
- 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 the Republic of China Target entity description: The Flag of the Republic of China is a red field with a navy blue canton bearing a white sun with twelve rays, symbolizing nationalism, democracy, and the people's livelihood, and is commonly associated with Taiwan.
-
A.
Flag of Manchukuo
The Flag of Manchukuo was the national flag of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo (1932–1945), featuring a yellow field with four colored stripes symbolizing the region’s major ethnic groups.
-
B.
National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China
The National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China is a patriotic ceremonial song associated with the Republic of China (Taiwan), commonly performed at flag-raising events and international sports competitions.
-
C.
National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
The National Emblem of the People's Republic of China is the official state symbol featuring Tiananmen Gate under five stars framed by sheaves of wheat and a cogwheel, representing the unity of the Chinese people under Communist leadership and the country's socialist foundations.
-
D.
Flag of Ceylon
The Flag of Ceylon was the national flag used by the British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from independence in 1948 until the country became a republic in 1972.
-
E.
Taegeukgi
Taegeukgi is the national flag of South Korea, featuring a red-and-blue yin-yang symbol and four black trigrams on a white background, symbolizing balance, harmony, and the principles of Eastern philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ |
| adopted | 1928-12-17 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Taiwan, Province of China
ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
|
| blueSymbolism | liberty and nationalism ⓘ |
| cantonColor | navy blue ⓘ |
| controversy | subject of cross-strait political dispute ⓘ |
| country | Republic of China ⓘ |
| designElement |
blue canton
ⓘ
red field ⓘ white sun ⓘ |
| designerOfCanton | Lu Hao-tung ⓘ |
| designOrigin |
Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth flag
ⓘ
surface form:
Blue Sky with a White Sun flag
|
| ensignVariant |
air force ensign of the Republic of China
ⓘ
army flag of the Republic of China ⓘ naval ensign of the Republic of China ⓘ presidential standard of the Republic of China ⓘ |
| fieldColor | red ⓘ |
| government |
Government of Taiwan
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of the Republic of China
|
| historicalUse | flag of China before 1949 ⓘ |
| ideologicalBasis | Three Principles of the People ⓘ |
| ISOcountryCode | TWN ⓘ |
| legalStatusInTaiwan | protected national symbol ⓘ |
| nicknamed |
Blue Sky with a White Sun
ⓘ
surface form:
Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth
|
| numberOfSunRays | 12 ⓘ |
| politicalAssociation | Kuomintang ⓘ |
| primaryHoliday | Double Ten Day ⓘ |
| proportion | 2:3 ⓘ |
| redSymbolism | fraternity and people's livelihood ⓘ |
| romanizationPinyin |
Flag of the Republic of China
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Zhōnghuá Mínguó Guóqí
|
| scriptNameZh |
Flag of the Republic of China
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
中華民國國旗
|
| status | official flag of the Republic of China ⓘ |
| symbol | white sun with twelve rays ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
democracy
ⓘ
nationalism ⓘ people's livelihood ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Republic of China Armed Forces
ⓘ
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Taiwan) ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of China embassies and missions
Republic of China government agencies ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Kinmen
ⓘ
Matsu Islands ⓘ Penghu Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Penghu
Pratas Islands ⓘ Taiping Island ⓘ Formosa ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
|
| usedInInternationalSportsAs | Chinese Taipei flag (modified form) ⓘ |
| usedOn |
ROC national holidays
ⓘ
public buildings in Taiwan ⓘ |
| whiteSymbolism | equality and democracy ⓘ |
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 the Republic of China Description of subject: The Flag of the Republic of China is a red field with a navy blue canton bearing a white sun with twelve rays, symbolizing nationalism, democracy, and the people's livelihood, and is commonly associated with Taiwan.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Republic of China national flag
Flag of the Republic of China
→
scriptNameZh
→
Flag of the Republic of China
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
中華民國國旗
Flag of the Republic of China
→
romanizationPinyin
→
Flag of the Republic of China
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Zhōnghuá Mínguó Guóqí
this entity surface form:
Flag of Taiwan
this entity surface form:
Flag of Taiwan