Flag of Spain
E124845
The Flag of Spain is a horizontal red-yellow-red tricolour with the national coat of arms, symbolizing the Spanish state and used as its primary national emblem.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Spain canonical | 7 |
| flag of Spain | 1 |
| red-yellow-red flag of the Kingdom of Spain | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1078761 — 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 Spain Context triple: [National Day of Spain, hasFlag, Flag of Spain]
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A.
Flag of the Canary Islands
The Flag of the Canary Islands is a vertical tricolour of white, blue, and yellow that symbolizes the Spanish Atlantic archipelago’s maritime heritage and insular identity.
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B.
Flag of Gibraltar
The Flag of Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory flag featuring a distinctive red castle and golden key on a white and red field, symbolizing Gibraltar’s historic role as the “key” to the Mediterranean.
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C.
Flag of Greece
The Flag of Greece is a national symbol featuring nine horizontal blue and white stripes with a white cross on a blue canton, representing Greek Orthodoxy and the country's struggle for independence.
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D.
Mexican flag
The Mexican flag is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red featuring a national coat of arms with an eagle devouring a snake atop a cactus, symbolizing the country’s heritage and identity.
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E.
Flag of Poland
The Flag of Poland is a simple national banner consisting of two horizontal stripes of equal width, white on top and red on the bottom, symbolizing the country’s historic heraldic colors.
- 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 Spain Target entity description: The Flag of Spain is a horizontal red-yellow-red tricolour with the national coat of arms, symbolizing the Spanish state and used as its primary national emblem.
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A.
Flag of the Canary Islands
The Flag of the Canary Islands is a vertical tricolour of white, blue, and yellow that symbolizes the Spanish Atlantic archipelago’s maritime heritage and insular identity.
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B.
Flag of Gibraltar
The Flag of Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory flag featuring a distinctive red castle and golden key on a white and red field, symbolizing Gibraltar’s historic role as the “key” to the Mediterranean.
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C.
Flag of Greece
The Flag of Greece is a national symbol featuring nine horizontal blue and white stripes with a white cross on a blue canton, representing Greek Orthodoxy and the country's struggle for independence.
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D.
Mexican flag
The Mexican flag is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red featuring a national coat of arms with an eagle devouring a snake atop a cactus, symbolizing the country’s heritage and identity.
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E.
Flag of Poland
The Flag of Poland is a simple national banner consisting of two horizontal stripes of equal width, white on top and red on the bottom, symbolizing the country’s historic heraldic colors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national flag
ⓘ
state symbol ⓘ |
| adopted | 1981-12-19 GENERATED ⓘ |
| adoptionBasis |
Spanish Constitution
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Constitution of 1978
|
| centralStripeColor | yellow GENERATED ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsPosition | towards hoist on yellow stripe GENERATED ⓘ |
| colorMeaning | historically linked to Spanish monarchy and navy GENERATED ⓘ |
| contains | coat of arms of Spain GENERATED ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| currentDesignInUseSince | 1981 ⓘ |
| design | horizontal triband GENERATED ⓘ |
| ensignType |
civil ensign
GENERATED
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state ensign GENERATED ⓘ war ensign GENERATED ⓘ |
| feature |
includes Pillars of Hercules on coat of arms
GENERATED
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includes motto "PLUS ULTRA" on coat of arms GENERATED ⓘ includes royal crown on coat of arms GENERATED ⓘ |
| historicalPredecessor |
Bourbon royal standard of Spain
GENERATED
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Francoist flag of Spain GENERATED ⓘ flag of the Spanish Empire GENERATED ⓘ |
| languageName |
Bandera de España
GENERATED
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Rojigualda GENERATED ⓘ |
| legalRequirement | must fly on central government buildings in Spain GENERATED ⓘ |
| nickname | La Rojigualda GENERATED ⓘ |
| outerStripeColor | red GENERATED ⓘ |
| proportion | 2:3 GENERATED ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
Law 39/1981
GENERATED
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Royal Decree 1511/1977 GENERATED ⓘ Royal Decree 441/1981 GENERATED ⓘ |
| status |
civil flag of Spain
GENERATED
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national flag of Spain GENERATED ⓘ state flag of Spain GENERATED ⓘ war flag of Spain GENERATED ⓘ |
| stripePattern | red-yellow-red GENERATED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Spanish nation
GENERATED
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Spanish state GENERATED ⓘ national unity of Spain GENERATED ⓘ |
| usedAs | national emblem of Spain GENERATED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Spanish armed forces
GENERATED
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Spanish civil authorities GENERATED ⓘ Spanish government GENERATED ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Spanish embassies and consulates
GENERATED
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Spanish military installations GENERATED ⓘ Spanish naval vessels GENERATED ⓘ public buildings in Spain GENERATED ⓘ |
| usedSince | 18th century in naval context GENERATED ⓘ |
| uses |
red color
GENERATED
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yellow color GENERATED ⓘ |
| variant | civil flag without coat of arms (historical and informal use) GENERATED ⓘ |
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 Spain Description of subject: The Flag of Spain is a horizontal red-yellow-red tricolour with the national coat of arms, symbolizing the Spanish state and used as its primary national emblem.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
flag of Spain
subject surface form:
President of the Government of Spain
this entity surface form:
red-yellow-red flag of the Kingdom of Spain