Swiss flag
E162349
The Swiss flag is the national flag of Switzerland, featuring a bold white cross on a red square background and symbolizing the country's neutrality, heritage, and identity.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Switzerland | 3 |
| Swiss coat of arms | 2 |
| Swiss flag canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1405554 — 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: Swiss flag Context triple: [Swiss Psalm, associatedWithSymbol, Swiss flag]
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A.
Flag of Neuchâtel
The Flag of Neuchâtel is the cantonal flag of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel, featuring a distinctive tricolor design that reflects its historical ties to both Switzerland and the former Prussian monarchy.
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B.
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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C.
Flag of Europe
The Flag of Europe is a blue banner emblazoned with a circle of twelve golden stars, symbolizing unity, solidarity, and harmony among the peoples of Europe.
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D.
Flag of Haute-Savoie
The Flag of Haute-Savoie is a simple red banner charged with a bold white cross, symbolizing the historical Savoyard identity of the French department of Haute-Savoie.
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E.
Vatican City flag
The Vatican City flag is a vertically divided yellow and white banner featuring the papal tiara and crossed keys of Saint Peter, symbolizing the authority and sovereignty of the Holy See.
- 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: Swiss flag Target entity description: The Swiss flag is the national flag of Switzerland, featuring a bold white cross on a red square background and symbolizing the country's neutrality, heritage, and identity.
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A.
Flag of Neuchâtel
The Flag of Neuchâtel is the cantonal flag of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel, featuring a distinctive tricolor design that reflects its historical ties to both Switzerland and the former Prussian monarchy.
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B.
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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C.
Flag of Europe
The Flag of Europe is a blue banner emblazoned with a circle of twelve golden stars, symbolizing unity, solidarity, and harmony among the peoples of Europe.
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D.
Flag of Haute-Savoie
The Flag of Haute-Savoie is a simple red banner charged with a bold white cross, symbolizing the historical Savoyard identity of the French department of Haute-Savoie.
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E.
Vatican City flag
The Vatican City flag is a vertically divided yellow and white banner featuring the papal tiara and crossed keys of Saint Peter, symbolizing the authority and sovereignty of the Holy See.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag
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national flag ⓘ |
| adopted | 19th century ⓘ |
| adoptedAsNationalFlag | 1841 ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 1:1 ⓘ |
| backgroundColor | red ⓘ |
| charge | Greek cross ⓘ |
| codifiedInLaw |
Federal Act on the Protection of the Swiss Coat of Arms and Other Public Insignia
ⓘ
Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss Federal Constitution
|
| colorMeaningRed |
bravery
ⓘ
freedom ⓘ |
| colorMeaningWhite |
honesty
ⓘ
peace ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| crossType | equilateral cross ⓘ |
| culturalRole | symbol of Swiss quality and reliability ⓘ |
| design | white cross on red field ⓘ |
| displayRules |
may be flown by private individuals
ⓘ
used on public buildings ⓘ |
| distinctiveFeature |
one of few square national flags
ⓘ
simple geometric design ⓘ |
| ensignAspectRatio | 2:3 ⓘ |
| ensignDesign | white cross on red rectangular field ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin |
banner of the Old Swiss Confederacy
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military flags of Swiss cantons ⓘ |
| inspired | flag of the International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ |
| ISOcountryCode | CH ⓘ |
| maritimeVariant | civil ensign of Switzerland ⓘ |
| name |
Swiss flag
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Flag of Switzerland
|
| officialStatus |
civil flag
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national emblem of Switzerland ⓘ state flag ⓘ war flag ⓘ |
| proportionOnShips | 2:3 ⓘ |
| relatedSymbol | Swiss coat of arms ⓘ |
| shape | square ⓘ |
| symbolColor | white ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Christian heritage
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Swiss identity ⓘ federalism ⓘ freedom ⓘ neutrality ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Swiss Armed Forces
ⓘ
Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss Confederation
Swiss citizens ⓘ Swiss federal authorities ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Swiss currency design
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Swiss national sports teams ⓘ Swiss tourism branding ⓘ |
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: Swiss flag Description of subject: The Swiss flag is the national flag of Switzerland, featuring a bold white cross on a red square background and symbolizing the country's neutrality, heritage, and identity.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Flag of Switzerland
this entity surface form:
Flag of Switzerland
this entity surface form:
Swiss coat of arms
this entity surface form:
Swiss coat of arms
this entity surface form:
Flag of Switzerland