Flag of the People's Republic of China
E181440
The Flag of the People's Republic of China is a red field with five yellow stars symbolizing the leadership of the Communist Party and the unity of the Chinese people.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of the People’s Republic of China | 5 |
| Flag of the People's Republic of China canonical | 4 |
| Chinese national flag | 2 |
| Flag of China | 2 |
| National Flag of the People's Republic of China | 2 |
| Flags of China | 1 |
| 中国国旗 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1592926 — 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 People's Republic of China Context triple: [National Emblem of the People's Republic of China, relatedSymbol, Flag of the People's Republic of China]
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A.
Flag of the Republic of China
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.
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B.
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.
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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.
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D.
Flag of the Communist Party of Vietnam
The Flag of the Communist Party of Vietnam is a red banner featuring a prominent yellow hammer and sickle symbolizing the party’s leadership of the socialist state and the unity of workers and peasants.
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E.
Flag of the Government of Russia
The Flag of the Government of Russia is the official state flag used by the Russian federal executive authorities, symbolizing the governmental branch distinct from the national tricolor.
- 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 People's Republic of China Target entity description: The Flag of the People's Republic of China is a red field with five yellow stars symbolizing the leadership of the Communist Party and the unity of the Chinese people.
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A.
Flag of the Republic of China
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.
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B.
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.
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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.
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D.
Flag of the Communist Party of Vietnam
The Flag of the Communist Party of Vietnam is a red banner featuring a prominent yellow hammer and sickle symbolizing the party’s leadership of the socialist state and the unity of workers and peasants.
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E.
Flag of the Government of Russia
The Flag of the Government of Russia is the official state flag used by the Russian federal executive authorities, symbolizing the governmental branch distinct from the national tricolor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag of a country
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 1949-09-27 ⓘ |
| adoptionContext | founding of the People's Republic of China ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Five-star red flag
ⓘ
surface form:
Five-star Red Flag
flag of China ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 2:3 ⓘ |
| backgroundColorSymbolism | revolution ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of Asia
ⓘ
National symbols of China ⓘ Red flags ⓘ |
| ChineseName | 中华人民共和国国旗 ⓘ |
| color | red ⓘ |
| country |
China
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
|
| designElement |
four smaller five-pointed stars
ⓘ
one large five-pointed star ⓘ |
| designer | Zeng Liansong ⓘ |
| emblematicOf |
China
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
|
| fieldColor | red ⓘ |
| fileName | Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg ⓘ |
| firstHoistedAt | Tiananmen Square ⓘ |
| firstHoistedOn | 1949-10-01 ⓘ |
| introducedIn | 1949 ⓘ |
| largeStarRepresents |
Chinese Communist Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Communist Party of China
|
| legalStatus | defined in the Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ |
| numberOfStars | 5 ⓘ |
| officialLanguageOfName | Chinese ⓘ |
| officialProportion | 2:3 ⓘ |
| precededBy | flag of the Republic of China ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | National Flag Law of the People's Republic of China ⓘ |
| smallStarsRepresent |
Chinese people
ⓘ
unity of different social classes under the Communist Party ⓘ |
| starArrangement | one large star with four smaller stars in an arc to its right ⓘ |
| starColor | yellow ⓘ |
| starColorSymbolism | brightness of the Chinese nation ⓘ |
| starOrientation | small stars oriented toward the large star ⓘ |
| starShape | five-pointed star ⓘ |
| symbolColor | yellow ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Chinese socialism
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leadership of the Communist Party of China ⓘ revolution ⓘ unity of the Chinese people ⓘ |
| usedAs |
civil flag
ⓘ
state flag ⓘ war flag ⓘ |
| usedBy |
People's Liberation Army
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surface form:
Chinese armed forces
Chinese embassies ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese diplomatic missions
central government of the People's Republic of China ⓘ local governments of the People's Republic of China ⓘ |
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 People's Republic of China Description of subject: The Flag of the People's Republic of China is a red field with five yellow stars symbolizing the leadership of the Communist Party and the unity of the Chinese people.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
→
relatedSymbol
→
Flag of the People's Republic of China
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Flag of China
this entity surface form:
Chinese national flag
this entity surface form:
Flag of the People’s Republic of China
this entity surface form:
Flag of China
this entity surface form:
Flag of the People’s Republic of China
Standard of the President of the People's Republic of China
→
relatedTo
→
Flag of the People's Republic of China
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this entity surface form:
National Flag of the People's Republic of China
this entity surface form:
National Flag of the People's Republic of China
this entity surface form:
Flags of China
this entity surface form:
Chinese national flag
this entity surface form:
Flag of the People’s Republic of China
this entity surface form:
Flag of the People’s Republic of China
Flag of the Chinese Soviet Republic
→
historicalSuccessorFlag
→
Flag of the People's Republic of China
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Flag of the People’s Republic of China