Flag of Algeria
E215818
The Flag of Algeria is a national flag featuring equal vertical bands of green and white with a red star and crescent at the center, symbolizing Islam, independence, and the country’s revolutionary heritage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Algeria canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1913130 — 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 Algeria Context triple: [Kassaman, relatedWork, Flag of Algeria]
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A.
Flag of Albania
The Flag of Albania is a striking national flag featuring a black double-headed eagle centered on a red field, symbolizing bravery, strength, and the country’s historic sovereignty.
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B.
Amazigh flag
The Amazigh flag is a tricolour banner of blue, green, and yellow with a central red yaz symbol, representing the identity, culture, and unity of the Indigenous Amazigh (Berber) peoples of North Africa.
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C.
Flag of Eritrea
The Flag of Eritrea is a distinctive tricolour of green, red, and blue with a gold olive wreath and branch emblem, symbolizing the nation’s struggle for independence, agricultural richness, and aspiration for peace.
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D.
flag of Egypt
The flag of Egypt is a horizontal tricolor of red, white, and black featuring the golden Eagle of Saladin at its center, symbolizing the nation’s modern identity and Arab heritage.
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E.
Flag of Melilla
The Flag of Melilla is the official banner of the Spanish autonomous city of Melilla, featuring a blue field charged with the city’s historic coat of arms that reflects its Iberian and North African 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 Algeria Target entity description: The Flag of Algeria is a national flag featuring equal vertical bands of green and white with a red star and crescent at the center, symbolizing Islam, independence, and the country’s revolutionary heritage.
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A.
Flag of Albania
The Flag of Albania is a striking national flag featuring a black double-headed eagle centered on a red field, symbolizing bravery, strength, and the country’s historic sovereignty.
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B.
Amazigh flag
The Amazigh flag is a tricolour banner of blue, green, and yellow with a central red yaz symbol, representing the identity, culture, and unity of the Indigenous Amazigh (Berber) peoples of North Africa.
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C.
Flag of Eritrea
The Flag of Eritrea is a distinctive tricolour of green, red, and blue with a gold olive wreath and branch emblem, symbolizing the nation’s struggle for independence, agricultural richness, and aspiration for peace.
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D.
flag of Egypt
The flag of Egypt is a horizontal tricolor of red, white, and black featuring the golden Eagle of Saladin at its center, symbolizing the nation’s modern identity and Arab heritage.
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E.
Flag of Melilla
The Flag of Melilla is the official banner of the Spanish autonomous city of Melilla, featuring a blue field charged with the city’s historic coat of arms that reflects its Iberian and North African heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 1962-07-03 ⓘ |
| adoptionContext | independence of Algeria from France ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Algerian War of Independence
ⓘ
National Liberation Front ⓘ |
| category |
Flags introduced in 1962
ⓘ
Flags of Africa ⓘ National symbols of Algeria ⓘ |
| color |
green
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| country | Algeria ⓘ |
| crescentColor | red ⓘ |
| design | vertical bicolor with national emblem ⓘ |
| ensignUse |
civil ensign
ⓘ
naval ensign ⓘ state ensign ⓘ |
| feature |
red crescent
ⓘ
red star ⓘ |
| fieldDivision | vertical ⓘ |
| greenSymbolism | Islam ⓘ |
| historicalUse | flag of the National Liberation Front ⓘ |
| leftBandColor | green ⓘ |
| officialLanguageOnFlag | none ⓘ |
| pattern | two equal vertical bands ⓘ |
| proportion | 2:3 ⓘ |
| redSymbolism | blood of martyrs ⓘ |
| religiousSymbol |
Islamic crescent
ⓘ
five-pointed star ⓘ |
| rightBandColor | white ⓘ |
| starColor | red ⓘ |
| starPoints | 5 ⓘ |
| status | in use ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Algerian nationalism
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ hope ⓘ independence ⓘ purity ⓘ revolutionary heritage ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| usedAs |
civil flag
ⓘ
state flag ⓘ war flag ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Algerian diplomatic missions
ⓘ
Algerian People's National Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form:
Armed Forces of Algeria
Government of Algeria ⓘ |
| usedSince | 1962 ⓘ |
| whiteSymbolism | peace ⓘ |
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 Algeria Description of subject: The Flag of Algeria is a national flag featuring equal vertical bands of green and white with a red star and crescent at the center, symbolizing Islam, independence, and the country’s revolutionary heritage.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.