Flag of the Philippines
E321232
The Flag of the Philippines is the national tricolor banner featuring a white triangle, blue and red fields, and symbolic sun and stars, representing the country’s independence, history, and ideals.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of the Philippines canonical | 4 |
| Philippine national flag | 4 |
| Philippine flag | 3 |
| Flag of Philippines | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3024968 — 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 Philippines Context triple: [Philippine Independence Day ceremonies, symbolUses, Flag of the Philippines]
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A.
Flag of Palau
The Flag of Palau is a light blue field with a large yellow disk slightly off-center, symbolizing the Pacific Ocean and the moon, and representing the island nation's identity and independence.
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B.
Presidential Flag of the Philippines
The Presidential Flag of the Philippines is the official standard used to represent the authority and office of the country’s president, typically featuring the national colors and the presidential coat of arms.
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C.
Flag of the Marshall Islands
The Flag of the Marshall Islands is a blue field with diagonal orange and white stripes and a white star, symbolizing the island chain’s location in the Pacific and its cultural heritage.
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D.
Flag of Panama
The Flag of Panama is a national flag featuring a quartered design of white, red, and blue fields with two stars, symbolizing the country's political parties and its role as a bridge between oceans and continents.
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E.
Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia
The Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia is a light blue field bearing four white stars arranged in a diamond, symbolizing the nation’s four states set within the Pacific Ocean.
- 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 Philippines Target entity description: The Flag of the Philippines is the national tricolor banner featuring a white triangle, blue and red fields, and symbolic sun and stars, representing the country’s independence, history, and ideals.
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A.
Flag of Palau
The Flag of Palau is a light blue field with a large yellow disk slightly off-center, symbolizing the Pacific Ocean and the moon, and representing the island nation's identity and independence.
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B.
Presidential Flag of the Philippines
The Presidential Flag of the Philippines is the official standard used to represent the authority and office of the country’s president, typically featuring the national colors and the presidential coat of arms.
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C.
Flag of the Marshall Islands
The Flag of the Marshall Islands is a blue field with diagonal orange and white stripes and a white star, symbolizing the island chain’s location in the Pacific and its cultural heritage.
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D.
Flag of Panama
The Flag of Panama is a national flag featuring a quartered design of white, red, and blue fields with two stars, symbolizing the country's political parties and its role as a bridge between oceans and continents.
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E.
Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia
The Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia is a light blue field bearing four white stars arranged in a diamond, symbolizing the nation’s four states set within the Pacific Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national flag
ⓘ
state symbol ⓘ |
| adopted | 1898-06-12 ⓘ |
| adoptionEvent |
Declaration of Philippine Independence
ⓘ
surface form:
Proclamation of Philippine Independence
|
| alsoKnownAs | Three Stars and a Sun ⓘ |
| blueFieldMeaning |
justice
ⓘ
peace ⓘ truth ⓘ |
| color |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| design | horizontal bicolor of blue over red with a white equilateral triangle at the hoist ⓘ |
| designedBy | Emilio Aguinaldo ⓘ |
| feature |
golden-yellow sun with eight rays
ⓘ
three five-pointed golden-yellow stars ⓘ white equilateral triangle at the hoist ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Constitution of the Philippines
ⓘ
surface form:
Philippine Constitution
Republic Act No. 8491 ⓘ |
| name |
Pambansang Watawat
ⓘ
Pambansang Watawat ng Pilipinas ⓘ Flag of the Philippines self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Philippine flag
|
| peaceFlagUsage | blue field displayed on top in times of peace ⓘ |
| proportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| redFieldMeaning |
patriotism
ⓘ
valor ⓘ |
| reverseDesign | same as obverse ⓘ |
| starCount | 3 ⓘ |
| starMeaning |
Luzon
ⓘ
Mindanao ⓘ Visayas ⓘ |
| sunMeaning | independence ⓘ |
| sunRaysCount | 8 ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Philippine history
ⓘ
Philippine ideals ⓘ Declaration of Philippine Independence ⓘ
surface form:
Philippine independence
Philippine sovereignty over its territory ⓘ democracy ⓘ equality ⓘ freedom ⓘ justice ⓘ liberty ⓘ national unity ⓘ patriotism ⓘ peace ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ valor ⓘ |
| triangleMeaning |
equality
ⓘ
fraternity ⓘ |
| warFlagUsage | red field displayed on top in times of war ⓘ |
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 Philippines Description of subject: The Flag of the Philippines is the national tricolor banner featuring a white triangle, blue and red fields, and symbolic sun and stars, representing the country’s independence, history, and ideals.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Philippine national flag
this entity surface form:
Philippine flag
this entity surface form:
Philippine national flag
this entity surface form:
Flag of Philippines
this entity surface form:
Philippine national flag
this entity surface form:
Philippine flag
this entity surface form:
Philippine national flag
this entity surface form:
Philippine flag