Flag of Greece
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Greece canonical | 3 |
| Greek flag | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T282012 — 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 Greece Context triple: [Prime Minister of Greece, symbol, Flag of Greece]
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A.
NATO flag
The NATO flag is the official emblem of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, featuring a white compass rose on a dark blue field to symbolize unity and collective defense among member states.
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B.
Romani flag
The Romani flag is a blue-and-green bicolor with a red, sixteen-spoked chakra wheel in the center, symbolizing the Romani people's Indian origins, nomadic heritage, and shared identity.
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C.
Israeli flag
The Israeli flag is the national flag of Israel, featuring a blue Star of David between two horizontal blue stripes on a white background.
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D.
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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E.
Flag of the United Nations
The Flag of the United Nations is a light blue banner featuring a white world map surrounded by olive branches, symbolizing global peace and international cooperation.
- 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 Greece Target entity description: 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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A.
NATO flag
The NATO flag is the official emblem of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, featuring a white compass rose on a dark blue field to symbolize unity and collective defense among member states.
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B.
Romani flag
The Romani flag is a blue-and-green bicolor with a red, sixteen-spoked chakra wheel in the center, symbolizing the Romani people's Indian origins, nomadic heritage, and shared identity.
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C.
Israeli flag
The Israeli flag is the national flag of Israel, featuring a blue Star of David between two horizontal blue stripes on a white background.
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D.
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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E.
Flag of the United Nations
The Flag of the United Nations is a light blue banner featuring a white world map surrounded by olive branches, symbolizing global peace and international cooperation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag of a country
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ |
| adopted | 1978 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Flag of Greece
ⓘ
surface form:
Greek flag
blue and white ⓘ |
| appearsOn | Greek government institutions ⓘ |
| cantonColor | blue ⓘ |
| category |
Blue and white flags
ⓘ
Flags of Europe ⓘ National symbols of Greece ⓘ |
| continentOfCountry | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| crossColor | white ⓘ |
| designBasedOn | naval ensign of the Greek War of Independence ⓘ |
| fieldShape | rectangular ⓘ |
| firstOfficialUse | 1822 ⓘ |
| governingAuthority | Government of Greece ⓘ |
| hasAspectRatio | 2:3 ⓘ |
| hasCanton | blue canton with white cross ⓘ |
| hasColor |
blue
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| hasDesignElement | nine horizontal stripes ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | white cross ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Greek national colors ⓘ |
| isCivilEnsignOf | Greece ⓘ |
| isStateEnsignOf | Greece ⓘ |
| isStateSymbolOf | Greece ⓘ |
| isWarEnsignOf | Greece ⓘ |
| mottoOnCoatOfArms | Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος ⓘ |
| mottoTranslation | Freedom or Death ⓘ |
| numberOfStripes | 9 ⓘ |
| officialLanguageOfMotto | Greek ⓘ |
| proportion | 2:3 ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | Greek law ⓘ |
| religiousSymbol | cross of Christianity ⓘ |
| stripeColorPattern | alternating blue and white stripes ⓘ |
| stripeOrientation | horizontal ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Christian faith
ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form:
Greek Orthodoxy
Greek War of Independence ⓘ Greek nation ⓘ freedom ⓘ |
| usedAt |
Greek public buildings
ⓘ
Greek schools ⓘ Greek ships ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Armed Forces of Greece
ⓘ
surface form:
Hellenic Armed Forces
Greece ⓘ
surface form:
Hellenic Republic
|
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 Greece Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Greek flag
this entity surface form:
Greek flag
this entity surface form:
Greek flag