flag of Moscow
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The flag of Moscow is a crimson banner featuring Saint George mounted on a horse slaying a dragon, symbolizing the city’s historic patron and martial heritage.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Moscow | 1 |
| flag of Moscow canonical | 1 |
| flag of Moscow Oblast | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T323248 — 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 Moscow Context triple: [Government of Moscow, usesSymbol, flag of Moscow]
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A.
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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B.
Flag of Greece
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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C.
Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces
The Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces is the official military flag of Finland, featuring national symbols that represent the country’s armed services and their authority.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 Moscow Target entity description: The flag of Moscow is a crimson banner featuring Saint George mounted on a horse slaying a dragon, symbolizing the city’s historic patron and martial heritage.
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A.
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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B.
Flag of Greece
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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C.
Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces
The Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces is the official military flag of Finland, featuring national symbols that represent the country’s armed services and their authority.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag of a federal city of Russia
ⓘ
municipal flag ⓘ |
| adopted | 1995 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eastern Orthodox tradition
ⓘ
Moscow Kremlin ⓘ |
| backgroundColor | crimson ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Coat of arms of Moscow
ⓘ
surface form:
coat of arms of Moscow
|
| capitalOfEntityRepresented |
Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Federation
|
| category |
Flags displaying animals
ⓘ
Flags of cities in Russia ⓘ Flags with crosses or saints ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| designElement |
dragon beneath horse
ⓘ
mounted knight with spear ⓘ |
| emblem |
Saint George and the Dragon
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint George slaying the dragon
|
| features |
Saint George of Lydda
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint George
dragon ⓘ horse ⓘ |
| fieldColor | crimson ⓘ |
| governmentLevel | municipal ⓘ |
| heraldicCharge |
Saint George and the Dragon
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint George on horseback
dragon ⓘ |
| iconographyType |
Christian iconography
ⓘ
heraldic iconography ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialDescription | Russian ⓘ |
| officialIn | Moscow ⓘ |
| orientation | horizontal ⓘ |
| patronSaintDepicted |
Saint George of Lydda
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint George
|
| proportion | 2:3 ⓘ |
| religiousFigureDepicted |
Christian saint
ⓘ
Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
surface form:
Saint George
|
| represents |
Moscow
ⓘ
surface form:
city of Moscow
|
| scriptureOrLegendSource |
Saint George and the Dragon
ⓘ
surface form:
legend of Saint George and the Dragon
|
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| status | official city flag ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
martial heritage of Moscow
ⓘ
patron saint of Moscow ⓘ victory of good over evil ⓘ |
| theme |
military victory
ⓘ
protection of the city ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Moscow
ⓘ
Mayor of Moscow ⓘ Moscow City Duma ⓘ |
| usesColor | crimson ⓘ |
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 Moscow Description of subject: The flag of Moscow is a crimson banner featuring Saint George mounted on a horse slaying a dragon, symbolizing the city’s historic patron and martial heritage.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Flag of Moscow
this entity surface form:
flag of Moscow Oblast