Singapore national flag
E453907
The Singapore national flag is a red and white bicolour featuring a white crescent moon and five stars in a circle, symbolizing the nation’s ideals of democracy, peace, progress, justice, and equality.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Singapore | 2 |
| National Flag of Singapore | 1 |
| Singapore national flag canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4574334 — 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: Singapore national flag Context triple: [Singapore Armed Forces (ceremonial), usesSymbol, Singapore national flag]
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A.
Flag of Ceylon
The Flag of Ceylon was the national flag used by the British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from independence in 1948 until the country became a republic in 1972.
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B.
Flag of South East Asia Command
The Flag of South East Asia Command was the distinctive ensign used by the Allied military command responsible for operations in the Southeast Asian theatre during World War II.
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C.
Flag of the Governor of the Straits Settlements
The Flag of the Governor of the Straits Settlements was a British colonial gubernatorial standard featuring the Union Jack defaced with the badge of the Straits Settlements, used by the governor during the period of British rule in Southeast Asia.
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D.
Flag of Pakistan
The Flag of Pakistan is the national flag featuring a white star and crescent on a dark green field with a vertical white stripe, symbolizing the country's Islamic heritage and religious minorities.
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E.
Flag of Fiji
The Flag of Fiji is a light blue ensign featuring the Union Jack in the canton and the Fijian shield on the fly, symbolizing the nation’s British colonial heritage and its maritime and agricultural identity.
- 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: Singapore national flag Target entity description: The Singapore national flag is a red and white bicolour featuring a white crescent moon and five stars in a circle, symbolizing the nation’s ideals of democracy, peace, progress, justice, and equality.
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A.
Flag of Ceylon
The Flag of Ceylon was the national flag used by the British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from independence in 1948 until the country became a republic in 1972.
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B.
Flag of South East Asia Command
The Flag of South East Asia Command was the distinctive ensign used by the Allied military command responsible for operations in the Southeast Asian theatre during World War II.
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C.
Flag of the Governor of the Straits Settlements
The Flag of the Governor of the Straits Settlements was a British colonial gubernatorial standard featuring the Union Jack defaced with the badge of the Straits Settlements, used by the governor during the period of British rule in Southeast Asia.
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D.
Flag of Pakistan
The Flag of Pakistan is the national flag featuring a white star and crescent on a dark green field with a vertical white stripe, symbolizing the country's Islamic heritage and religious minorities.
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E.
Flag of Fiji
The Flag of Fiji is a light blue ensign featuring the Union Jack in the canton and the Fijian shield on the fly, symbolizing the nation’s British colonial heritage and its maritime and agricultural identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national flag
ⓘ
state symbol ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | State of Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 1959-12-03 ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 2:3 ⓘ |
| colour |
red
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| colourMeaningRed |
equality of man
ⓘ
universal brotherhood ⓘ |
| colourMeaningWhite | pervading and everlasting purity ⓘ |
| country | Singapore ⓘ |
| crescentColour | white ⓘ |
| crescentSymbolism | rising young nation ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Goh Keng Swee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lee Kuan Yew NERFINISHED ⓘ S. Rajaratnam NERFINISHED ⓘ Toh Chin Chye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designType | horizontal bicolour ⓘ |
| displayRestrictions | subject to specific guidelines ⓘ |
| feature |
five white stars in a circle
ⓘ
white crescent moon ⓘ |
| governingLaw | Singapore Arms and Flag and National Anthem Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingRegulation | Singapore Arms and Flag and National Anthem Rules NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfStars | 5 ⓘ |
| officialName | National Flag of Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionOfCrescentAndStars | upper hoist-side canton ⓘ |
| readoptedBy | Republic of Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| readoptedOn | 1965-08-09 ⓘ |
| side | obverse and reverse identical ⓘ |
| starArrangement | circle ⓘ |
| starColour | white ⓘ |
| starsSymbolism | nation’s ideals ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
democracy
ⓘ
equality ⓘ justice ⓘ peace ⓘ progress ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Singapore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
national sovereignty of Singapore ⓘ national unity of Singapore ⓘ |
| usedDuring | National Day of Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
military ceremonies in Singapore
ⓘ
state ceremonies in Singapore ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Singapore embassies and consulates
ⓘ
Singapore-registered ships ⓘ government buildings in Singapore ⓘ schools in Singapore ⓘ |
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: Singapore national flag Description of subject: The Singapore national flag is a red and white bicolour featuring a white crescent moon and five stars in a circle, symbolizing the nation’s ideals of democracy, peace, progress, justice, and equality.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Flag of Singapore
this entity surface form:
Flag of Singapore
subject surface form:
Singapore
this entity surface form:
National Flag of Singapore