Coat of arms of Singapore
E453914
The Coat of arms of Singapore is the national emblem featuring a shield with a white crescent and five stars supported by a lion and a tiger, symbolizing the nation’s ideals and heritage.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coat of Arms of Singapore | 2 |
| Coat of arms of Singapore canonical | 2 |
| Coat of arms of Singapore (as judicial emblem) | 1 |
| Lion Head Symbol of Singapore | 1 |
| coat of arms of the Colony of Singapore | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4574437 — 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: Coat of arms of Singapore Context triple: [Chief Justice of Singapore, symbol, Coat of arms of Singapore]
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A.
Coat of arms of Malaysia
The Coat of arms of Malaysia is the national emblem featuring a shield supported by tigers and adorned with symbols representing the country's states, monarchy, and unity.
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B.
Coat of arms of the Straits Settlements
The Coat of arms of the Straits Settlements was the official heraldic emblem representing the British colonial territories of Singapore, Penang, and Malacca, symbolizing their status and identity within the British Empire.
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C.
Coat of arms of Perlis
The Coat of arms of Perlis is the official heraldic emblem of the Malaysian state of Perlis, symbolizing its monarchy, agricultural heritage, and regional identity.
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D.
Coat of arms of the Bahamas
The Coat of arms of the Bahamas is the national heraldic emblem featuring symbols of the islands’ maritime heritage, natural wildlife, and colonial history, used to represent the country and its government.
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E.
Coat of arms of Aceh
The Coat of arms of Aceh is the official heraldic emblem of Indonesia’s Aceh province, symbolizing its Islamic heritage, historical sultanate, and regional 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: Coat of arms of Singapore Target entity description: The Coat of arms of Singapore is the national emblem featuring a shield with a white crescent and five stars supported by a lion and a tiger, symbolizing the nation’s ideals and heritage.
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A.
Coat of arms of Malaysia
The Coat of arms of Malaysia is the national emblem featuring a shield supported by tigers and adorned with symbols representing the country's states, monarchy, and unity.
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B.
Coat of arms of the Straits Settlements
The Coat of arms of the Straits Settlements was the official heraldic emblem representing the British colonial territories of Singapore, Penang, and Malacca, symbolizing their status and identity within the British Empire.
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C.
Coat of arms of Perlis
The Coat of arms of Perlis is the official heraldic emblem of the Malaysian state of Perlis, symbolizing its monarchy, agricultural heritage, and regional identity.
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D.
Coat of arms of the Bahamas
The Coat of arms of the Bahamas is the national heraldic emblem featuring symbols of the islands’ maritime heritage, natural wildlife, and colonial history, used to represent the country and its government.
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E.
Coat of arms of Aceh
The Coat of arms of Aceh is the official heraldic emblem of Indonesia’s Aceh province, symbolizing its Islamic heritage, historical sultanate, and regional identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national coat of arms
ⓘ
national emblem ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 1959-12-03 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | State Crest of Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
Presidential Standard of Singapore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Singapore passports NERFINISHED ⓘ official government documents of Singapore ⓘ state decorations of Singapore ⓘ |
| backgroundElement |
palm leaves
ⓘ
stalks of rice ⓘ |
| compartment | gold banner with motto ⓘ |
| country | Singapore ⓘ |
| crescentColor | white ⓘ |
| crescentSymbolism | rising young nation ⓘ |
| crest | shield with crescent and five stars ⓘ |
| designPeriod | self-governing state of Singapore ⓘ |
| designStatus | unchanged since 1959 ⓘ |
| fieldDivision | single red field ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Government of Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalProtection | protected under Singapore law ⓘ |
| lionColor | gold ⓘ |
| lionSymbolism | Singapore as the Lion City ⓘ |
| motto | Majulah Singapura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Malay ⓘ |
| mottoTranslation | Onward Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfStars | 5 ⓘ |
| officialUseRestriction | use limited to government and authorized bodies ⓘ |
| regulatingAuthority | Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth of Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedSymbol |
Flag of Singapore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Anthem of Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ National Pledge of Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shieldCharge |
five white stars
ⓘ
white crescent ⓘ |
| shieldColor | red ⓘ |
| starColor | white ⓘ |
| starSymbolism |
democracy
ⓘ
equality ⓘ justice ⓘ peace ⓘ progress ⓘ |
| supporter |
lion
ⓘ
tiger ⓘ |
| symbolCategory | national symbol of Singapore ⓘ |
| tigerColor | gold ⓘ |
| tigerSymbolism | historical ties with Malaysia ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Singapore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
President of Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ public authorities of 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: Coat of arms of Singapore Description of subject: The Coat of arms of Singapore is the national emblem featuring a shield with a white crescent and five stars supported by a lion and a tiger, symbolizing the nation’s ideals and heritage.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
coat of arms of the Colony of Singapore
this entity surface form:
Coat of arms of Singapore (as judicial emblem)
subject surface form:
Singapore
this entity surface form:
Coat of Arms of Singapore
subject surface form:
Singapore
this entity surface form:
Lion Head Symbol of Singapore
subject surface form:
Singapore
this entity surface form:
Coat of Arms of Singapore