Flag of United Arab Emirates
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The Flag of the United Arab Emirates is a national symbol featuring horizontal bands of green, white, and black with a vertical red stripe at the hoist, representing Arab unity, strength, and the country's heritage.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of United Arab Emirates canonical | 1 |
| UAE flag | 1 |
| UAE national flag | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5530096 — 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 United Arab Emirates Context triple: [Flags of Asia, includes, Flag of United Arab Emirates]
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A.
Flag of Saudi Arabia
The Flag of Saudi Arabia is a green banner featuring the Islamic declaration of faith in white Arabic script above a horizontal white sword, symbolizing Islam and justice.
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B.
Emblem of the United Arab Emirates
The Emblem of the United Arab Emirates is the national coat of arms featuring a golden falcon with a disk showing the UAE flag and seven stars, symbolizing the unity and sovereignty of the federation.
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C.
Iraqi flag
The Iraqi flag is the national tricolor of Iraq, featuring horizontal bands of red, white, and black with green Arabic script symbolizing the Takbir.
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D.
Flag of Morocco
The Flag of Morocco is a red field with a green five-pointed star at its center, symbolizing the nation’s Islamic heritage and unity under the Alaouite monarchy.
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E.
Flag of Iran
The Flag of Iran is a tricolour national flag of green, white, and red with a central emblem and stylized script symbolizing Islamic and national 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: Flag of United Arab Emirates Target entity description: The Flag of the United Arab Emirates is a national symbol featuring horizontal bands of green, white, and black with a vertical red stripe at the hoist, representing Arab unity, strength, and the country's heritage.
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A.
Flag of Saudi Arabia
The Flag of Saudi Arabia is a green banner featuring the Islamic declaration of faith in white Arabic script above a horizontal white sword, symbolizing Islam and justice.
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B.
Emblem of the United Arab Emirates
The Emblem of the United Arab Emirates is the national coat of arms featuring a golden falcon with a disk showing the UAE flag and seven stars, symbolizing the unity and sovereignty of the federation.
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C.
Iraqi flag
The Iraqi flag is the national tricolor of Iraq, featuring horizontal bands of red, white, and black with green Arabic script symbolizing the Takbir.
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D.
Flag of Morocco
The Flag of Morocco is a red field with a green five-pointed star at its center, symbolizing the nation’s Islamic heritage and unity under the Alaouite monarchy.
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E.
Flag of Iran
The Flag of Iran is a tricolour national flag of green, white, and red with a central emblem and stylized script symbolizing Islamic and national identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 1971-12-02 ⓘ |
| adoptionOccasion | formation of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Flag of the UAE
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
UAE flag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bottomStripeColour | black ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of Asia
ⓘ
National symbols of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ |
| colour |
black
ⓘ
green ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| colourSymbolismBlack | strength of mind and defeat of enemies ⓘ |
| colourSymbolismGreen | fertility and prosperity ⓘ |
| colourSymbolismRed | courage and sacrifice ⓘ |
| colourSymbolismWhite | peace and honesty ⓘ |
| country | United Arab Emirates ⓘ |
| designedBy | Abdullah Mohammed Al Maainah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designType | horizontal tricolour with vertical stripe at hoist ⓘ |
| emiratesRepresented |
Abu Dhabi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ajman NERFINISHED ⓘ Dubai NERFINISHED ⓘ Fujairah NERFINISHED ⓘ Ras Al Khaimah NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharjah NERFINISHED ⓘ Umm Al Quwain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstRaisedInCity | Abu Dhabi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hoistStripeColour | red ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Pan-Arab flag tradition ⓘ |
| introducedBy | federal government of the United Arab Emirates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleStripeColour | white ⓘ |
| officialLanguageOfInscription | none ⓘ |
| pattern |
three equal horizontal bands
ⓘ
vertical red stripe at the hoist ⓘ |
| proportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| relatedColourScheme |
Flag of Jordan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flag of Kuwait NERFINISHED ⓘ Flag of Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Flag of Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents | federal union of the seven emirates ⓘ |
| reverseDesign | same as obverse ⓘ |
| status | in official use ⓘ |
| symbolism |
Arab unity
ⓘ
heritage of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ pan-Arab colours ⓘ strength ⓘ |
| topStripeColour | green ⓘ |
| usedBy |
civil population of the United Arab Emirates
ⓘ
government of the United Arab Emirates NERFINISHED ⓘ military of the United Arab Emirates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 United Arab Emirates Description of subject: The Flag of the United Arab Emirates is a national symbol featuring horizontal bands of green, white, and black with a vertical red stripe at the hoist, representing Arab unity, strength, and the country's heritage.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
UAE flag
this entity surface form:
UAE national flag