Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth flag
E119828
The "Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth" flag is the national flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan), featuring a white sun with twelve rays on a blue canton over a solid red field, symbolizing freedom, democracy, and the blood of revolutionary martyrs.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blue Sky with a White Sun flag | 2 |
| Blue Sky with a White Sun flag (naval jack and party flag) | 1 |
| Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth flag canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1048675 — 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: Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth flag Context triple: [National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China, subject, Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth flag]
-
A.
United States flag
The United States flag is the national banner of the United States, featuring thirteen red and white stripes and fifty white stars on a blue field to symbolize the original colonies and current states.
-
B.
black-yellow-white tricolour (imperial flag)
The black-yellow-white tricolour was a 19th-century imperial flag of the Russian Empire associated with the Romanov dynasty and official state symbolism.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Tiranga (Indian national flag)
Tiranga, the Indian national flag, is a horizontal tricolour of saffron, white, and green with a navy-blue Ashoka Chakra at its centre, symbolizing the country's values of courage, peace, and faith.
-
E.
Sons of Liberty flag
The Sons of Liberty flag is a Revolutionary-era American banner, often featuring vertical red and white stripes, associated with colonial resistance to British rule and the early patriot movement.
- 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: Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth flag Target entity description: The "Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth" flag is the national flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan), featuring a white sun with twelve rays on a blue canton over a solid red field, symbolizing freedom, democracy, and the blood of revolutionary martyrs.
-
A.
United States flag
The United States flag is the national banner of the United States, featuring thirteen red and white stripes and fifty white stars on a blue field to symbolize the original colonies and current states.
-
B.
black-yellow-white tricolour (imperial flag)
The black-yellow-white tricolour was a 19th-century imperial flag of the Russian Empire associated with the Romanov dynasty and official state symbolism.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Tiranga (Indian national flag)
Tiranga, the Indian national flag, is a horizontal tricolour of saffron, white, and green with a navy-blue Ashoka Chakra at its centre, symbolizing the country's values of courage, peace, and faith.
-
E.
Sons of Liberty flag
The Sons of Liberty flag is a Revolutionary-era American banner, often featuring vertical red and white stripes, associated with colonial resistance to British rule and the early patriot movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ |
| adoptedAsNationalFlagOfRepublicOfChina | 1928-12-17 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Blue Sky, White Sun, and Red Earth
ⓘ
linked to:
Blue Sky with a White Sun
Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth ⓘ
linked to:
Blue Sky with a White Sun
Flag of Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of the Republic of China
Flag of the Republic of China ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese nationalism
ⓘ
Kuomintang ⓘ Xinhai Revolution ⓘ |
| blueSymbolizes | liberty and nationalism ⓘ |
| cantonColor | blue ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of Asia
ⓘ
National symbols of Taiwan ⓘ Republic of China national symbols ⓘ |
| component | Blue Sky with a White Sun flag (naval jack and party flag) ⓘ |
| country |
Republic of China
ⓘ
Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Formosa
|
| design | white sun with twelve rays on a blue canton over a solid red field ⓘ |
| designDate | 1895 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Lu Hao-tung ⓘ |
| emblem | white sun with twelve rays ⓘ |
| emblemColor | white ⓘ |
| fieldColor | red ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
defined in the Constitution of the Republic of China
ⓘ
regulated by the National Emblem and National Flag of the Republic of China Act ⓘ |
| proportion | 2:3 ⓘ |
| redSymbolizes | fraternity and people’s livelihood ⓘ |
| status | current national flag of the Republic of China ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Three Principles of the People
ⓘ
blood of revolutionary martyrs ⓘ democracy ⓘ democracy (Three Principles of the People) ⓘ freedom ⓘ nationalism ⓘ people’s livelihood ⓘ |
| twelveRaysSymbolize |
twelve months
ⓘ
twelve traditional Chinese hours ⓘ |
| usedAsNationalFlagOf |
Republic of China on Taiwan after 1949
ⓘ
linked to:
Republic of China
Republic of China on the mainland before 1949 ⓘ
linked to:
Republic of China
|
| usedBy |
armed forces of the Republic of China
ⓘ
linked to:
Republic of China Armed Forces
government of the Republic of China ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Taiwan
public institutions in Taiwan ⓘ |
| usedOn |
aircraft as national marking
ⓘ
land ⓘ sea ⓘ |
| whiteSymbolizes | equality and democracy ⓘ |
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: Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth flag Description of subject: The "Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth" flag is the national flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan), featuring a white sun with twelve rays on a blue canton over a solid red field, symbolizing freedom, democracy, and the blood of revolutionary martyrs.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China
→
subject
→
Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth flag
ⓘ
linked to: Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth flag
Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth flag
→
component
→
Blue Sky with a White Sun flag (naval jack and party flag)
ⓘ
linked to: Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth flag
linked to: Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth flag