Coat of arms of Berlin
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The Coat of arms of Berlin is the official heraldic emblem of Germany’s capital, featuring a black bear on a white shield topped by a mural crown, symbolizing the city’s identity and sovereignty.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coat of arms of Berlin canonical | 4 |
| Lesser coat of arms of Berlin | 1 |
| coat of arms of Berlin | 1 |
| greater coat of arms of Berlin | 1 |
| state coat of arms of Berlin | 1 |
| state seal of Berlin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1594325 — 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 Berlin Context triple: [Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin, coatOfArms, Coat of arms of Berlin]
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A.
Coat of arms of Germany
The Coat of arms of Germany is the national emblem featuring a black eagle on a golden shield, symbolizing German sovereignty and unity.
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B.
coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg
The coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg is the official heraldic emblem of the German state, featuring a golden shield with three black lions and often flanked by supporters symbolizing its historical regions.
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C.
Coat of arms of Moscow
The Coat of arms of Moscow is the historic heraldic emblem depicting Saint George slaying a dragon, serving as the primary symbol of the city’s authority and identity.
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D.
coat of arms of Haninge Municipality
The coat of arms of Haninge Municipality is a heraldic emblem representing this Swedish municipality, typically featuring symbolic imagery that reflects its local history, geography, and identity.
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E.
Coat of arms of Luxembourg
The Coat of arms of Luxembourg is the national heraldic emblem featuring a red lion on a striped blue-and-white shield, symbolizing the country's monarchy and historical 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 Berlin Target entity description: The Coat of arms of Berlin is the official heraldic emblem of Germany’s capital, featuring a black bear on a white shield topped by a mural crown, symbolizing the city’s identity and sovereignty.
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A.
Coat of arms of Germany
The Coat of arms of Germany is the national emblem featuring a black eagle on a golden shield, symbolizing German sovereignty and unity.
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B.
coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg
The coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg is the official heraldic emblem of the German state, featuring a golden shield with three black lions and often flanked by supporters symbolizing its historical regions.
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C.
Coat of arms of Moscow
The Coat of arms of Moscow is the historic heraldic emblem depicting Saint George slaying a dragon, serving as the primary symbol of the city’s authority and identity.
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D.
coat of arms of Haninge Municipality
The coat of arms of Haninge Municipality is a heraldic emblem representing this Swedish municipality, typically featuring symbolic imagery that reflects its local history, geography, and identity.
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E.
Coat of arms of Luxembourg
The Coat of arms of Luxembourg is the national heraldic emblem featuring a red lion on a striped blue-and-white shield, symbolizing the country's monarchy and historical identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coat of arms
ⓘ
municipal coat of arms ⓘ |
| animalDepicted | bear ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Berlin Senate
ⓘ
linked to:
Senate of Berlin (West)
Berlin city administration ⓘ
linked to:
Borough council of Mitte
|
| background | white shield ⓘ |
| capitalOfCountryRepresented | Germany ⓘ |
| category | Heraldry of German cities ⓘ |
| charge | bear ⓘ |
| chargeColor | black ⓘ |
| chargeTincture | sable ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| crownType | mural crown ⓘ |
| designElement |
city wall crown
ⓘ
crowned bear ⓘ |
| emblemOf |
German federal state of Berlin
ⓘ
capital of Germany ⓘ |
| features |
black bear on white shield
ⓘ
mural crown ⓘ |
| fieldColor | white ⓘ |
| fieldTincture | argent ⓘ |
| governingBody | State of Berlin authorities ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage | Wappen Berlins ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
bear
ⓘ
mural crown ⓘ |
| languageOfName | German ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official emblem ⓘ |
| mainFigure | Berlin Bear ⓘ |
| partOf | heraldry of Germany ⓘ |
| region | Berlin ⓘ |
| represents | Berlin ⓘ |
| shieldShape | escutcheon ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Berlin
ⓘ
Berlin’s identity ⓘ Berlin’s sovereignty ⓘ |
| theme |
civic identity
ⓘ
urban sovereignty ⓘ |
| usedBy |
City of Berlin
ⓘ
linked to:
Berlin
State of Berlin ⓘ |
| usedIn |
flags of Berlin
ⓘ
government buildings of Berlin ⓘ official documents of Berlin ⓘ official seals of Berlin ⓘ |
| usedOn |
official publications of Berlin
ⓘ
police insignia of Berlin ⓘ vehicle markings of Berlin authorities ⓘ |
| usedSince | 20th century in current form ⓘ |
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 Berlin Description of subject: The Coat of arms of Berlin is the official heraldic emblem of Germany’s capital, featuring a black bear on a white shield topped by a mural crown, symbolizing the city’s identity and sovereignty.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin (Berlin House of Representatives)
subject linked to:
Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin (Berlin House of Representatives)
linked to: Coat of arms of Berlin
linked to: Coat of arms of Berlin
linked to: Coat of arms of Berlin
linked to: Coat of arms of Berlin
linked to: Coat of arms of Berlin