Emblem of Iran
E187572
The Emblem of Iran is the national symbol featuring a stylized representation of the word "Allah" and a tulip-like form, widely used on the country's flag, official documents, and government insignia.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Emblem of Iran canonical | 2 |
| coat of arms of Iran | 2 |
| Coat of arms of Iran | 1 |
| Emblem of the Islamic Republic of Iran | 1 |
| Iranian military insignia (historical) | 1 |
| National emblem of Iran | 1 |
| State emblem of Iran | 1 |
| national emblem of Iran | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1658411 — 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: Emblem of Iran Context triple: [Presidency of Iran, insignia, Emblem of Iran]
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A.
Emblem of Pakistan
The Emblem of Pakistan is the national coat of arms featuring a crescent and star, a shield with agricultural symbols, and a scroll bearing the national motto in Urdu, representing the country’s Islamic identity and economic foundations.
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B.
Emblem of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Emblem of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is the official symbol representing the collective identity and unity of its member Muslim-majority states on the international stage.
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C.
Emblem of Palestine
The Emblem of Palestine is the national coat of arms featuring a golden Eagle of Saladin bearing a shield with the Palestinian flag, symbolizing Palestinian identity and sovereignty.
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D.
Emblem of Eritrea
The Emblem of Eritrea is the national coat of arms featuring a camel encircled by an olive wreath, symbolizing the country’s struggle for independence and hope for peace.
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E.
Emblem of South Korea
The Emblem of South Korea is a national symbol featuring a stylized taegeuk (yin-yang) at its center, flanked by five petals and a ribbon bearing the country’s official name, representing peace, harmony, 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: Emblem of Iran Target entity description: The Emblem of Iran is the national symbol featuring a stylized representation of the word "Allah" and a tulip-like form, widely used on the country's flag, official documents, and government insignia.
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A.
Emblem of Pakistan
The Emblem of Pakistan is the national coat of arms featuring a crescent and star, a shield with agricultural symbols, and a scroll bearing the national motto in Urdu, representing the country’s Islamic identity and economic foundations.
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B.
Emblem of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Emblem of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is the official symbol representing the collective identity and unity of its member Muslim-majority states on the international stage.
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C.
Emblem of Palestine
The Emblem of Palestine is the national coat of arms featuring a golden Eagle of Saladin bearing a shield with the Palestinian flag, symbolizing Palestinian identity and sovereignty.
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D.
Emblem of Eritrea
The Emblem of Eritrea is the national coat of arms featuring a camel encircled by an olive wreath, symbolizing the country’s struggle for independence and hope for peace.
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E.
Emblem of South Korea
The Emblem of South Korea is a national symbol featuring a stylized taegeuk (yin-yang) at its center, flanked by five petals and a ribbon bearing the country’s official name, representing peace, harmony, and national identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coat of arms
ⓘ
national emblem ⓘ |
| adopted | 1979 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Coat of arms of Iran
ⓘ
linked to:
Emblem of Iran
National emblem of Iran ⓘ
linked to:
Emblem of Iran
State emblem of Iran ⓘ
linked to:
Emblem of Iran
|
| category |
Coats of arms with Arabic script
ⓘ
Islamic heraldry ⓘ National symbols of Iran ⓘ |
| color | red ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| designApprovedBy |
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
ⓘ
linked to:
Ruhollah Khomeini
|
| designedBy | Hamid Nadimi ⓘ |
| elementCount | 5 ⓘ |
| governmentTypeReflected |
Islamic Republic of Iran
ⓘ
linked to:
Islamic Republic
|
| hasElement |
central vertical sword-like stroke
ⓘ
four crescent-like curves ⓘ symmetrical composition ⓘ tashdid-like diacritic form ⓘ tulip shape ⓘ |
| inscriptionRepresents | Allah ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official national symbol of Iran ⓘ |
| orientation | vertical ⓘ |
| positionOnFlag | center of the white band ⓘ |
| religiousMeaning |
Islamic
ⓘ
Tawhid ⓘ
linked to:
tawhid
|
| replaced |
Lion and Sun emblem of Iran
ⓘ
linked to:
lion and sun emblem of Iran
|
| replacedInContextOf | Iranian Revolution ⓘ |
| scriptUsed | Arabic script ⓘ |
| shape |
stylized word Allah
ⓘ
tulip-like form ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Allah
ⓘ
Iranian identity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Islamic Republic ⓘ Republic ⓘ freedom ⓘ justice ⓘ martyrdom ⓘ monotheism ⓘ unity ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Flag of Iran
ⓘ
Iranian currency ⓘ Iranian passports ⓘ diplomatic missions of Iran ⓘ government buildings of Iran ⓘ military insignia of Iran ⓘ official documents of Iran ⓘ |
| writingSystem | stylized Kufic-like calligraphy ⓘ |
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: Emblem of Iran Description of subject: The Emblem of Iran is the national symbol featuring a stylized representation of the word "Allah" and a tulip-like form, widely used on the country's flag, official documents, and government insignia.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Emblem of Iran
linked to: Emblem of Iran
linked to: Emblem of Iran
linked to: Emblem of Iran
subject linked to:
lion and sun emblem of Iran
linked to: Emblem of Iran
subject linked to:
lion and sun emblem of Iran
linked to: Emblem of Iran
subject linked to:
lion and sun emblem of Iran
linked to: Emblem of Iran
linked to: Emblem of Iran