Flag of French Polynesia
E208668
The Flag of French Polynesia is a red-white-red horizontal tricolour featuring a central emblem with an outrigger canoe, sun, and waves, symbolizing the islands’ Polynesian heritage and maritime culture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Emblem of French Polynesia | 1 |
| Flag of French Polynesia canonical | 1 |
| emblem of French Polynesia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1873153 — 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 French Polynesia Context triple: [French Polynesia, flag, Flag of French Polynesia]
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A.
Flag of Pitcairn Islands
The Flag of the Pitcairn Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s distinctive coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a remote British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific.
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B.
Flag of Guadeloupe
The Flag of Guadeloupe is a regional emblem often featuring a golden sun and sugarcane on a red field beneath a blue stripe with three fleurs-de-lis, symbolizing the island’s Caribbean identity and French heritage.
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C.
Flag of Saint Barthélemy
The Flag of Saint Barthélemy is the banner used by the French overseas collectivity of Saint Barthélemy in the Caribbean, typically featuring the island’s coat of arms on a white field.
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D.
Flag of Martinique
The Flag of Martinique is the official emblem representing the French overseas territorial collectivity of Martinique in the Caribbean, featuring distinctive symbols that reflect its colonial history and island identity.
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E.
Flag of British Indian Ocean Territory
The Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory is a colonial-style ensign featuring a Union Jack in the canton, blue and white wavy stripes symbolizing the Indian Ocean, and a palm tree with a crown representing the territory’s tropical islands and British sovereignty.
- 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 French Polynesia Target entity description: The Flag of French Polynesia is a red-white-red horizontal tricolour featuring a central emblem with an outrigger canoe, sun, and waves, symbolizing the islands’ Polynesian heritage and maritime culture.
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A.
Flag of Pitcairn Islands
The Flag of the Pitcairn Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s distinctive coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a remote British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific.
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B.
Flag of Guadeloupe
The Flag of Guadeloupe is a regional emblem often featuring a golden sun and sugarcane on a red field beneath a blue stripe with three fleurs-de-lis, symbolizing the island’s Caribbean identity and French heritage.
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C.
Flag of Saint Barthélemy
The Flag of Saint Barthélemy is the banner used by the French overseas collectivity of Saint Barthélemy in the Caribbean, typically featuring the island’s coat of arms on a white field.
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D.
Flag of Martinique
The Flag of Martinique is the official emblem representing the French overseas territorial collectivity of Martinique in the Caribbean, featuring distinctive symbols that reflect its colonial history and island identity.
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E.
Flag of British Indian Ocean Territory
The Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory is a colonial-style ensign featuring a Union Jack in the canton, blue and white wavy stripes symbolizing the Indian Ocean, and a palm tree with a crown representing the territory’s tropical islands and British sovereignty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil flag
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ state flag ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | Assembly of French Polynesia ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 1984-11-23 ⓘ |
| bottomStripeColor | red ⓘ |
| category |
Flags introduced in 1984
ⓘ
Flags of overseas collectivities of France ⓘ |
| centralEmblem | stylized disk with outrigger canoe, sun and waves ⓘ |
| colorSymbolism |
red symbolizes courage
ⓘ
white symbolizes peace ⓘ |
| containsColor |
blue
ⓘ
brown ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | French Polynesia ⓘ |
| design | horizontal triband ⓘ |
| emblemFeatures |
blue waves
ⓘ
five human figures ⓘ outrigger canoe ⓘ radiant sun ⓘ |
| emblemPosition | centered on white stripe ⓘ |
| emblemShape | circle ⓘ |
| hasAspectRatio | 2:3 ⓘ |
| legalStatus | defined by territorial law of French Polynesia ⓘ |
| middleStripeColor | white ⓘ |
| numberOfStripes | 3 ⓘ |
| officialLanguageOfDescription |
French
ⓘ
Tahitian ⓘ
linked to:
Tahitian language
|
| pattern | red-white-red horizontal tricolour ⓘ |
| proportion | 2:3 ⓘ |
| region | South Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| status | official flag of French Polynesia ⓘ |
| stripeProportion | 1:2:1 ⓘ |
| subnationalTo | France ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Polynesian heritage
ⓘ
maritime culture ⓘ ocean surrounding the islands ⓘ people of French Polynesia ⓘ sun and life ⓘ unity of the islands ⓘ |
| topStripeColor | red ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Flag of France
ⓘ
linked to:
French tricolour
|
| usedBy |
French Polynesia
ⓘ
Government of French Polynesia ⓘ residents of French Polynesia ⓘ |
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 French Polynesia Description of subject: The Flag of French Polynesia is a red-white-red horizontal tricolour featuring a central emblem with an outrigger canoe, sun, and waves, symbolizing the islands’ Polynesian heritage and maritime culture.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flag of French Polynesia
linked to: Flag of French Polynesia