Act No. 127 of 1999
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Act No. 127 of 1999 is the Japanese statute that formally defines and regulates the use of Japan’s national flag and national anthem.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Act No. 127 of 1999 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T186114 — 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: Act No. 127 of 1999 Context triple: [Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem, legalCitation, Act No. 127 of 1999]
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Public Law 99-433
Public Law 99-433 is the formal designation of the Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, a landmark U.S. law that overhauled the military command structure and strengthened joint operations among the armed services.
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B.
Public Law 107-56
Public Law 107-56 is the formal designation of the USA PATRIOT Act, a 2001 U.S. federal law that significantly expanded government surveillance and counterterrorism powers following the September 11 attacks.
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C.
Public Law 96-480
Public Law 96-480 is the U.S. federal statute enacted in 1980 to promote the transfer of technology from federal laboratories to the private sector and encourage innovation and commercialization of government-funded research.
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D.
Public Law 93-198
Public Law 93-198 is the 1973 federal statute that granted the District of Columbia limited home rule, establishing an elected mayor and city council while retaining certain congressional oversight.
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E.
Public Law 107-204
Public Law 107-204 is the formal designation of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, a landmark U.S. federal law that overhauled corporate governance and financial reporting standards to combat accounting fraud.
- 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: Act No. 127 of 1999 Target entity description: Act No. 127 of 1999 is the Japanese statute that formally defines and regulates the use of Japan’s national flag and national anthem.
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A.
Public Law 99-433
Public Law 99-433 is the formal designation of the Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, a landmark U.S. law that overhauled the military command structure and strengthened joint operations among the armed services.
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B.
Public Law 107-56
Public Law 107-56 is the formal designation of the USA PATRIOT Act, a 2001 U.S. federal law that significantly expanded government surveillance and counterterrorism powers following the September 11 attacks.
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C.
Public Law 96-480
Public Law 96-480 is the U.S. federal statute enacted in 1980 to promote the transfer of technology from federal laboratories to the private sector and encourage innovation and commercialization of government-funded research.
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D.
Public Law 93-198
Public Law 93-198 is the 1973 federal statute that granted the District of Columbia limited home rule, establishing an elected mayor and city council while retaining certain congressional oversight.
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E.
Public Law 107-204
Public Law 107-204 is the formal designation of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, a landmark U.S. federal law that overhauled corporate governance and financial reporting standards to combat accounting fraud.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese statute
ⓘ
national symbols law ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
national anthem of Japan
ⓘ
national flag of Japan ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | territory of Japan ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfEnactment | 1999 ⓘ |
| defines |
Hinomaru as the national flag of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Hinomaru
Kimigayo as the national anthem of Japan ⓘ
linked to:
Kimigayo
|
| hasNumber | 127 ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Japan ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalStatus | in force ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Japanese law ⓘ |
| officialName | Law Concerning the National Flag and National Anthem ⓘ |
| regulates |
display of the national flag in official contexts
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performance of the national anthem in official contexts ⓘ use of the national anthem of Japan ⓘ use of the national flag of Japan ⓘ |
| shortName | National Flag and Anthem Law ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
anthem law
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flag law ⓘ national symbols ⓘ |
| typeOfNorm | statutory law ⓘ |
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: Act No. 127 of 1999 Description of subject: Act No. 127 of 1999 is the Japanese statute that formally defines and regulates the use of Japan’s national flag and national anthem.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.