Flag of Nepal
E532839
The Flag of Nepal is the world’s only non-rectangular national flag, composed of two stacked crimson-red pennons with blue borders featuring a white moon and sun.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Nepal canonical | 3 |
| flag of Nepal | 2 |
| Flags of Nepal | 1 |
| Nepalese flag | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5530089 — 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 Nepal Context triple: [Flags of Asia, includes, Flag of Nepal]
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A.
Bhutanese national flag
The Bhutanese national flag is a distinctive banner featuring a white dragon across diagonal yellow and orange fields, symbolizing the kingdom’s spiritual and temporal traditions.
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B.
Flag of Pakistan
The Flag of Pakistan is the national flag featuring a white star and crescent on a dark green field with a vertical white stripe, symbolizing the country's Islamic heritage and religious minorities.
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C.
Flag of Ceylon
The Flag of Ceylon was the national flag used by the British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from independence in 1948 until the country became a republic in 1972.
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D.
Arpitan flag
The Arpitan flag is the regional banner symbolizing the cultural and linguistic identity of the Arpitan-speaking areas in parts of France, Switzerland, and Italy.
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E.
Emblem of Nepal
The Emblem of Nepal is the national coat of arms featuring the country’s flag, Mount Everest, green hills, and clasped hands symbolizing unity and national pride.
- 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 Nepal Target entity description: The Flag of Nepal is the world’s only non-rectangular national flag, composed of two stacked crimson-red pennons with blue borders featuring a white moon and sun.
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A.
Bhutanese national flag
The Bhutanese national flag is a distinctive banner featuring a white dragon across diagonal yellow and orange fields, symbolizing the kingdom’s spiritual and temporal traditions.
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B.
Flag of Pakistan
The Flag of Pakistan is the national flag featuring a white star and crescent on a dark green field with a vertical white stripe, symbolizing the country's Islamic heritage and religious minorities.
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C.
Flag of Ceylon
The Flag of Ceylon was the national flag used by the British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from independence in 1948 until the country became a republic in 1972.
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D.
Arpitan flag
The Arpitan flag is the regional banner symbolizing the cultural and linguistic identity of the Arpitan-speaking areas in parts of France, Switzerland, and Italy.
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E.
Emblem of Nepal
The Emblem of Nepal is the national coat of arms featuring the country’s flag, Mount Everest, green hills, and clasped hands symbolizing unity and national pride.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national flag
ⓘ
state symbol ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 1962-12-16 ⓘ |
| adoptionContext | Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal 1962 ⓘ |
| borderColor | blue ⓘ |
| capitalCityRepresented | Kathmandu ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of Asia
ⓘ
National flags ⓘ Non-rectangular flags ⓘ |
| color | crimson red ⓘ |
| colorMeaning |
blue border symbolizes peace
ⓘ
crimson red is Nepal’s national color ⓘ crimson red symbolizes bravery ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | specified by geometric instructions ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Nepal ⓘ |
| designBasis | combination of two single pennons ⓘ |
| designElement |
stylized crescent moon with eight rays
ⓘ
stylized sun with twelve rays ⓘ |
| designOrigin | traditional Hindu and Buddhist pennons ⓘ |
| feature |
white moon
ⓘ
white sun ⓘ |
| governmentTypeRepresented |
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
ⓘ
linked to:
federal parliamentary republic of Nepal
|
| historicalUse | based on flags used by Rana dynasty ⓘ |
| ISO3166Country | NP ⓘ |
| legalDefinition | defined in the Constitution of Nepal ⓘ |
| moonSymbolizes |
calmness
ⓘ
serenity ⓘ |
| orientation | vertical hoist ⓘ |
| proportion | 4:3 (approximate overall ratio) ⓘ |
| religiousSymbolism |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ |
| shape |
non-rectangular
ⓘ
two stacked pennons ⓘ |
| status | official flag of Nepal ⓘ |
| sunSymbolizes |
fierceness
ⓘ
resolve ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Himalayan Mountains
ⓘ
linked to:
Himalayas
courage ⓘ harmony ⓘ peace ⓘ permanence and longevity of Nepal ⓘ victory of good over evil ⓘ |
| uniqueFeature | only non-rectangular national flag in the world ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Nepal
ⓘ
civil authorities of Nepal ⓘ military of Nepal ⓘ
linked to:
Nepalese security forces
|
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 Nepal Description of subject: The Flag of Nepal is the world’s only non-rectangular national flag, composed of two stacked crimson-red pennons with blue borders featuring a white moon and sun.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flag of Nepal
linked to: Flag of Nepal
linked to: Flag of Nepal
linked to: Flag of Nepal