Flag of Macao
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The Flag of Macao is a green field featuring a stylized white lotus flower above a bridge and water, topped by five golden stars, symbolizing the city's identity as a Special Administrative Region of China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Macao canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5530131 — 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 Macao Context triple: [Flags of Asia, includes, Flag of Macao]
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A.
Flag of Hong Kong
The Flag of Hong Kong is a red field featuring a stylized white, five-petal Bauhinia flower, symbolizing the region’s identity and its connection to China under the “one country, two systems” framework.
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B.
Flag of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong
The Flag of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong is the official standard used to represent the territory’s top leader, typically featuring the regional emblem alongside distinctive insignia denoting the office.
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C.
Flag of Manchukuo
The Flag of Manchukuo was the national flag of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo (1932–1945), featuring a yellow field with four colored stripes symbolizing the region’s major ethnic groups.
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D.
Flag of the Republic of China
The Flag of the Republic of China is a red field with a navy blue canton bearing a white sun with twelve rays, symbolizing nationalism, democracy, and the people's livelihood, and is commonly associated with Taiwan.
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E.
Chinese Taipei flag (modified form)
The Chinese Taipei flag (modified form) is a special version of Taiwan’s flag featuring the national emblem on a white sun and blue field within a white disk on a red background, used as a neutral symbol for Taiwan in international sporting events.
- 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 Macao Target entity description: The Flag of Macao is a green field featuring a stylized white lotus flower above a bridge and water, topped by five golden stars, symbolizing the city's identity as a Special Administrative Region of China.
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A.
Flag of Hong Kong
The Flag of Hong Kong is a red field featuring a stylized white, five-petal Bauhinia flower, symbolizing the region’s identity and its connection to China under the “one country, two systems” framework.
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B.
Flag of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong
The Flag of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong is the official standard used to represent the territory’s top leader, typically featuring the regional emblem alongside distinctive insignia denoting the office.
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C.
Flag of Manchukuo
The Flag of Manchukuo was the national flag of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo (1932–1945), featuring a yellow field with four colored stripes symbolizing the region’s major ethnic groups.
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D.
Flag of the Republic of China
The Flag of the Republic of China is a red field with a navy blue canton bearing a white sun with twelve rays, symbolizing nationalism, democracy, and the people's livelihood, and is commonly associated with Taiwan.
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E.
Chinese Taipei flag (modified form)
The Chinese Taipei flag (modified form) is a special version of Taiwan’s flag featuring the national emblem on a white sun and blue field within a white disk on a red background, used as a neutral symbol for Taiwan in international sporting events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national flag
ⓘ
regional flag ⓘ symbol of Macao ⓘ |
| adoptedOnOccasionOf | establishment of the Macao Special Administrative Region ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1999-12-20 ⓘ |
| bridgeRepresentation | Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge ⓘ |
| category |
Flags introduced in 1999
ⓘ
Flags of special administrative regions of China ⓘ |
| colorMeaning |
gold symbolizes brightness and prosperity
ⓘ
green symbolizes peace and stability ⓘ white symbolizes purity ⓘ |
| country |
Macao
ⓘ
linked to:
Macau
|
| designApprovedBy | Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China ⓘ |
| designElement |
bridge
ⓘ
five golden stars ⓘ four smaller stars ⓘ one large star ⓘ stylized lotus flower ⓘ water ⓘ white lotus flower ⓘ |
| emblem | stylized lotus flower above a bridge and water with five stars ⓘ |
| fieldColor | green ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region
ⓘ
Law on the National Flag, National Emblem and Regional Flag and Emblem of the Macao SAR ⓘ |
| lotusPetalCount | 3 ⓘ |
| officialStatus | official regional flag of Macao SAR ⓘ |
| proportion | 2:3 ⓘ |
| replaced | Flag of Portuguese Macau ⓘ |
| represents |
Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
ⓘ
linked to:
Macau
|
| scriptOnFlag | none ⓘ |
| sideRatio | 2:3 ⓘ |
| sovereignState |
People’s Republic of China
ⓘ
linked to:
China
|
| starArrangement | one large star above four smaller stars in an arc ⓘ |
| starColor | gold ⓘ |
| starCount | 5 ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Chinese sovereignty over Macao
ⓘ
Macao’s autonomy ⓘ Macao’s cultural identity ⓘ Macao’s identity as a Special Administrative Region of China ⓘ Macao’s position at the Pearl River Delta ⓘ Macao’s urban landscape ⓘ prosperity ⓘ relationship between Macao and China ⓘ stability ⓘ “one country, two systems” principle ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region
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public institutions in Macao ⓘ |
| usedWith |
Flag of China
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linked to:
Flag of the People's Republic of China
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| waterRepresentation | waves of the Pearl River ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Macao Description of subject: The Flag of Macao is a green field featuring a stylized white lotus flower above a bridge and water, topped by five golden stars, symbolizing the city's identity as a Special Administrative Region of China.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.