Flag of Bangladesh
E542283
The Flag of Bangladesh is a green field with a red circle slightly off-center, symbolizing the country's lush landscape and the blood of those who died for its independence.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Bangladesh canonical | 4 |
| The National Flag of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh | 1 |
| civil ensign of Bangladesh | 1 |
| flag of Bangladesh | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5530087 — 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 Bangladesh Context triple: [Flags of Asia, includes, Flag of Bangladesh]
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A.
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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B.
Flag of Myanmar
The Flag of Myanmar is a horizontal tricolour of yellow, green, and red with a large white five-pointed star in the center, symbolizing solidarity, peace, and the union of the country’s diverse ethnic groups.
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C.
Flag of Malaysia
The Flag of Malaysia, known as "Jalur Gemilang," features 14 red and white stripes and a blue canton with a yellow crescent and 14-point star symbolizing the country's states, federal territories, and Islamic heritage.
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D.
Flag of Nepal
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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E.
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.
- 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 Bangladesh Target entity description: The Flag of Bangladesh is a green field with a red circle slightly off-center, symbolizing the country's lush landscape and the blood of those who died for its independence.
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A.
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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B.
Flag of Myanmar
The Flag of Myanmar is a horizontal tricolour of yellow, green, and red with a large white five-pointed star in the center, symbolizing solidarity, peace, and the union of the country’s diverse ethnic groups.
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C.
Flag of Malaysia
The Flag of Malaysia, known as "Jalur Gemilang," features 14 red and white stripes and a blue canton with a yellow crescent and 14-point star symbolizing the country's states, federal territories, and Islamic heritage.
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D.
Flag of Nepal
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | national flag ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | Government of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1972-01-17 ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 3:5 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bangladesh Liberation War
ⓘ
independence of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of Asia
ⓘ
Flags with circles ⓘ Green flags ⓘ National symbols of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Bangladesh ⓘ |
| design | green field with a red disc slightly off-center toward the hoist ⓘ |
| designer | Quamrul Hassan ⓘ |
| designOrigin | based on the 1971 Bangladesh liberation flag ⓘ |
| discColor | red ⓘ |
| discPosition | slightly off-center toward the hoist ⓘ |
| discShape | circle ⓘ |
| emblemType | simple geometric emblem ⓘ |
| ensignVariant |
air force ensign of Bangladesh
ⓘ
civil ensign of Bangladesh ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of Bangladesh
naval ensign of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| fieldColor | green ⓘ |
| governmentSymbol | yes ⓘ |
| ISOCountry |
BD
ⓘ
linked to:
.bd
|
| legalRegulation | regulated by the Flag Rules of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| name | Flag of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| officialName |
The National Flag of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of Bangladesh
|
| originalDesignChangeReason | map removed for simplicity and ease of reproduction ⓘ |
| originalDesignFeature | included a golden map of Bangladesh inside the red disc ⓘ |
| precededBy |
flag of Pakistan
ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of Pakistan
original flag of Bangladesh (with golden map) used in 1971 ⓘ |
| proportion | 3:5 ⓘ |
| region | South Asia ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | no text on flag ⓘ |
| status | current national flag ⓘ |
| symbolism |
green symbolizes the lush landscape of Bangladesh
ⓘ
red disc symbolizes the blood of those who died for independence ⓘ red disc symbolizes the rising sun over Bengal ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Bangladesh Armed Forces
ⓘ
Bangladeshi diplomatic missions abroad ⓘ Government institutions of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| usedFrom | 1972 ⓘ |
| usedIn |
civil use on land
ⓘ
naval ensign (with modifications) ⓘ state use on land ⓘ war flag ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Independence Day of Bangladesh
ⓘ
linked to:
Bangladesh Independence Day
Victory Day of Bangladesh ⓘ |
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 Bangladesh Description of subject: The Flag of Bangladesh is a green field with a red circle slightly off-center, symbolizing the country's lush landscape and the blood of those who died for its independence.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flag of Bangladesh
linked to: Flag of Bangladesh
linked to: Flag of Bangladesh