Flag of Qatar
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The Flag of Qatar is a distinctive national flag featuring a maroon field with a broad white serrated band, symbolizing the country's historical significance and its role in the Persian Gulf region.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Qatar canonical | 2 |
| Qatar flag is maroon and has nine points | 1 |
| civil ensign of Qatar | 1 |
| flag of Qatar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5530097 — 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 Qatar Context triple: [Flags of Asia, includes, Flag of Qatar]
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A.
Flag of Saudi Arabia
The Flag of Saudi Arabia is a green banner featuring the Islamic declaration of faith in white Arabic script above a horizontal white sword, symbolizing Islam and justice.
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B.
Flag of United Arab Emirates
The Flag of the United Arab Emirates is a national symbol featuring horizontal bands of green, white, and black with a vertical red stripe at the hoist, representing Arab unity, strength, and the country's heritage.
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C.
Flag of Morocco
The Flag of Morocco is a red field with a green five-pointed star at its center, symbolizing the nation’s Islamic heritage and unity under the Alaouite monarchy.
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D.
Flag of Tunisia
The Flag of Tunisia is a red field featuring a white circle with a red crescent and five-pointed star, symbolizing the country’s Islamic heritage and national identity.
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E.
flag of Kuwait
The flag of Kuwait is a horizontal tricolor of green, white, and red with a black trapezoid at the hoist, symbolizing Arab unity and the country’s historical and cultural heritage.
- 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 Qatar Target entity description: The Flag of Qatar is a distinctive national flag featuring a maroon field with a broad white serrated band, symbolizing the country's historical significance and its role in the Persian Gulf region.
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A.
Flag of Saudi Arabia
The Flag of Saudi Arabia is a green banner featuring the Islamic declaration of faith in white Arabic script above a horizontal white sword, symbolizing Islam and justice.
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B.
Flag of United Arab Emirates
The Flag of the United Arab Emirates is a national symbol featuring horizontal bands of green, white, and black with a vertical red stripe at the hoist, representing Arab unity, strength, and the country's heritage.
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C.
Flag of Morocco
The Flag of Morocco is a red field with a green five-pointed star at its center, symbolizing the nation’s Islamic heritage and unity under the Alaouite monarchy.
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D.
Flag of Tunisia
The Flag of Tunisia is a red field featuring a white circle with a red crescent and five-pointed star, symbolizing the country’s Islamic heritage and national identity.
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E.
flag of Kuwait
The flag of Kuwait is a horizontal tricolor of green, white, and red with a black trapezoid at the hoist, symbolizing Arab unity and the country’s historical and cultural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | national flag ⓘ |
| adopted | 9 July 1971 ⓘ |
| aspectRatioCharacteristic | one of the longest national flags in proportion ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Persian Gulf region
ⓘ
linked to:
Persian Gulf
|
| category |
Flags introduced in 1971
ⓘ
Flags of Asia ⓘ National symbols of Qatar ⓘ |
| color |
maroon
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| country | Qatar ⓘ |
| design | maroon field with a broad white serrated band at the hoist ⓘ |
| differsFrom |
Flag of Bahrain by having maroon instead of red
ⓘ
Flag of Bahrain by having nine serrated points instead of five ⓘ |
| edgeType | serrated ⓘ |
| emblemOnFlag | none in the standard national flag ⓘ |
| feature | nine white serrated points separating white and maroon fields ⓘ |
| field | maroon field ⓘ |
| hoistDesign | broad vertical white band with serrated edge ⓘ |
| ISOcountryCode | QA ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official national flag defined by Qatari law ⓘ |
| numberOfPoints | 9 ⓘ |
| officialColorName | Qatar maroon ⓘ |
| orientation | horizontal tricolour-like division with serrated boundary ⓘ |
| predecessor | red and white flag used under British protection ⓘ |
| proportion | 11:28 ⓘ |
| scriptOnFlag | none ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| side |
maroon field at the fly
ⓘ
white band at the hoist ⓘ |
| similarTo | Flag of Bahrain ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Qatar’s bloodshed in historical wars
ⓘ
Qatar’s cultural and national identity ⓘ Qatar’s historical significance in the Persian Gulf region ⓘ Qatar’s participation as the ninth member of the reconciled Emirates of the Persian Gulf ⓘ Qatar’s rich history in the pearl trade and maritime activities ⓘ |
| usedAs |
civil flag
ⓘ
national ensign ⓘ state flag ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Qatar
ⓘ
Qatari armed forces ⓘ
linked to:
Qatar Armed Forces
Qatari civil vessels ⓘ Qatari state institutions ⓘ |
| usedIn |
diplomatic missions of Qatar abroad
ⓘ
international sporting events to represent Qatar ⓘ |
| usedSince | 1971 ⓘ |
| variant |
civil ensign of Qatar
ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of Qatar
state flag of Qatar ⓘ war flag of Qatar ⓘ |
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 Qatar Description of subject: The Flag of Qatar is a distinctive national flag featuring a maroon field with a broad white serrated band, symbolizing the country's historical significance and its role in the Persian Gulf region.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flag of Qatar
linked to: Flag of Qatar
linked to: Flag of Qatar