Flag of Berlin
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The Flag of Berlin is the official civil and state flag of Germany’s capital, featuring a black bear on a white field with red horizontal stripes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Berlin canonical | 1 |
| Landesflagge Berlin | 1 |
| flag of Berlin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7813185 — 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 Berlin Context triple: [Governing Mayor of Berlin, flag, Flag of Berlin]
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A.
Flag of Bavaria
The Flag of Bavaria is the official state flag of the German state of Bavaria, typically featuring blue and white lozenges or horizontal stripes that symbolize Bavarian identity and heritage.
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B.
Flag of Greifswald
The Flag of Greifswald is the official municipal banner of the German Hanseatic city of Greifswald, typically featuring the city’s heraldic colors and symbols derived from its historic coat of arms.
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C.
Flag of the Electorate of Hesse
The Flag of the Electorate of Hesse was the historical state flag used by the Electorate of Hesse, typically featuring the region’s heraldic lion in its design.
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D.
Flag of the Grand Duchy of Berg
The Flag of the Grand Duchy of Berg was the official banner of a short-lived Napoleonic-era German state, reflecting its status as a client principality within the French Empire.
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E.
Flag of the Weimar Republic
The Flag of the Weimar Republic was the black-red-gold tricolour used by Germany’s democratic government between World War I and the rise of the Nazi regime.
- 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 Berlin Target entity description: The Flag of Berlin is the official civil and state flag of Germany’s capital, featuring a black bear on a white field with red horizontal stripes.
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A.
Flag of Bavaria
The Flag of Bavaria is the official state flag of the German state of Bavaria, typically featuring blue and white lozenges or horizontal stripes that symbolize Bavarian identity and heritage.
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B.
Flag of Greifswald
The Flag of Greifswald is the official municipal banner of the German Hanseatic city of Greifswald, typically featuring the city’s heraldic colors and symbols derived from its historic coat of arms.
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C.
Flag of the Electorate of Hesse
The Flag of the Electorate of Hesse was the historical state flag used by the Electorate of Hesse, typically featuring the region’s heraldic lion in its design.
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D.
Flag of the Grand Duchy of Berg
The Flag of the Grand Duchy of Berg was the official banner of a short-lived Napoleonic-era German state, reflecting its status as a client principality within the French Empire.
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E.
Flag of the Weimar Republic
The Flag of the Weimar Republic was the black-red-gold tricolour used by Germany’s democratic government between World War I and the rise of the Nazi regime.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil flag
ⓘ
flag of a German state ⓘ state flag ⓘ |
| adopted | 1954-05-26 ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
House of Representatives of Berlin
ⓘ
linked to:
Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
|
| adoptionYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| backgroundColor | white ⓘ |
| basedOn |
coat of arms of Berlin
ⓘ
linked to:
Coat of arms of Berlin
|
| bearColor | black ⓘ |
| bottomBandColor | red ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Germany ⓘ |
| category |
Flags introduced in 1954
ⓘ
Flags of German states ⓘ Flags of cities ⓘ |
| centralCharge | black bear ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| designElement | red-white-red horizontal triband with central bear ⓘ |
| designFeature | black bear on white field with red horizontal stripes ⓘ |
| fieldColor | white ⓘ |
| governmentLevel |
state (Land) of Germany
ⓘ
linked to:
federal state of Berlin
|
| hasVariant | state flag with coat of arms of Berlin ⓘ |
| isFlagOf | Berlin ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | German ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
official civil flag of Berlin
ⓘ
official state flag of Berlin ⓘ |
| middleBandColor | white ⓘ |
| numberOfStripes | 2 ⓘ |
| officialName |
Landesflagge Berlin
ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of Berlin
|
| proportion | 3:5 ⓘ |
| represents | Berlin ⓘ |
| sideRatio | 3:5 ⓘ |
| stripeColor |
red
ⓘ
red (bottom horizontal stripe) ⓘ red (top horizontal stripe) ⓘ |
| stripeOrientation | horizontal ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Berlin
ⓘ
independence ⓘ strength ⓘ |
| topBandColor | red ⓘ |
| tribandType | horizontal triband ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Berlin Senate
ⓘ
citizens of Berlin ⓘ state authorities of Berlin ⓘ |
| usedSince | 1954 ⓘ |
| usesSymbol |
Berlin Bear
ⓘ
heraldic bear ⓘ |
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 Berlin Description of subject: The Flag of Berlin is the official civil and state flag of Germany’s capital, featuring a black bear on a white field with red horizontal stripes.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flag of Berlin
linked to: Flag of Berlin