flag of Colombia
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The flag of Colombia is a horizontal tricolor of yellow, blue, and red, symbolizing the country's wealth, seas, and bloodshed for independence.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Colombia | 6 |
| Flag of Gran Colombia | 2 |
| Colombian tricolor flag | 1 |
| Flag of Ecuador | 1 |
| Flag of Venezuela | 1 |
| civil flag of Colombia | 1 |
| flag of Colombia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T608057 — 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 Colombia Context triple: [Colombia, nationalSymbol, flag of Colombia]
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A.
Flag of the Organization of American States
The Flag of the Organization of American States features the OAS emblem—an array of member states’ flags arranged in a circular pattern—on a solid blue field, symbolizing unity and cooperation among the countries of the Americas.
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B.
tricolor flag of Bolivia
The tricolor flag of Bolivia is the country's national flag featuring three horizontal stripes of red, yellow, and green, symbolizing Bolivia's struggle for independence, mineral wealth, and natural resources.
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C.
Mexican flag
The Mexican flag is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red featuring a national coat of arms with an eagle devouring a snake atop a cactus, symbolizing the country’s heritage and identity.
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D.
Chilean flag
The Chilean flag is the national flag of Chile, featuring a white and red horizontal bicolor with a blue canton bearing a single white star, and is a central emblem of Chilean identity and patriotism.
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E.
Puerto Rican flag
The Puerto Rican flag is a red, white, and blue banner featuring five horizontal stripes and a single white star within a blue triangle, symbolizing the island’s identity and political history.
- 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 Colombia Target entity description: The flag of Colombia is a horizontal tricolor of yellow, blue, and red, symbolizing the country's wealth, seas, and bloodshed for independence.
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A.
Flag of the Organization of American States
The Flag of the Organization of American States features the OAS emblem—an array of member states’ flags arranged in a circular pattern—on a solid blue field, symbolizing unity and cooperation among the countries of the Americas.
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B.
tricolor flag of Bolivia
The tricolor flag of Bolivia is the country's national flag featuring three horizontal stripes of red, yellow, and green, symbolizing Bolivia's struggle for independence, mineral wealth, and natural resources.
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C.
Mexican flag
The Mexican flag is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red featuring a national coat of arms with an eagle devouring a snake atop a cactus, symbolizing the country’s heritage and identity.
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D.
Chilean flag
The Chilean flag is the national flag of Chile, featuring a white and red horizontal bicolor with a blue canton bearing a single white star, and is a central emblem of Chilean identity and patriotism.
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E.
Puerto Rican flag
The Puerto Rican flag is a red, white, and blue banner featuring five horizontal stripes and a single white star within a blue triangle, symbolizing the island’s identity and political history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | national flag ⓘ |
| adopted | 1861-11-26 ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 2:3 ⓘ |
| blueStripeProportion | 1/4 of flag height ⓘ |
| bottomStripeColor | red ⓘ |
| category |
Flags introduced in 1861
ⓘ
Flags of South America ⓘ Tricolor flags ⓘ |
| civilFlagDesign | plain horizontal yellow-blue-red tricolor ⓘ |
| colorPattern | horizontal tricolor ⓘ |
| country | Colombia ⓘ |
| designOrigin | flag of Gran Colombia ⓘ |
| emblemPresence | no coat of arms on basic national flag ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
civil flag of Colombia
ⓘ
linked to:
flag of Colombia
state flag of Colombia ⓘ war flag of Colombia ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Francisco de Miranda's tricolor design ⓘ |
| legalDefinition | defined in Colombian law and decrees ⓘ |
| middleStripeColor | blue ⓘ |
| officialStatus | national symbol of Colombia ⓘ |
| orientation | horizontal stripes ⓘ |
| protocolRules | regulated by Colombian government ⓘ |
| redStripeProportion | 1/4 of flag height ⓘ |
| relatedFlag |
flag of Ecuador
ⓘ
linked to:
Flags of Ecuador
flag of Gran Colombia ⓘ flag of Venezuela ⓘ |
| side | obverse and reverse identical in basic design ⓘ |
| stateFlagDesign | national tricolor with coat of arms at center ⓘ |
| stripeOrderTopToBottom | yellow-blue-red ⓘ |
| symbolismBlue |
seas and rivers
ⓘ
sky ⓘ |
| symbolismRed |
blood shed for independence
ⓘ
courage and valor ⓘ |
| symbolismYellow |
gold
ⓘ
wealth and natural resources ⓘ |
| topStripeColor | yellow ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Colombian civilian population
ⓘ
Colombian state institutions ⓘ Government of Colombia ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Colombian aircraft
ⓘ
Colombian embassies and consulates ⓘ Colombian ships ⓘ public buildings in Colombia ⓘ |
| usedSince | 19th century ⓘ |
| usesColor |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| warFlagDesign | national tricolor with coat of arms and additional military distinctions ⓘ |
| yellowStripeProportion | 1/2 of flag height ⓘ |
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 Colombia Description of subject: The flag of Colombia is a horizontal tricolor of yellow, blue, and red, symbolizing the country's wealth, seas, and bloodshed for independence.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
National symbols of Ecuador
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