flag of Germany
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The flag of Germany is a horizontal tricolor of black, red, and gold that symbolizes German unity, democracy, and national identity.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bundesflagge | 6 |
| Flag of Germany | 6 |
| flag of Germany canonical | 2 |
| Bundesflagge Deutschlands | 1 |
| Flaggen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland | 1 |
| Flags of Germany | 1 |
| German civil flag | 1 |
| civil flag of Germany | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9030722 — 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 Germany Context triple: [black-red-gold cockade, basedOn, flag of Germany]
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A.
flag of Baden-Württemberg
The flag of Baden-Württemberg is a horizontal black-over-gold bicolor featuring the state’s coat of arms, symbolizing the German state formed from the historic regions of Baden, Württemberg, and Hohenzollern.
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B.
Flag of Berlin
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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C.
flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
The flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the official state flag of the northeastern German federal state, featuring horizontal stripes and regional heraldic symbols that represent its historical territories.
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D.
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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E.
Flag of Europe
The Flag of Europe is a blue banner emblazoned with a circle of twelve golden stars, symbolizing unity, solidarity, and harmony among the peoples of Europe.
- 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 Germany Target entity description: The flag of Germany is a horizontal tricolor of black, red, and gold that symbolizes German unity, democracy, and national identity.
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A.
flag of Baden-Württemberg
The flag of Baden-Württemberg is a horizontal black-over-gold bicolor featuring the state’s coat of arms, symbolizing the German state formed from the historic regions of Baden, Württemberg, and Hohenzollern.
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B.
Flag of Berlin
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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C.
flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
The flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the official state flag of the northeastern German federal state, featuring horizontal stripes and regional heraldic symbols that represent its historical territories.
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D.
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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E.
Flag of Europe
The Flag of Europe is a blue banner emblazoned with a circle of twelve golden stars, symbolizing unity, solidarity, and harmony among the peoples of Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | national flag ⓘ |
| adopted | 1949-05-23 ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
Federal Republic of Germany
ⓘ
linked to:
Germany
|
| aspectRatio | 3:5 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Federal Republic of Germany
ⓘ
linked to:
Germany
German reunification ⓘ liberal and democratic traditions in Germany ⓘ |
| bottomStripeColor | gold ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of Europe
ⓘ
National symbols of Germany ⓘ Tricolour flags ⓘ |
| color |
black
ⓘ
gold ⓘ red ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| design | horizontal tricolour ⓘ |
| historicalPrecursor |
black-red-gold flag of the 1848 revolutions
ⓘ
linked to:
Schwarz-Rot-Gold
flag of the German Confederation ⓘ flag of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of the Weimar Republic
|
| ISOcountryCode | DE ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ |
| mentionedInArticle | Article 22 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ |
| middleStripeColor | red ⓘ |
| officialColors | black (RAL 9005), red (RAL 3020), gold (RAL 1028) ⓘ |
| officialNameGerman |
Bundesflagge
ⓘ
linked to:
flag of Germany
|
| orientation | horizontal stripes ⓘ |
| proportion | 3:5 ⓘ |
| reintroduced | 1949 ⓘ |
| replaced |
black-white-red flag of the German Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial German war ensign
|
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| status | official national symbol of Germany ⓘ |
| stripeOrderTopToBottom | black-red-gold ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
German unity
ⓘ
democracy ⓘ national identity ⓘ |
| topStripeColor | black ⓘ |
| usedBy |
German diplomatic missions
ⓘ
German federal authorities ⓘ German states ⓘ |
| usedIn |
civil flag
ⓘ
state flag ⓘ war flag (naval ensign variant) ⓘ |
| usedOn |
German embassies and consulates
ⓘ
German government vessels ⓘ public buildings in Germany ⓘ |
| variant |
Bundesdienstflagge
ⓘ
Bundesflagge ⓘ
linked to:
flag of Germany
Bundeskriegsflagge (naval ensign) ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial German war ensign
|
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 Germany Description of subject: The flag of Germany is a horizontal tricolor of black, red, and gold that symbolizes German unity, democracy, and national identity.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: flag of Germany
linked to: flag of Germany
subject linked to:
Bundesadler (Federal Eagle)
linked to: flag of Germany
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linked to: flag of Germany
linked to: flag of Germany
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linked to: flag of Germany
Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
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usesFlag
→
Flag of Germany
ⓘ
linked to: flag of Germany
linked to: flag of Germany
linked to: flag of Germany
linked to: flag of Germany
linked to: flag of Germany
linked to: flag of Germany
linked to: flag of Germany
linked to: flag of Germany
linked to: flag of Germany