flag of Kuwait
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Kuwait | 3 |
| flag of Kuwait canonical | 2 |
| national flag of Kuwait | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T718876 — 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 Kuwait Context triple: [Kuwait, nationalFlag, flag of Kuwait]
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A.
Flag of Palestine
The Flag of Palestine is a tricolor banner of black, white, and green horizontal stripes with a red triangle at the hoist, symbolizing Palestinian nationalism and identity.
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B.
Flag of Albania
The Flag of Albania is a striking national flag featuring a black double-headed eagle centered on a red field, symbolizing bravery, strength, and the country’s historic sovereignty.
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C.
Israeli flag
The Israeli flag is the national flag of Israel, featuring a blue Star of David between two horizontal blue stripes on a white background.
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D.
Crimean Tatar flag
The Crimean Tatar flag is a light blue banner featuring a golden tamga (a traditional heraldic emblem) symbolizing the national identity and heritage of the Crimean Tatar people.
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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 Kuwait Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Flag of Palestine
The Flag of Palestine is a tricolor banner of black, white, and green horizontal stripes with a red triangle at the hoist, symbolizing Palestinian nationalism and identity.
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B.
Flag of Albania
The Flag of Albania is a striking national flag featuring a black double-headed eagle centered on a red field, symbolizing bravery, strength, and the country’s historic sovereignty.
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C.
Israeli flag
The Israeli flag is the national flag of Israel, featuring a blue Star of David between two horizontal blue stripes on a white background.
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D.
Crimean Tatar flag
The Crimean Tatar flag is a light blue banner featuring a golden tamga (a traditional heraldic emblem) symbolizing the national identity and heritage of the Crimean Tatar people.
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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 (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | national flag ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 1961-09-07 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
State of Kuwait
ⓘ
linked to:
Kuwait
|
| basedOn | Pan-Arab colors ⓘ |
| blackRepresents | defeat of enemies in battle ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of Asia
ⓘ
National symbols of Kuwait ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsOnFlag | no ⓘ |
| colorSet | Pan-Arab colors ⓘ |
| country | Kuwait ⓘ |
| design | horizontal tricolor of green, white, and red with a black trapezoid at the hoist ⓘ |
| designInfluence | Pan-Arab nationalist movement ⓘ |
| ensignType |
civil and state flag
ⓘ
war flag on land ⓘ |
| greenRepresents | fertile land ⓘ |
| hoistShape | black trapezoid ⓘ |
| introducedInContextOf | Kuwait’s independence from the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalStatus | defined by Kuwaiti law ⓘ |
| officialName | علم الكويت ⓘ |
| orientation | horizontal stripes ⓘ |
| proportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| redRepresents | blood of those who defended the country ⓘ |
| replaced | British colonial-era flag of Kuwait ⓘ |
| scriptOnFlag | none ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| side | obverse and reverse identical ⓘ |
| status | current national flag of Kuwait ⓘ |
| stripeColorBottom | red ⓘ |
| stripeColorMiddle | white ⓘ |
| stripeColorTop | green ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Arab unity
ⓘ
Kuwait’s cultural heritage ⓘ Kuwait’s historical heritage ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Kuwait
ⓘ
Kuwaiti armed forces ⓘ
linked to:
Kuwait Armed Forces
Kuwaiti civil institutions ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Kuwaiti embassies abroad
ⓘ
Kuwaiti ships as civil ensign ⓘ public buildings in Kuwait ⓘ |
| usedSince | 1961 ⓘ |
| usesColor |
black
ⓘ
green ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| whiteRepresents | peace ⓘ |
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 Kuwait Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: flag of Kuwait
linked to: flag of Kuwait
subject linked to:
Flag of United Arab Emirates
linked to: flag of Kuwait
linked to: flag of Kuwait