Taegeukgi
E25991
Taegeukgi is the national flag of South Korea, featuring a red-and-blue yin-yang symbol and four black trigrams on a white background, symbolizing balance, harmony, and the principles of Eastern philosophy.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of South Korea | 6 |
| Taegeukgi canonical | 4 |
| 태극기 | 2 |
| Flag of the Republic of Korea | 1 |
| South Korean Air Force roundel | 1 |
| South Korean Navy ensign | 1 |
| South Korean flag | 1 |
| Taeguk symbol | 1 |
| flag of South Korea | 1 |
| 太極旗 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T196592 — 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: Taegeukgi Context triple: [South Korea, nationalSymbol, Taegeukgi]
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A.
Aegukga
Aegukga is the national anthem of South Korea, expressing patriotic devotion and love for the country.
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B.
Hinomaru
Hinomaru is the national flag of Japan, featuring a red circle centered on a white field symbolizing the rising sun.
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C.
Emblem of South Korea
The Emblem of South Korea is a national symbol featuring a stylized taegeuk (yin-yang) at its center, flanked by five petals and a ribbon bearing the country’s official name, representing peace, harmony, and national identity.
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D.
Imperial Seal of Japan
The Imperial Seal of Japan is the chrysanthemum-shaped emblem traditionally used by the Japanese Emperor and the Imperial Family as their official crest.
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E.
Romani flag
The Romani flag is a blue-and-green bicolor with a red, sixteen-spoked chakra wheel in the center, symbolizing the Romani people's Indian origins, nomadic heritage, and shared identity.
- 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: Taegeukgi Target entity description: Taegeukgi is the national flag of South Korea, featuring a red-and-blue yin-yang symbol and four black trigrams on a white background, symbolizing balance, harmony, and the principles of Eastern philosophy.
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A.
Aegukga
Aegukga is the national anthem of South Korea, expressing patriotic devotion and love for the country.
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B.
Hinomaru
Hinomaru is the national flag of Japan, featuring a red circle centered on a white field symbolizing the rising sun.
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C.
Emblem of South Korea
The Emblem of South Korea is a national symbol featuring a stylized taegeuk (yin-yang) at its center, flanked by five petals and a ribbon bearing the country’s official name, representing peace, harmony, and national identity.
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D.
Imperial Seal of Japan
The Imperial Seal of Japan is the chrysanthemum-shaped emblem traditionally used by the Japanese Emperor and the Imperial Family as their official crest.
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E.
Romani flag
The Romani flag is a blue-and-green bicolor with a red, sixteen-spoked chakra wheel in the center, symbolizing the Romani people's Indian origins, nomadic heritage, and shared identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ |
| adoptedAsNationalFlagOfKorea | 1883 ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
Joseon
ⓘ
surface form:
Joseon Dynasty
|
| associatedWith |
Korean identity
ⓘ
Korean independence movement ⓘ Korean nationalism ⓘ |
| backgroundColor | white ⓘ |
| category | National symbols of South Korea ⓘ |
| centralSymbol | taegeuk ⓘ |
| centralSymbolColor | red and blue ⓘ |
| country | South Korea ⓘ |
| currentFormAdopted | 1949 ⓘ |
| currentFormStandardized | 1997 ⓘ |
| designBasis | taegeuk philosophy ⓘ |
| etymologyComponent |
gi (flag, banner)
ⓘ
taegeuk ⓘ
surface form:
taegeuk (supreme ultimate, yin-yang)
|
| features |
four black trigrams
ⓘ
red-and-blue taegeuk symbol ⓘ white field ⓘ |
| koreanNameHangul |
Taegeukgi
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
태극기
|
| koreanNameHanja |
Taegeukgi
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
太極旗
|
| lowerLeftTrigram | ri ⓘ |
| lowerRightTrigram | gon ⓘ |
| officialName |
Taegeukgi
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Flag of the Republic of Korea
|
| proportion | 2:3 ⓘ |
| romanizationMcCuneReischauer |
taegeuk
ⓘ
surface form:
T’aegŭkki
|
| romanizationRevised | Taegeukgi self-link ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
South Korea
ⓘ
balance ⓘ earth ⓘ fire ⓘ harmony ⓘ heaven ⓘ principles of Eastern philosophy ⓘ water ⓘ yin and yang ⓘ |
| trigramSystem | I Ching ⓘ |
| upperLeftTrigram | geon ⓘ |
| upperRightTrigram | gam ⓘ |
| usedBy |
South Korean government
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of South Korea
citizens of South Korea ⓘ |
| usedOn |
South Korean embassies
ⓘ
South Korean ships ⓘ national holidays of South Korea ⓘ public buildings in South Korea ⓘ |
| writingSystemOfName |
Hangul
ⓘ
Hanja ⓘ |
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: Taegeukgi Description of subject: Taegeukgi is the national flag of South Korea, featuring a red-and-blue yin-yang symbol and four black trigrams on a white background, symbolizing balance, harmony, and the principles of Eastern philosophy.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Flag of South Korea
this entity surface form:
South Korean flag
this entity surface form:
Flag of the Republic of Korea
this entity surface form:
태극기
this entity surface form:
太極旗
this entity surface form:
flag of South Korea
this entity surface form:
Flag of South Korea
subject surface form:
Taegeuk
this entity surface form:
Flag of South Korea
subject surface form:
Taegeuk
this entity surface form:
Flag of South Korea
subject surface form:
Taegeuk
subject surface form:
Taegeuk
this entity surface form:
South Korean Air Force roundel
subject surface form:
Taegeuk
this entity surface form:
South Korean Navy ensign
this entity surface form:
Flag of South Korea
this entity surface form:
Flag of South Korea
this entity surface form:
Taeguk symbol