flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1 |
| flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern canonical | 1 |
| flag of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2813060 — 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 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Context triple: [Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, uses, flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]
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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 Büllingen
The Flag of Büllingen is the official municipal banner representing the Belgian town of Büllingen in the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
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C.
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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D.
Flag of Åland
The Flag of Åland is a Nordic cross flag featuring a red cross within a yellow cross on a blue field, symbolizing the autonomous Finnish region’s Swedish heritage and maritime identity.
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E.
Flag of Friesland
The Flag of Friesland is a distinctive regional banner of the Dutch province of Friesland, featuring blue and white diagonal stripes with red lily-like symbols representing the region’s historical “sea countries.”
- 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 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Target entity description: 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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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 Büllingen
The Flag of Büllingen is the official municipal banner representing the Belgian town of Büllingen in the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
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C.
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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D.
Flag of Åland
The Flag of Åland is a Nordic cross flag featuring a red cross within a yellow cross on a blue field, symbolizing the autonomous Finnish region’s Swedish heritage and maritime identity.
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E.
Flag of Friesland
The Flag of Friesland is a distinctive regional banner of the Dutch province of Friesland, featuring blue and white diagonal stripes with red lily-like symbols representing the region’s historical “sea countries.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil flag
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service flag ⓘ state flag ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ |
| adoptionYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | group of German state flags ⓘ |
| civilFlagDesign | horizontal blue-white-yellow-red stripes without coat of arms ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsDisplayed | coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ |
| containsHeraldicSymbol |
bull's head of Mecklenburg
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griffin of Pomerania ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| hasColor |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| hasDesign | horizontal tricolour with additional stripes ⓘ |
| hasStripeOrderFromTop |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| hasStripePattern | five horizontal stripes ⓘ |
| hasStripeWidth |
broad blue stripe
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broad red stripe ⓘ narrow white stripe ⓘ narrow yellow stripe ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
civil flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
ⓘ
service flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ
surface form:
state flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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| isRegionalSymbolOf | northeastern Germany ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official state symbol of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ |
| officialLanguageOfInscription | none ⓘ |
| proportion | 3:5 ⓘ |
| regulatesUseBy | state law of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ |
| represents | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ |
| serviceFlagDesign | horizontal blue-white-yellow-red stripes with large coat of arms in the center ⓘ |
| showsOnServiceFlag |
bull's head of Mecklenburg
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red griffin of Western Pomerania ⓘ |
| stateFlagDesign | horizontal blue-white-yellow-red stripes with small coat of arms in the center ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
historical territory of Mecklenburg
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historical territory of Western Pomerania ⓘ unity of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania ⓘ |
| usedBy |
citizens of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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state government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ
surface form:
government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ
surface form:
state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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| usedSince | 1991 ⓘ |
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 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Flag of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Coat of arms of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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usedAlongside
→
flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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this entity surface form:
flag of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern