Latvian national flag
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The Latvian national flag is a distinctive carmine-red and white horizontal tricolor that serves as the primary national symbol of Latvia and one of the oldest flags in the world still in use.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Latvia | 4 |
| Latvian flag | 1 |
| Latvian national flag canonical | 1 |
| Latvijas karogs | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3033177 — 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: Latvian national flag Context triple: [Latvia men's national ice hockey team, nationalSymbolUsed, Latvian national flag]
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A.
Flag of Lithuania
The Flag of Lithuania is a horizontal tricolor of yellow, green, and red that serves as the national flag and symbol of the Republic of Lithuania.
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B.
Flag of Estonia
The Flag of Estonia is a horizontal tricolor of blue, black, and white that symbolizes the country’s sky, soil, and hope for freedom and independence.
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C.
Flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland
The Flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland was the historical banner used during Finland’s period as an autonomous grand duchy under the Russian Empire, featuring heraldic symbols representing Finnish identity and its status within the empire.
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D.
Flag of Finland
The Flag of Finland is a blue Nordic cross on a white field, symbolizing the country’s lakes and snow and serving as the national flag of the Republic of Finland.
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E.
Flag of Poland
The Flag of Poland is a simple national banner consisting of two horizontal stripes of equal width, white on top and red on the bottom, symbolizing the country’s historic heraldic colors.
- 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: Latvian national flag Target entity description: The Latvian national flag is a distinctive carmine-red and white horizontal tricolor that serves as the primary national symbol of Latvia and one of the oldest flags in the world still in use.
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A.
Flag of Lithuania
The Flag of Lithuania is a horizontal tricolor of yellow, green, and red that serves as the national flag and symbol of the Republic of Lithuania.
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B.
Flag of Estonia
The Flag of Estonia is a horizontal tricolor of blue, black, and white that symbolizes the country’s sky, soil, and hope for freedom and independence.
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C.
Flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland
The Flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland was the historical banner used during Finland’s period as an autonomous grand duchy under the Russian Empire, featuring heraldic symbols representing Finnish identity and its status within the empire.
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D.
Flag of Finland
The Flag of Finland is a blue Nordic cross on a white field, symbolizing the country’s lakes and snow and serving as the national flag of the Republic of Finland.
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E.
Flag of Poland
The Flag of Poland is a simple national banner consisting of two horizontal stripes of equal width, white on top and red on the bottom, symbolizing the country’s historic heraldic colors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national flag
ⓘ
state symbol ⓘ |
| adopted | 1921-06-15 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Latvian national flag
ⓘ
surface form:
Flag of Latvia
Latvian national flag ⓘ
surface form:
Latvijas karogs
|
| associatedWith |
Latvian culture
ⓘ
Latvian history ⓘ Latvian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form:
Latvian independence movement
|
| category |
Flags of Europe
ⓘ
National symbols of Latvia ⓘ |
| centralStripeColor | white ⓘ |
| centralStripePosition | horizontal ⓘ |
| centralStripeWidthRatio | 1 ⓘ |
| color |
carmine red
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| country | Latvia ⓘ |
| design | horizontal triband ⓘ |
| displayedOn |
Latvian currency designs
ⓘ
Latvian official documents ⓘ |
| emblemOf |
Latvia
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Latvia
|
| isOneOf | oldest national flags in the world still in use ⓘ |
| legalRegulation | Law on the National Flag of Latvia ⓘ |
| officialStatus | primary national symbol of Latvia ⓘ |
| orientation | horizontal stripes ⓘ |
| outerStripeWidthRatio | 2 ⓘ |
| proportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| readopted | 1990-02-27 ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| sideRatio | height:width = 1:2 ⓘ |
| status | official flag of Latvia ⓘ |
| stripePattern | red-white-red ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Latvian national identity
ⓘ
Latvian unity ⓘ freedom of Latvia ⓘ independence of Latvia ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Latvia
ⓘ
Saeima ⓘ
surface form:
Latvian Parliament
Armed Forces of Latvia ⓘ
surface form:
Latvian armed forces
Latvian citizens ⓘ President of Latvia ⓘ |
| usedIn |
international sporting events
ⓘ
national holidays in Latvia ⓘ state ceremonies in Latvia ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Latvian embassies abroad
ⓘ
Latvian ships ⓘ public buildings in Latvia ⓘ |
| usedSince | 13th century ⓘ |
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: Latvian national flag Description of subject: The Latvian national flag is a distinctive carmine-red and white horizontal tricolor that serves as the primary national symbol of Latvia and one of the oldest flags in the world still in use.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Flag of Latvia
this entity surface form:
Latvian flag
this entity surface form:
Flag of Latvia
this entity surface form:
Flag of Latvia
this entity surface form:
Latvijas karogs
this entity surface form:
Flag of Latvia