Flag of Malaysia
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The Flag of Malaysia, known as "Jalur Gemilang," features 14 red and white stripes and a blue canton with a yellow crescent and 14-point star symbolizing the country's states, federal territories, and Islamic heritage.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Malaysia canonical | 11 |
| Malaysian flag | 2 |
| flag of Malaysia | 2 |
| Flag of Malaya | 1 |
| Flag of the Federation of Malaya | 1 |
| crescent and star of Malaysia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5530124 — 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 Malaysia Context triple: [Flags of Asia, includes, Flag of Malaysia]
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A.
Singapore national flag
The Singapore national flag is a red and white bicolour featuring a white crescent moon and five stars in a circle, symbolizing the nation’s ideals of democracy, peace, progress, justice, and equality.
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B.
Flag of Pakistan
The Flag of Pakistan is the national flag featuring a white star and crescent on a dark green field with a vertical white stripe, symbolizing the country's Islamic heritage and religious minorities.
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C.
Flag of Aceh
The Flag of Aceh is a regional banner used by the Indonesian province of Aceh, symbolizing its distinct historical, cultural, and political identity within the country.
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D.
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.
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E.
Flag of ASEAN
The Flag of ASEAN is the official emblem of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, featuring a bundle of rice stalks on a blue background to symbolize unity and solidarity among its member states.
- 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 Malaysia Target entity description: The Flag of Malaysia, known as "Jalur Gemilang," features 14 red and white stripes and a blue canton with a yellow crescent and 14-point star symbolizing the country's states, federal territories, and Islamic heritage.
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A.
Singapore national flag
The Singapore national flag is a red and white bicolour featuring a white crescent moon and five stars in a circle, symbolizing the nation’s ideals of democracy, peace, progress, justice, and equality.
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B.
Flag of Pakistan
The Flag of Pakistan is the national flag featuring a white star and crescent on a dark green field with a vertical white stripe, symbolizing the country's Islamic heritage and religious minorities.
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C.
Flag of Aceh
The Flag of Aceh is a regional banner used by the Indonesian province of Aceh, symbolizing its distinct historical, cultural, and political identity within the country.
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D.
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.
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E.
Flag of ASEAN
The Flag of ASEAN is the official emblem of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, featuring a bundle of rice stalks on a blue background to symbolize unity and solidarity among its member states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ |
| adoptedOn |
16 September 1963
ⓘ
1963-09-16 ⓘ |
| blueFieldSymbolism |
the Commonwealth heritage
ⓘ
the unity of the Malaysian people ⓘ |
| blueSymbolism | unity of the people ⓘ |
| cantonColor | blue ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of Asia
ⓘ
National symbols of Malaysia ⓘ |
| country | Malaysia ⓘ |
| crescentColor | yellow ⓘ |
| design | 14 horizontal red and white stripes with a blue canton containing a yellow crescent and a 14-point star ⓘ |
| designApprovedBy |
King George VI
ⓘ
linked to:
George VI
|
| designApprovedOn | 1950-05-19 ⓘ |
| designer | Mohamed Hamzah ⓘ |
| EnglishName | Stripes of Glory ⓘ |
| firstRaisedAt |
Sultan Abdul Samad Building, Kuala Lumpur
ⓘ
linked to:
Sultan Abdul Samad Building
|
| firstRaisedOn | 1950-05-26 ⓘ |
| introducedFor | Federation of Malaya ⓘ |
| nickname | Jalur Gemilang ⓘ |
| officialName | Jalur Gemilang ⓘ |
| proportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| redSymbolism | bravery ⓘ |
| religiousSymbol |
Islamic crescent
ⓘ
Islamic star ⓘ |
| starColor | yellow ⓘ |
| starName | Bintang Persekutuan ⓘ |
| starNameEnglish | Federal Star ⓘ |
| starPointCount | 14 ⓘ |
| status | current national flag ⓘ |
| stripeColor |
red
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| stripeCount | 14 ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Islam as the official religion of Malaysia
ⓘ
harmony and unity through the red and white stripes ⓘ royalty through the yellow color ⓘ the 13 states of Malaysia and the federal territories ⓘ the Malaysian people ⓘ the unity of the states and federal territories through the 14-point star ⓘ unity of the Malaysian federation ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Malaysia
ⓘ
Malaysian Armed Forces ⓘ Malaysian public ⓘ |
| whiteSymbolism | purity ⓘ |
| yellowSymbolism | royalty of the Malay rulers ⓘ |
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 Malaysia Description of subject: The Flag of Malaysia, known as "Jalur Gemilang," features 14 red and white stripes and a blue canton with a yellow crescent and 14-point star symbolizing the country's states, federal territories, and Islamic heritage.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flag of Malaysia
linked to: Flag of Malaysia
linked to: Flag of Malaysia
linked to: Flag of Malaysia
linked to: Flag of Malaysia
linked to: Flag of Malaysia
linked to: Flag of Malaysia
subject linked to:
Deputy Prime Minister