Flag of Bulgaria
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The Flag of Bulgaria is a horizontal tricolour of white, green, and red that serves as the national flag and symbol of the Republic of Bulgaria.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Bulgaria canonical | 2 |
| Bulgarian national flag | 1 |
| Flag of the Republic of Bulgaria | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6128445 — 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 Bulgaria Context triple: [Flags of Europe, includesFlagOf, Flag of Bulgaria]
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A.
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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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 Chuvashia
The Flag of Chuvashia is the regional flag of the Chuvash Republic in Russia, featuring a stylized tree of life and traditional ornamentation symbolizing the culture and heritage of the Chuvash people.
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D.
Flag of Austria
The Flag of Austria is a simple horizontal tricolor of red, white, and red, recognized as one of the oldest national flags in the world.
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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: Flag of Bulgaria Target entity description: The Flag of Bulgaria is a horizontal tricolour of white, green, and red that serves as the national flag and symbol of the Republic of Bulgaria.
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A.
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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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 Chuvashia
The Flag of Chuvashia is the regional flag of the Chuvash Republic in Russia, featuring a stylized tree of life and traditional ornamentation symbolizing the culture and heritage of the Chuvash people.
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D.
Flag of Austria
The Flag of Austria is a simple horizontal tricolor of red, white, and red, recognized as one of the oldest national flags in the world.
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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 (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | national flag ⓘ |
| adopted | 1991-11-27 ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | National Assembly of Bulgaria ⓘ |
| aspectRatioRangeAllowed | between 2:3 and 3:5 in some uses ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of Europe
ⓘ
National symbols of Bulgaria ⓘ |
| colour |
green
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| colourMeaning |
green symbolizes the agricultural wealth of Bulgaria
ⓘ
red symbolizes the courage and blood of those who fought for independence ⓘ white symbolizes peace and freedom ⓘ |
| country | Bulgaria ⓘ |
| design | horizontal tricolour ⓘ |
| displayRule |
must be hoisted on official state holidays
ⓘ
must be illuminated when displayed at night ⓘ must not touch the ground ⓘ |
| ensign |
civil ensign of Bulgaria
ⓘ
naval ensign of Bulgaria ⓘ |
| historicalPrecursor |
flag of the April Uprising
ⓘ
linked to:
Bulgarian April Uprising
|
| inspiredBy |
Flag of Russia
ⓘ
linked to:
flag of Russia
|
| introduced | 1879 ⓘ |
| isRegulatedBy | Bulgarian state standards for flag dimensions ⓘ |
| isSimilarTo |
Flag of Hungary
ⓘ
Flag of Iran ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Constitution of Bulgaria
ⓘ
Law for the State Seal and National Flag of the Republic of Bulgaria ⓘ |
| officialName |
Flag of the Republic of Bulgaria
ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of Bulgaria
|
| previousDesign | tricolour with socialist coat of arms ⓘ |
| proportion | 3:5 ⓘ |
| reverseSide | identical to obverse ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| stripeOrderTopToBottom | white-green-red ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Bulgarian nation
ⓘ
linked to:
Bulgarians
Bulgarian state sovereignty ⓘ Republic of Bulgaria ⓘ
linked to:
Bulgaria
|
| use |
civil flag
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ state flag ⓘ war flag ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Bulgarian armed forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Bulgarian Armed Forces
Bulgarian diplomatic missions abroad ⓘ Bulgarian government ⓘ
linked to:
Council of Ministers of Bulgaria
|
| variant | state flag of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria (with coat of arms on the left) ⓘ |
| variantPeriod | 1948–1990 ⓘ |
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 Bulgaria Description of subject: The Flag of Bulgaria is a horizontal tricolour of white, green, and red that serves as the national flag and symbol of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flag of Bulgaria
linked to: Flag of Bulgaria