Blue Sky with a White Sun
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Blue Sky with a White Sun is a prominent emblem of Chinese nationalism and the Republic of China, featuring a white sun with twelve rays on a blue field.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blue Sky with a White Sun canonical | 11 |
| Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth | 7 |
| Blue Sky, White Sun, and Red Earth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T743563 — 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: Blue Sky with a White Sun Context triple: [Kuomintang, symbol, Blue Sky with a White Sun]
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A.
Sunshine
"Sunshine" is a 2007 science fiction thriller film directed by Danny Boyle about a crew’s perilous mission to reignite the dying sun, featuring Cillian Murphy in a leading role.
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B.
Music of the Sun
Music of the Sun is the 2005 debut studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna, blending dancehall, reggae, and R&B influences.
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C.
Nobody Owns the Sky
"Nobody Owns the Sky" is a children's picture book by Reeve Lindbergh that tells the inspiring true story of pioneering African American aviator Bessie Coleman.
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D.
Day of the Sun
Day of the Sun is North Korea’s most important national holiday, marking the birth anniversary of founding leader Kim Il-sung with large-scale celebrations and state ceremonies.
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E.
And There Was Light
"And There Was Light" is the English motto of Morehouse College, reflecting its mission to illuminate minds and foster leadership and service.
- 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: Blue Sky with a White Sun Target entity description: Blue Sky with a White Sun is a prominent emblem of Chinese nationalism and the Republic of China, featuring a white sun with twelve rays on a blue field.
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A.
Sunshine
"Sunshine" is a 2007 science fiction thriller film directed by Danny Boyle about a crew’s perilous mission to reignite the dying sun, featuring Cillian Murphy in a leading role.
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B.
Music of the Sun
Music of the Sun is the 2005 debut studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna, blending dancehall, reggae, and R&B influences.
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C.
Nobody Owns the Sky
"Nobody Owns the Sky" is a children's picture book by Reeve Lindbergh that tells the inspiring true story of pioneering African American aviator Bessie Coleman.
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D.
Day of the Sun
Day of the Sun is North Korea’s most important national holiday, marking the birth anniversary of founding leader Kim Il-sung with large-scale celebrations and state ceremonies.
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E.
And There Was Light
"And There Was Light" is the English motto of Morehouse College, reflecting its mission to illuminate minds and foster leadership and service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coat of arms
ⓘ
national emblem ⓘ political symbol ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
Kuomintang
ⓘ
Republic of China ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese republicanism
ⓘ
Sun Yat-sen ⓘ Xinhai Revolution ⓘ |
| backgroundShape | rectangular field ⓘ |
| category |
national symbols of China (historical)
ⓘ
national symbols of Taiwan ⓘ |
| centered | yes ⓘ |
| country | Republic of China ⓘ |
| depicts |
twelve-rayed sun
ⓘ
white sun ⓘ |
| designedBy | Lu Hao-tung ⓘ |
| designYear | 1895 ⓘ |
| emblemColor | white ⓘ |
| fieldColor | blue ⓘ |
| ideology | Three Principles of the People ⓘ |
| mottoSymbolism |
twelve months
ⓘ
twelve traditional Chinese hours ⓘ |
| numberOfRays | 12 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kuomintang party flag
ⓘ
flag of the Republic of China (naval jack) ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Chinese Civil War
ⓘ
Republic of China ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of China on Taiwan
|
| rayShape | triangular ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | national emblem of the Republic of China ⓘ |
| represents |
freedom
ⓘ
national unity ⓘ progress ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | none ⓘ |
| status | official emblem ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Chinese nationalism
ⓘ
Kuomintang ⓘ Republic of China ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Kuomintang
ⓘ
Republic of China ⓘ Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
|
| usedIn |
ROC Air Force roundel
ⓘ
ROC Army insignia ⓘ ROC Navy insignia ⓘ |
| usedOn |
government buildings of the Republic of China
ⓘ
military insignia of the Republic of China ⓘ official documents of the Republic of China ⓘ |
| usedSince | early 20th century ⓘ |
| visualContrast | blue and white ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Blue Sky with a White Sun Description of subject: Blue Sky with a White Sun is a prominent emblem of Chinese nationalism and the Republic of China, featuring a white sun with twelve rays on a blue field.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth
this entity surface form:
Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth
subject surface form:
Republic of China
this entity surface form:
Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth
subject surface form:
Republic of China (Taiwan)
this entity surface form:
Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth
subject surface form:
Republic of China (Taiwan)
this entity surface form:
Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth
this entity surface form:
Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth
this entity surface form:
Blue Sky, White Sun, and Red Earth
this entity surface form:
Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth