Flag of Aargau
E944520
The Flag of Aargau is the official banner of the Swiss canton of Aargau, featuring a black field with a white wavy band symbolizing the Aare River alongside a blue field with three white stars representing its historic districts.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Aargau canonical | 2 |
| Bandiera del Canton Argovia | 1 |
| Drapeau du canton d’Argovie | 1 |
| Flagge des Kantons Aargau | 1 |
| Flags of cantons of Switzerland | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11744102 — 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 Aargau Context triple: [Aargau, flag, Flag of Aargau]
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A.
Flag of Neuchâtel
The Flag of Neuchâtel is the cantonal flag of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel, featuring a distinctive tricolor design that reflects its historical ties to both Switzerland and the former Prussian monarchy.
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B.
flag of Graubünden
The flag of Graubünden is a tricolour heraldic banner featuring the combined symbols of the canton’s three historical leagues, reflecting its alpine heritage and political unification.
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C.
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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D.
Flag of the Canton of Jura
The Flag of the Canton of Jura is the official cantonal banner of Switzerland’s Jura region, featuring a distinctive red and white design with a stylized crosier symbolizing its historical and cultural identity.
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E.
Flag of Haute-Savoie
The Flag of Haute-Savoie is a simple red banner charged with a bold white cross, symbolizing the historical Savoyard identity of the French department of Haute-Savoie.
- 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 Aargau Target entity description: The Flag of Aargau is the official banner of the Swiss canton of Aargau, featuring a black field with a white wavy band symbolizing the Aare River alongside a blue field with three white stars representing its historic districts.
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A.
Flag of Neuchâtel
The Flag of Neuchâtel is the cantonal flag of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel, featuring a distinctive tricolor design that reflects its historical ties to both Switzerland and the former Prussian monarchy.
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B.
flag of Graubünden
The flag of Graubünden is a tricolour heraldic banner featuring the combined symbols of the canton’s three historical leagues, reflecting its alpine heritage and political unification.
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C.
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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D.
Flag of the Canton of Jura
The Flag of the Canton of Jura is the official cantonal banner of Switzerland’s Jura region, featuring a distinctive red and white design with a stylized crosier symbolizing its historical and cultural identity.
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E.
Flag of Haute-Savoie
The Flag of Haute-Savoie is a simple red banner charged with a bold white cross, symbolizing the historical Savoyard identity of the French department of Haute-Savoie.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cantonal flag
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flag ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | Canton of Aargau ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 1:1 ⓘ |
| basedOn |
coat of arms of Aargau
ⓘ
linked to:
Coat of arms of Aargau
|
| belongsToCategory |
Flags displaying stars
ⓘ
Flags of cantons of Switzerland ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of Aargau
Flags with waves ⓘ Swiss flags ⓘ |
| chargeColor | white ⓘ |
| colorMeaning |
black symbolizes fertile soil
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blue symbolizes rivers ⓘ white symbolizes purity ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| division | per pale ⓘ |
| feature |
three white stars
ⓘ
white wavy band ⓘ |
| fieldColor |
black
ⓘ
blue ⓘ |
| geographicRegion | north-central Switzerland ⓘ |
| hasDesignInCommonWith | coat of arms of Aargau ⓘ |
| languageRegion | German-speaking Switzerland ⓘ |
| leftFieldCharge | white wavy band ⓘ |
| leftFieldColor | black ⓘ |
| officialName |
Bandiera del Canton Argovia
ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of Aargau
Drapeau du canton d’Argovie ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of Aargau
Flagge des Kantons Aargau ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of Aargau
|
| represents | Canton of Aargau ⓘ |
| rightFieldCharge | three white stars ⓘ |
| rightFieldColor | blue ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | none ⓘ |
| starArrangement | three stars in a vertical row ⓘ |
| starColor | white ⓘ |
| starCount | 3 ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Aare River
ⓘ
linked to:
Aare
former subject territories of the Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ historic districts of Aargau ⓘ rivers of the canton ⓘ unity of the canton ⓘ |
| usedAs |
civil flag
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state flag ⓘ war flag ⓘ |
| usedBy | Canton of Aargau ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cantonal ceremonies in Aargau
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official buildings of Aargau ⓘ sporting events involving Aargau teams ⓘ |
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 Aargau Description of subject: The Flag of Aargau is the official banner of the Swiss canton of Aargau, featuring a black field with a white wavy band symbolizing the Aare River alongside a blue field with three white stars representing its historic districts.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flag of Aargau
linked to: Flag of Aargau
linked to: Flag of Aargau
linked to: Flag of Aargau