Meadowbank Stadium
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Meadowbank Stadium is a multi-purpose sports venue in Edinburgh, Scotland, best known for hosting the athletics and ceremonies of the 1970 British Commonwealth Games.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meadowbank Stadium canonical | 8 |
| Meadowbank Stadium site | 2 |
| Meadowbank Sports Arena | 1 |
| Meadowbank Sports Centre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1344673 — 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: Meadowbank Stadium Context triple: [1970 British Commonwealth Games, mainStadium, Meadowbank Stadium]
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A.
North Harbour Stadium
North Harbour Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports and events venue located on Auckland's North Shore in New Zealand.
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B.
McDiarmid Park
McDiarmid Park is a football stadium in Perth, Scotland, best known as the home venue of Scottish professional club St Johnstone F.C.
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C.
Gtech Community Stadium
Gtech Community Stadium is a modern football stadium in Brentford, West London, serving as the home ground of Brentford Football Club.
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D.
Suncorp Stadium
Suncorp Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in Brisbane, Australia, best known as a premier rugby league and soccer stadium.
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E.
Falkirk Stadium
Falkirk Stadium is a modern football ground in Falkirk, Scotland, primarily known as the home venue of Falkirk F.C.
- 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: Meadowbank Stadium Target entity description: Meadowbank Stadium is a multi-purpose sports venue in Edinburgh, Scotland, best known for hosting the athletics and ceremonies of the 1970 British Commonwealth Games.
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A.
North Harbour Stadium
North Harbour Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports and events venue located on Auckland's North Shore in New Zealand.
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B.
McDiarmid Park
McDiarmid Park is a football stadium in Perth, Scotland, best known as the home venue of Scottish professional club St Johnstone F.C.
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C.
Gtech Community Stadium
Gtech Community Stadium is a modern football stadium in Brentford, West London, serving as the home ground of Brentford Football Club.
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D.
Suncorp Stadium
Suncorp Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in Brisbane, Australia, best known as a premier rugby league and soccer stadium.
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E.
Falkirk Stadium
Falkirk Stadium is a modern football ground in Falkirk, Scotland, primarily known as the home venue of Falkirk F.C.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
athletics stadium
ⓘ
multi-purpose sports stadium ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| category |
Athletics venues in Scotland
ⓘ
Commonwealth Games athletics venues ⓘ Multi-purpose stadiums in the United Kingdom ⓘ Sports venues in Edinburgh ⓘ |
| city | Edinburgh ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| formerHomeClub |
Edinburgh City F.C.
ⓘ
Meadowbank Thistle F.C. ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
football pitch
ⓘ
indoor sports hall ⓘ running track ⓘ seated stands ⓘ velodrome (historical) ⓘ |
| hostedEvent |
1970 British Commonwealth Games athletics competitions
ⓘ
1970 British Commonwealth Games closing ceremony ⓘ
linked to:
1970 British Commonwealth Games
1970 British Commonwealth Games opening ceremony ⓘ 1986 Commonwealth Games athletics competitions ⓘ
linked to:
1986 Commonwealth Games
1986 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony ⓘ 1986 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
City of Edinburgh
ⓘ
linked to:
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedInNeighbourhood | Meadowbank ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Arthur's Seat
ⓘ
linked to:
Arthur’s Seat
Holyrood Park ⓘ |
| notableFor |
hosting athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
ⓘ
hosting athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games ⓘ hosting ceremonies of the 1970 British Commonwealth Games ⓘ |
| opened | 1969 ⓘ |
| operator | Edinburgh Leisure ⓘ |
| owner | City of Edinburgh Council ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
athletics
ⓘ
football ⓘ multi-sport events ⓘ |
| region | Scotland ⓘ |
| renovated | late 2010s ⓘ |
| reopened | 2022 ⓘ |
| surface | grass (football pitch) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
community sports
ⓘ
concerts ⓘ national athletics events ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Meadowbank Stadium Description of subject: Meadowbank Stadium is a multi-purpose sports venue in Edinburgh, Scotland, best known for hosting the athletics and ceremonies of the 1970 British Commonwealth Games.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Meadowbank Stadium
subject linked to:
London Road
linked to: Meadowbank Stadium
linked to: Meadowbank Stadium
linked to: Meadowbank Stadium