Gelede masquerade
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Gelede masquerade is a Yoruba festival performance featuring elaborate masks, costumes, and dance that honors and satirically engages the spiritual power of women, especially elder women known as “our mothers.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gelede masquerade canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22953302 — 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: Gelede masquerade Context triple: [Egba people, culturalPractice, Gelede masquerade]
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A.
The Masquerader
The Masquerader is a 1922 silent drama film starring Jacqueline Logan, based on Katherine Cecil Thurston’s novel about a politician and his look-alike cousin who trades places with him.
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B.
The Masquerader
"The Masquerader" is a 1914 silent comedy film starring Charlie Chaplin, known for its cross-dressing disguise plot and early showcase of Chaplin’s developing screen persona.
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C.
This Masquerade
"This Masquerade" is a smooth jazz and pop ballad, originally written by Leon Russell, that became widely known through George Benson’s Grammy-winning 1976 recording.
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D.
Masquerade
Masquerade is a 2002 hip hop and R&B album by Haitian-American rapper and producer Wyclef Jean that blends socially conscious lyrics with Caribbean-influenced production.
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E.
Masquerade
Masquerade is a shape-shifting superhero and member of the Blood Syndicate team in the Milestone/DC comic universe.
- 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: Gelede masquerade Target entity description: Gelede masquerade is a Yoruba festival performance featuring elaborate masks, costumes, and dance that honors and satirically engages the spiritual power of women, especially elder women known as “our mothers.”
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A.
The Masquerader
The Masquerader is a 1922 silent drama film starring Jacqueline Logan, based on Katherine Cecil Thurston’s novel about a politician and his look-alike cousin who trades places with him.
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B.
The Masquerader
"The Masquerader" is a 1914 silent comedy film starring Charlie Chaplin, known for its cross-dressing disguise plot and early showcase of Chaplin’s developing screen persona.
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C.
This Masquerade
"This Masquerade" is a smooth jazz and pop ballad, originally written by Leon Russell, that became widely known through George Benson’s Grammy-winning 1976 recording.
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D.
Masquerade
Masquerade is a 2002 hip hop and R&B album by Haitian-American rapper and producer Wyclef Jean that blends socially conscious lyrics with Caribbean-influenced production.
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E.
Masquerade
Masquerade is a shape-shifting superhero and member of the Blood Syndicate team in the Milestone/DC comic universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.