Burns Night
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Burns Night is an annual Scottish celebration held on or around January 25th that honors the life and poetry of Robert Burns with traditional food, drink, and recitations.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Burns Night canonical | 10 |
| Burns supper | 5 |
| Burns Night ritual sequence | 1 |
| Burns Supper | 1 |
| Burns suppers | 1 |
| Robbie Burns Day | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1364880 — 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: Burns Night Context triple: [Robert Burns, hasCulturalDepiction, Burns Night]
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A.
Saint Andrew's Day
Saint Andrew's Day is a Scottish national celebration held annually on 30 November in honor of Saint Andrew, the country's patron saint.
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B.
Garter Day
Garter Day is the annual ceremonial celebration of the Order of the Garter, held at Windsor Castle and marked by a procession of knights and members of the British royal family.
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C.
Festival of Drunkenness
The Festival of Drunkenness was an ancient Egyptian celebration honoring the lioness goddess Sekhmet, marked by ritual intoxication, music, and dancing to appease her destructive power and ensure protection and fertility.
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D.
Paisley Fair
Paisley Fair is a historic Scottish fair traditionally held in the town of Paisley, known for its role as a major local market and social gathering.
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E.
Saint David's Day
Saint David's Day is the annual Welsh cultural and religious celebration held on 1 March in honor of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales.
- 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: Burns Night Target entity description: Burns Night is an annual Scottish celebration held on or around January 25th that honors the life and poetry of Robert Burns with traditional food, drink, and recitations.
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A.
Saint Andrew's Day
Saint Andrew's Day is a Scottish national celebration held annually on 30 November in honor of Saint Andrew, the country's patron saint.
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B.
Garter Day
Garter Day is the annual ceremonial celebration of the Order of the Garter, held at Windsor Castle and marked by a procession of knights and members of the British royal family.
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C.
Festival of Drunkenness
The Festival of Drunkenness was an ancient Egyptian celebration honoring the lioness goddess Sekhmet, marked by ritual intoxication, music, and dancing to appease her destructive power and ensure protection and fertility.
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D.
Paisley Fair
Paisley Fair is a historic Scottish fair traditionally held in the town of Paisley, known for its role as a major local market and social gathering.
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E.
Saint David's Day
Saint David's Day is the annual Welsh cultural and religious celebration held on 1 March in honor of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish tradition
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annual event ⓘ commemorative observance ⓘ cultural celebration ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Burns Supper
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linked to:
Burns Night
Robert Burns Night ⓘ |
| associatedPoem |
Address to a Haggis
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Auld Lang Syne ⓘ Tam o’ Shanter ⓘ
linked to:
Tam o' Shanter
|
| associatedWith |
Robert Burns
ⓘ
Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ Scottish nationalism ⓘ |
| celebratedOnOrAround | 25 January ⓘ |
| commemorates | Robert Burns ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasGenre | literary commemoration ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Immortal Memory speech
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Reply to the Toast to the Lassies ⓘ Toast to the Lassies ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Scottish culture
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Scottish literature ⓘ national identity ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| honours | Robert Burns ⓘ |
| inception | 19th century ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Scottish diaspora
ⓘ
Scottish people ⓘ |
| observedIn |
Australia
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Canada ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| typicalActivity |
Address to a Haggis recitation
ⓘ
Burns supper ⓘ
linked to:
Haggis
communal meal ⓘ drinking whisky ⓘ formal toasts ⓘ playing bagpipe music ⓘ reading the Selkirk Grace ⓘ recitation of Robert Burns’ poetry ⓘ singing of songs by Robert Burns ⓘ |
| typicalDressCode |
Scottish Highland dress
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kilt ⓘ |
| typicalDrink | Scotch whisky ⓘ |
| typicalFood |
haggis
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neeps (turnips or swede) ⓘ tatties (potatoes) ⓘ |
| typicalYearOfFirstOccurrence | 1801 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Burns Night Description of subject: Burns Night is an annual Scottish celebration held on or around January 25th that honors the life and poetry of Robert Burns with traditional food, drink, and recitations.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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