Northwest Folklife Festival
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The Northwest Folklife Festival is a large, community-powered celebration of folk and ethnic arts and cultures held annually in Seattle.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northwest Folklife (organization) | 1 |
| Northwest Folklife Festival canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1545164 — 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: Northwest Folklife Festival Context triple: [Seattle Center, hasEvent, Northwest Folklife Festival]
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A.
Bumbershoot Festival
Bumbershoot Festival is a long-running annual arts and music festival in Seattle featuring a wide range of performances, including live music, comedy, theater, film, and visual arts.
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B.
Monterey Folk Festival
The Monterey Folk Festival was a prominent early-1960s California music festival that helped showcase and popularize leading artists of the American folk music revival.
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C.
Art in the Park festival
The Art in the Park festival is a major annual outdoor art fair held in Plymouth, Michigan, featuring hundreds of artists, live entertainment, and community activities.
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D.
Mission Creek Festival
Mission Creek Festival is an annual arts and music festival in Iowa City that showcases independent music, literature, and creative performances across multiple local venues.
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E.
Prescott Bluegrass Festival
The Prescott Bluegrass Festival is an annual music event in Prescott, Arizona, showcasing bluegrass bands and related acoustic performances in a community-oriented outdoor setting.
- 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: Northwest Folklife Festival Target entity description: The Northwest Folklife Festival is a large, community-powered celebration of folk and ethnic arts and cultures held annually in Seattle.
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A.
Bumbershoot Festival
Bumbershoot Festival is a long-running annual arts and music festival in Seattle featuring a wide range of performances, including live music, comedy, theater, film, and visual arts.
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B.
Monterey Folk Festival
The Monterey Folk Festival was a prominent early-1960s California music festival that helped showcase and popularize leading artists of the American folk music revival.
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C.
Art in the Park festival
The Art in the Park festival is a major annual outdoor art fair held in Plymouth, Michigan, featuring hundreds of artists, live entertainment, and community activities.
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D.
Mission Creek Festival
Mission Creek Festival is an annual arts and music festival in Iowa City that showcases independent music, literature, and creative performances across multiple local venues.
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E.
Prescott Bluegrass Festival
The Prescott Bluegrass Festival is an annual music event in Prescott, Arizona, showcasing bluegrass bands and related acoustic performances in a community-oriented outdoor setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural festival
ⓘ
folk festival ⓘ music festival ⓘ |
| admissionPolicy | no fixed admission charge ⓘ |
| approximateDuration | four days ⓘ |
| city | Seattle ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusesOn |
Pacific Northwest communities
ⓘ
cultural traditions ⓘ ethnic arts ⓘ folk arts ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| fundingModel | donation-based ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
arts and crafts vendors
ⓘ
cultural demonstrations ⓘ dance participatory events ⓘ food vendors ⓘ live performances ⓘ workshops ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
families
ⓘ
local residents ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
community-powered
ⓘ
family-friendly ⓘ multicultural ⓘ outdoor festival ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
crafts
ⓘ
dance ⓘ folk music ⓘ storytelling ⓘ traditional music ⓘ world music ⓘ |
| hasProgramElement |
community showcases
ⓘ
youth programming ⓘ |
| heldDuring | late May ⓘ |
| inception | 1972 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Seattle
ⓘ
Washington (state) ⓘ
linked to:
Washington
|
| notableFor |
large volunteer involvement
ⓘ
showcasing regional cultural diversity ⓘ |
| organizer |
Northwest Folklife (organization)
ⓘ
linked to:
Northwest Folklife Festival
|
| regionServed | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| startTime | 1972 ⓘ |
| typicalVenue | Seattle Center ⓘ |
| usualDates | Memorial Day weekend ⓘ |
| website | https://www.nwfolklife.org/ ⓘ |
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: Northwest Folklife Festival Description of subject: The Northwest Folklife Festival is a large, community-powered celebration of folk and ethnic arts and cultures held annually in Seattle.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Northwest Folklife Festival