500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was a short-distance speed skating event in Nagano where Canadian skater Catriona Le May Doan captured the gold medal.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 500 m speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics | 1 |
| 500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics canonical | 1 |
| Nagano 1998 Olympic speed skating programme | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1770451 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics Context triple: [Catriona Le May Doan, wonGoldMedalInEvent, 500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics]
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A.
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
The World Sprint Speed Skating Championships is an annual international competition that crowns the world’s best all-around sprint speed skaters over multiple short-distance races.
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B.
short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics was the second Olympic appearance of the sport, featuring men’s and women’s individual and relay events contested on an indoor rink in Lillehammer, Norway.
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C.
World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships is an annual international competition where elite speed skaters compete across multiple distances to determine the best all-around skater.
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D.
European Speed Skating Championships
The European Speed Skating Championships is a major annual international competition in which Europe’s top speed skaters compete for continental titles across multiple distances and allround formats.
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E.
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships
The World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships is an international competition where elite speed skaters race for world titles in individual distance events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics Target entity description: 500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was a short-distance speed skating event in Nagano where Canadian skater Catriona Le May Doan captured the gold medal.
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A.
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
The World Sprint Speed Skating Championships is an annual international competition that crowns the world’s best all-around sprint speed skaters over multiple short-distance races.
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B.
short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics was the second Olympic appearance of the sport, featuring men’s and women’s individual and relay events contested on an indoor rink in Lillehammer, Norway.
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C.
World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships is an annual international competition where elite speed skaters compete across multiple distances to determine the best all-around skater.
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D.
European Speed Skating Championships
The European Speed Skating Championships is a major annual international competition in which Europe’s top speed skaters compete for continental titles across multiple distances and allround formats.
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E.
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships
The World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships is an international competition where elite speed skaters race for world titles in individual distance events.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Subject: 500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics Description of subject: 500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was a short-distance speed skating event in Nagano where Canadian skater Catriona Le May Doan captured the gold medal.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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500 m speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
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500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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Nagano 1998 Olympic speed skating programme
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linked to: 500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics