Thanksgiving games
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Thanksgiving games are a set of traditional NFL matchups played on Thanksgiving Day, featuring nationally televised contests that have become a holiday staple for American football fans.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thanksgiving Day NFL games | 1 |
| Thanksgiving games canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3303757 — 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: Thanksgiving games Context triple: [Thursday Night Football, hasSpecialGames, Thanksgiving games]
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A.
Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day is a major U.S. national holiday celebrated in late November, centered on giving thanks, sharing a festive meal (traditionally featuring turkey), and spending time with family and friends.
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B.
Great Thanksgiving Festival
The Great Thanksgiving Festival is a Japanese imperial Shinto rite in which the emperor offers newly harvested rice to the deities and partakes of it himself, symbolizing gratitude for the harvest and the renewal of imperial authority.
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C.
HarBowl
HarBowl is the popular nickname for Super Bowl XLVII, which featured a historic matchup between head coach brothers Jim and John Harbaugh.
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D.
Thursday Night Football
Thursday Night Football is the National Football League’s weekly prime-time game series played on Thursday evenings during the regular season.
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E.
America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Parade
America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Parade is an annual historical-themed Thanksgiving celebration in Plymouth, Massachusetts, featuring costumed reenactments, floats, and performances that highlight early American history and the Pilgrim legacy.
- 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: Thanksgiving games Target entity description: Thanksgiving games are a set of traditional NFL matchups played on Thanksgiving Day, featuring nationally televised contests that have become a holiday staple for American football fans.
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A.
Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day is a major U.S. national holiday celebrated in late November, centered on giving thanks, sharing a festive meal (traditionally featuring turkey), and spending time with family and friends.
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B.
Great Thanksgiving Festival
The Great Thanksgiving Festival is a Japanese imperial Shinto rite in which the emperor offers newly harvested rice to the deities and partakes of it himself, symbolizing gratitude for the harvest and the renewal of imperial authority.
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C.
HarBowl
HarBowl is the popular nickname for Super Bowl XLVII, which featured a historic matchup between head coach brothers Jim and John Harbaugh.
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D.
Thursday Night Football
Thursday Night Football is the National Football League’s weekly prime-time game series played on Thursday evenings during the regular season.
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E.
America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Parade
America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Parade is an annual historical-themed Thanksgiving celebration in Plymouth, Massachusetts, featuring costumed reenactments, floats, and performances that highlight early American history and the Pilgrim legacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Football League tradition
ⓘ
annual sporting event ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
NFL Thanksgiving Day games
ⓘ
NFL Thanksgiving games ⓘ |
| associatedWithHoliday |
Thanksgiving
ⓘ
linked to:
Thanksgiving Day
|
| audience | national television audience ⓘ |
| broadcastOn |
CBS
ⓘ
Fox ⓘ NBC ⓘ NFL Network ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | inter-conference and intra-conference matchups ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dayHeld | Thanksgiving Day ⓘ |
| fanBase | American football fans ⓘ |
| featureType | regular-season games ⓘ |
| firstGameType | early afternoon game ⓘ |
| governingBody | NFL Commissioner ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | Thanksgiving holiday tradition in the United States ⓘ |
| hasDigitalDistribution | streaming platforms carrying NFL broadcasts ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImpact |
advertising revenue for NFL broadcasters
ⓘ
increased viewership-driven revenue for NFL ⓘ |
| hasMediaCoverage | national sports media ⓘ |
| hasMerchandise | team-branded Thanksgiving game apparel ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving game
ⓘ
Detroit Lions Thanksgiving game ⓘ
linked to:
Detroit Lions
NFL Thanksgiving night game ⓘ |
| hasRitual | families watching games on Thanksgiving Day ⓘ |
| hasSchedulingAuthority | NFL schedule makers ⓘ |
| hasSignificance | major part of Thanksgiving entertainment in the U.S. ⓘ |
| hasTeamTraditionallyHosting |
Dallas Cowboys
ⓘ
Detroit Lions ⓘ |
| language | English broadcasts ⓘ |
| league |
NFL
ⓘ
linked to:
National Football League
|
| mediaRightsHolder | NFL broadcasting partners ⓘ |
| monthHeld | November ⓘ |
| organizer | National Football League ⓘ |
| recurrence | annual ⓘ |
| seasonPart | NFL regular season ⓘ |
| secondGameType | late afternoon game ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| sportLevel | professional ⓘ |
| televisionFormat | nationally televised games ⓘ |
| thirdGameType | primetime game ⓘ |
| ticketType | regular-season NFL tickets ⓘ |
| timeZone |
United States time zones
ⓘ
linked to:
North American time zones
|
| typicalNumberOfGamesPerYear | three ⓘ |
| viewership | among most-watched NFL regular-season games ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thanksgiving games Description of subject: Thanksgiving games are a set of traditional NFL matchups played on Thanksgiving Day, featuring nationally televised contests that have become a holiday staple for American football fans.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
TNF
linked to: Thanksgiving games