Grand Parade
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Grand Parade is a major festive procession held during Los Angeles' Nisei Week, showcasing Japanese American culture through floats, performances, and community participation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Grand Parade canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4411578 — 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: Grand Parade Context triple: [Nisei Week, hasComponent, Grand Parade]
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A.
Grand Parade
Grand Parade is the vibrant, large-scale costumed street procession that serves as the central highlight of Toronto’s annual Caribbean Carnival (Caribana) festival.
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B.
Parade avenue
Parade Avenue is the long, central runway in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome where samba schools perform their elaborate parades during Carnival.
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C.
Avenue of the Flags
Avenue of the Flags is a ceremonial roadway or promenade typically lined with numerous national or symbolic flags, often found in civic or commemorative settings.
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D.
Boulevard of the Allies
Boulevard of the Allies is a major thoroughfare in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, connecting the Oakland neighborhood with downtown and serving as an important commuter and institutional corridor.
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E.
Midway Plaisance
Midway Plaisance is a historic mile-long park and boulevard in Chicago best known as the entertainment and amusement corridor of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and now a green space linking the University of Chicago campus to surrounding neighborhoods.
- 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: Grand Parade Target entity description: Grand Parade is a major festive procession held during Los Angeles' Nisei Week, showcasing Japanese American culture through floats, performances, and community participation.
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A.
Grand Parade
Grand Parade is the vibrant, large-scale costumed street procession that serves as the central highlight of Toronto’s annual Caribbean Carnival (Caribana) festival.
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B.
Parade avenue
Parade Avenue is the long, central runway in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome where samba schools perform their elaborate parades during Carnival.
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C.
Avenue of the Flags
Avenue of the Flags is a ceremonial roadway or promenade typically lined with numerous national or symbolic flags, often found in civic or commemorative settings.
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D.
Boulevard of the Allies
Boulevard of the Allies is a major thoroughfare in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, connecting the Oakland neighborhood with downtown and serving as an important commuter and institutional corridor.
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E.
Midway Plaisance
Midway Plaisance is a historic mile-long park and boulevard in Chicago best known as the entertainment and amusement corridor of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and now a green space linking the University of Chicago campus to surrounding neighborhoods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual event
ⓘ
cultural event ⓘ parade ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nisei Week Foundation
ⓘ
linked to:
Nisei Week
|
| attracts |
local spectators
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
| audience |
families
ⓘ
general public ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalContext | Japanese American culture ⓘ |
| features |
Nisei Week Queen and Court
ⓘ
linked to:
Nisei Week
civic organizations ⓘ community groups ⓘ cultural organizations ⓘ floats ⓘ folk dancing ⓘ taiko drumming ⓘ traditional Japanese performances ⓘ |
| genre | festival parade ⓘ |
| hasElement |
cultural demonstrations
ⓘ
decorated vehicles ⓘ marching bands ⓘ traditional costumes ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Japanese American community
ⓘ
community volunteers ⓘ local businesses ⓘ |
| heldDuring |
Nisei Week Japanese Festival
ⓘ
linked to:
Nisei Week
|
| language |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
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Los Angeles ⓘ |
| neighborhood |
Little Tokyo
ⓘ
linked to:
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
|
| partOf | Nisei Week ⓘ |
| purpose |
celebration of Japanese American heritage
ⓘ
community building ⓘ cultural preservation ⓘ |
| recurrence | annual ⓘ |
| region | Southern California ⓘ |
| significance | major highlight of Nisei Week festivities ⓘ |
| theme |
Japanese American identity
ⓘ
friendship between Japan and the United States ⓘ |
| typicalMonth | August ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Grand Parade Description of subject: Grand Parade is a major festive procession held during Los Angeles' Nisei Week, showcasing Japanese American culture through floats, performances, and community participation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.