Tournament of Roses Parade

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annual event parade tourist attraction

The Tournament of Roses Parade is an annual New Year’s Day procession in Pasadena, California, featuring elaborate flower-covered floats, marching bands, and equestrian units.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Rose Parade	24
Tournament of Roses Parade canonical	10
Tournament of Roses	6
Pasadena Tournament of Roses	1
Rose Parade equestrian units	1
Tournament of Roses events	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T422197 — 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: Tournament of Roses Parade
Context triple: [Pasadena, knownFor, Tournament of Roses Parade]

A. Columbus Day Parade
The Columbus Day Parade is an annual Italian-American heritage celebration featuring floats, music, and community festivities, notably held in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood.
B. Independence Day Parade
The Independence Day Parade in Fairfax, Virginia is a community celebration held annually on the Fourth of July featuring marching bands, floats, civic groups, and patriotic festivities.
C. Puerto Rican Day Parade
The Puerto Rican Day Parade is an annual celebration of Puerto Rican culture and heritage in New York City, featuring vibrant floats, music, and community groups marching through Manhattan.
D. St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade is a major annual celebration of Irish heritage and culture in New York City, featuring marching bands, bagpipers, and community groups proceeding through Manhattan.
E. Pride Parade
Pride Parade is an annual LGBTQ+ pride march and celebration featuring colorful floats, performances, and community activism in support of queer rights and visibility.
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: Tournament of Roses Parade
Target entity description: The Tournament of Roses Parade is an annual New Year’s Day procession in Pasadena, California, featuring elaborate flower-covered floats, marching bands, and equestrian units.

A. Columbus Day Parade
The Columbus Day Parade is an annual Italian-American heritage celebration featuring floats, music, and community festivities, notably held in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood.
B. Independence Day Parade
The Independence Day Parade in Fairfax, Virginia is a community celebration held annually on the Fourth of July featuring marching bands, floats, civic groups, and patriotic festivities.
C. Puerto Rican Day Parade
The Puerto Rican Day Parade is an annual celebration of Puerto Rican culture and heritage in New York City, featuring vibrant floats, music, and community groups marching through Manhattan.
D. St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade is a major annual celebration of Irish heritage and culture in New York City, featuring marching bands, bagpipers, and community groups proceeding through Manhattan.
E. Pride Parade
Pride Parade is an annual LGBTQ+ pride march and celebration featuring colorful floats, performances, and community activism in support of queer rights and visibility.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual event ⓘ parade ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Rose Parade ⓘ linked to: Tournament of Roses Parade Tournament of Roses ⓘ linked to: Tournament of Roses Parade
associatedEvent	Rose Bowl Game ⓘ linked to: Rose Bowl
broadcastOn	ABC ⓘ Hallmark Channel ⓘ NBC ⓘ RFD-TV ⓘ Univision ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
culturalSignificance	symbolic start of the New Year in the United States ⓘ
economicImpact	generates significant tourism revenue for Pasadena ⓘ
exceptionRule	Never on Sunday rule ⓘ
feature	equestrian units ⓘ flower-covered floats ⓘ marching bands ⓘ
firstColorTelecast	1954 ⓘ
firstTelevised	1947 ⓘ
floatRequirement	decorations must be made primarily from natural materials ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
GrandMarshalSelection	a Grand Marshal is chosen each year ⓘ
hasCategory	Annual events in California ⓘ New Year celebrations ⓘ Parades in California ⓘ Pasadena, California ⓘ linked to: Pasadena Tourist attractions in Los Angeles County, California ⓘ
hasRole	Grand Marshal ⓘ
inception	1890 ⓘ
location	Pasadena, California ⓘ linked to: Pasadena
motto	America’s New Year Celebration ⓘ linked to: New Year’s Day
name	Tournament of Roses Parade ⓘ
organizer	Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association ⓘ linked to: Tournament of Roses Association
precededBy	float construction and decoration by volunteers ⓘ
relatedOrganization	City of Pasadena ⓘ linked to: Pasadena
routeEnd	Villa Street and Sierra Madre Boulevard, Pasadena ⓘ
routeLength	about 5.5 miles ⓘ
routeStart	Green Street and Orange Grove Boulevard, Pasadena ⓘ
selectionProcess	floats are selected and designed months in advance ⓘ
subjectOf	news coverage ⓘ television specials ⓘ
theme	changes annually ⓘ
typicalAttendance	hundreds of thousands of spectators ⓘ
typicalDate	January 1 ⓘ
typicalStartTime	8:00 a.m. Pacific Time ⓘ
viewership	tens of millions of television viewers worldwide ⓘ

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