Skowhegan State Fair
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Skowhegan State Fair is one of the oldest continuously running agricultural fairs in the United States, featuring livestock shows, midway rides, competitions, and entertainment in Skowhegan, Maine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Skowhegan State Fair canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T630819 — 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: Skowhegan State Fair Context triple: [Skowhegan, Maine, hasEvent, Skowhegan State Fair]
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A.
Farmington Fair
Farmington Fair is an annual agricultural fair in Farmington, Maine, featuring livestock shows, exhibitions, rides, and community events.
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B.
State Fair
State Fair is a 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical film (adapted from the 1933 movie and novel) that follows an Iowa farm family’s romantic and personal adventures at their annual state fair.
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C.
Brown County Fair
The Brown County Fair is a major annual agricultural and entertainment festival held in Aberdeen, South Dakota, featuring livestock shows, concerts, carnival rides, and community events.
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D.
Tulip Time Festival
The Tulip Time Festival is an annual spring celebration in Holland, Michigan, featuring millions of blooming tulips, Dutch heritage parades, traditional costumes, and cultural events.
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E.
Tulip Time Festival
Tulip Time Festival is an annual Dutch heritage and tulip-themed celebration in Pella, Iowa, featuring parades, traditional costumes, and cultural events.
- 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: Skowhegan State Fair Target entity description: Skowhegan State Fair is one of the oldest continuously running agricultural fairs in the United States, featuring livestock shows, midway rides, competitions, and entertainment in Skowhegan, Maine.
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A.
Farmington Fair
Farmington Fair is an annual agricultural fair in Farmington, Maine, featuring livestock shows, exhibitions, rides, and community events.
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B.
State Fair
State Fair is a 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical film (adapted from the 1933 movie and novel) that follows an Iowa farm family’s romantic and personal adventures at their annual state fair.
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C.
Brown County Fair
The Brown County Fair is a major annual agricultural and entertainment festival held in Aberdeen, South Dakota, featuring livestock shows, concerts, carnival rides, and community events.
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D.
Tulip Time Festival
The Tulip Time Festival is an annual spring celebration in Holland, Michigan, featuring millions of blooming tulips, Dutch heritage parades, traditional costumes, and cultural events.
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E.
Tulip Time Festival
Tulip Time Festival is an annual Dutch heritage and tulip-themed celebration in Pella, Iowa, featuring parades, traditional costumes, and cultural events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agricultural fair
ⓘ
annual event ⓘ |
| category |
Agricultural shows in the United States
ⓘ
Fairs in Maine ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
4-H exhibitions
ⓘ
carnival games ⓘ cattle shows ⓘ demolition derby ⓘ draft horse pulling ⓘ food concessions ⓘ horse shows ⓘ live music ⓘ poultry shows ⓘ sheep shows ⓘ swine shows ⓘ truck pulls ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
families
ⓘ
farmers ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
| hasCompetitionType |
agricultural product competitions
ⓘ
baking competitions ⓘ craft competitions ⓘ youth competitions ⓘ |
| hasDuration | multiple days ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
exhibition halls
ⓘ
grandstand ⓘ livestock barns ⓘ midway area ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
competitions
ⓘ
entertainment ⓘ livestock shows ⓘ midway rides ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
agricultural education
ⓘ
community entertainment ⓘ promotion of local agriculture ⓘ |
| hasTheme | agriculture ⓘ |
| hasType | state fair ⓘ |
| isAmong | oldest continuously running agricultural fairs in the United States ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Maine
ⓘ
Skowhegan, Maine ⓘ Somerset County, Maine ⓘ |
| organisedAs | nonprofit event ⓘ |
| regionServed | central Maine ⓘ |
| typicalTimeOfYear | August ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Skowhegan State Fair Description of subject: Skowhegan State Fair is one of the oldest continuously running agricultural fairs in the United States, featuring livestock shows, midway rides, competitions, and entertainment in Skowhegan, Maine.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.