Steamboat Days (Burlington)
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Steamboat Days (Burlington) is a long-running annual music and community festival held in Burlington, Iowa, featuring live entertainment, food, and family activities along the Mississippi River.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Burlington Steamboat Days organization | 1 |
| Steamboat Days (Burlington) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10615586 — 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: Steamboat Days (Burlington) Context triple: [Burlington, Iowa, hasFestival, Steamboat Days (Burlington)]
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A.
Steamboat Landing
Steamboat Landing is a waterfront site in Ithaca, New York, known for hosting the city’s popular farmers market and community events along Cayuga Lake.
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B.
Steamboat Round the Bend
Steamboat Round the Bend is a 1935 American comedy film starring Will Rogers, notable as one of his final screen performances.
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C.
The Hick from French Lick
The Hick from French Lick is the famous nickname of NBA legend Larry Bird, highlighting his small-town Indiana roots and unassuming persona.
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D.
Tharp’s Log
Tharp’s Log is a historic hollowed-out giant sequoia in what is now Sequoia National Park that early settler Hale Tharp converted into a rustic cabin.
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E.
Streamside Day
Streamside Day is a conceptual art project by Pierre Huyghe that stages a fictional town festival to explore community, ritual, and the construction of collective identity.
- 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: Steamboat Days (Burlington) Target entity description: Steamboat Days (Burlington) is a long-running annual music and community festival held in Burlington, Iowa, featuring live entertainment, food, and family activities along the Mississippi River.
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A.
Steamboat Landing
Steamboat Landing is a waterfront site in Ithaca, New York, known for hosting the city’s popular farmers market and community events along Cayuga Lake.
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B.
Steamboat Round the Bend
Steamboat Round the Bend is a 1935 American comedy film starring Will Rogers, notable as one of his final screen performances.
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C.
The Hick from French Lick
The Hick from French Lick is the famous nickname of NBA legend Larry Bird, highlighting his small-town Indiana roots and unassuming persona.
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D.
Tharp’s Log
Tharp’s Log is a historic hollowed-out giant sequoia in what is now Sequoia National Park that early settler Hale Tharp converted into a rustic cabin.
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E.
Streamside Day
Streamside Day is a conceptual art project by Pierre Huyghe that stages a fictional town festival to explore community, ritual, and the construction of collective identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual event
ⓘ
community festival ⓘ music festival ⓘ |
| attracts | regional visitors ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| follows | annual schedule ⓘ |
| genre |
country music
ⓘ
live entertainment ⓘ pop music ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
children’s activities
ⓘ
fireworks ⓘ food concessions ⓘ parades ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
families
ⓘ
local residents ⓘ music fans ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImpactOn | Burlington, Iowa ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
beer garden
ⓘ
carnival rides ⓘ family activities ⓘ festival midway ⓘ food vendors ⓘ live music ⓘ outdoor concerts ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
community gathering
ⓘ
entertainment ⓘ local fundraising ⓘ tourism promotion ⓘ |
| hasSetting | outdoor ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | official Steamboat Days Burlington website ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Burlington, Iowa
ⓘ
Des Moines County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Iowa ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedOn | Mississippi River ⓘ |
| namedAfter | steamboat era on the Mississippi River ⓘ |
| organizer |
Burlington Steamboat Days organization
ⓘ
linked to:
Steamboat Days (Burlington)
|
| partOf | Burlington cultural events ⓘ |
| recurrence | yearly ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| season | summer ⓘ |
| serves | local community ⓘ |
| typicalLocation | Burlington riverfront ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Steamboat Days (Burlington) Description of subject: Steamboat Days (Burlington) is a long-running annual music and community festival held in Burlington, Iowa, featuring live entertainment, food, and family activities along the Mississippi River.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Steamboat Days (Burlington)