Texas Book Festival
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The Texas Book Festival is an annual literary event in Texas that celebrates books and authors through readings, panels, and community programs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Texas Book Festival canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T749776 — 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: Texas Book Festival Context triple: [Austin, hosts, Texas Book Festival]
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A.
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is a major annual literary festival in Los Angeles that brings together authors, publishers, and readers for panels, signings, and book-related events.
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B.
Texas School Book Depository
The Texas School Book Depository is a historic Dallas building best known as the site from which Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
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C.
Iowa City Book Festival
The Iowa City Book Festival is an annual literary celebration featuring author readings, panel discussions, and book-related events held in the UNESCO City of Literature, Iowa City, Iowa.
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D.
Texas State Preservation Board
The Texas State Preservation Board is a state agency responsible for preserving, maintaining, and overseeing the Texas Capitol and other designated historic buildings and their contents.
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E.
Dallas Convention Center
The Dallas Convention Center, now known as the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, is a major convention and exhibition facility in downtown Dallas that hosts large-scale trade shows, conferences, and 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: Texas Book Festival Target entity description: The Texas Book Festival is an annual literary event in Texas that celebrates books and authors through readings, panels, and community programs.
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A.
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is a major annual literary festival in Los Angeles that brings together authors, publishers, and readers for panels, signings, and book-related events.
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B.
Texas School Book Depository
The Texas School Book Depository is a historic Dallas building best known as the site from which Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
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C.
Iowa City Book Festival
The Iowa City Book Festival is an annual literary celebration featuring author readings, panel discussions, and book-related events held in the UNESCO City of Literature, Iowa City, Iowa.
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D.
Texas State Preservation Board
The Texas State Preservation Board is a state agency responsible for preserving, maintaining, and overseeing the Texas Capitol and other designated historic buildings and their contents.
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E.
Dallas Convention Center
The Dallas Convention Center, now known as the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, is a major convention and exhibition facility in downtown Dallas that hosts large-scale trade shows, conferences, and events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual event
ⓘ
book festival ⓘ literary festival ⓘ |
| audience |
children
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educators ⓘ general public ⓘ librarians ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusArea |
Texas authors
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children’s literature ⓘ fiction ⓘ national authors ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Laura Bush
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Mary Margaret Farabee ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | literature ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
author readings
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awards presentations ⓘ book sales ⓘ book signings ⓘ children’s programming ⓘ community programs ⓘ literary panels ⓘ panel discussions ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
events inside the Texas State Capitol building
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free public admission to most events ⓘ large number of invited authors each year ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
Lit Crawl Austin
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Reading Rock Stars ⓘ Texas Library Grants ⓘ |
| inception | 1995 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Austin, Texas
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linked to:
Austin
Texas ⓘ |
| mainVenue |
Texas State Capitol
ⓘ
downtown Austin ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| organizedAs | multi-day festival ⓘ |
| purpose |
celebrate books and authors
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promote literacy ⓘ support Texas libraries ⓘ |
| sponsors |
corporate sponsors
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individual donors ⓘ |
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| typicalTimeOfYear | fall ⓘ |
| website | https://www.texasbookfestival.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Texas Book Festival Description of subject: The Texas Book Festival is an annual literary event in Texas that celebrates books and authors through readings, panels, and community programs.
Referenced by (4)
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