Olympic flame
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The Olympic flame is a ceremonial fire, traditionally lit in Olympia, Greece and carried by relay to the host city, symbolizing the continuity, peace, and spirit of the Olympic Games.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Olympic flame canonical | 6 |
| Olympic torch | 2 |
| Olympic torch relay | 2 |
| Asian Games flame | 1 |
| Olympic Torch Relay | 1 |
| Olympic cauldron at the 1948 London Summer Olympics opening ceremony | 1 |
| Olympic fire | 1 |
| Pan American flame | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T896950 — 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: Olympic flame Context triple: [Olympic Games, symbol, Olympic flame]
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A.
Paris 2024 torch relay
The Paris 2024 torch relay is the ceremonial journey of the Olympic flame across France and select territories leading up to the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.
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B.
Olympic rings
The Olympic rings are the iconic emblem of the Olympic Games, featuring five interlocking colored circles representing the unity of the world’s continents and the coming together of athletes from around the globe.
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C.
Menorah
The Menorah is an ancient seven-branched candelabrum that serves as one of the most enduring and sacred symbols of Judaism and the Jewish people.
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D.
Queen’s Baton Relay
The Queen’s Baton Relay is a ceremonial relay event that carries a message from the Head of the Commonwealth to the host nation, symbolically launching and uniting countries ahead of each Commonwealth Games.
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E.
Games of the XVI Olympiad
Games of the XVI Olympiad is the formal title of the 1956 Summer Olympics, an international multi-sport event held primarily in Melbourne, Australia.
- 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: Olympic flame Target entity description: The Olympic flame is a ceremonial fire, traditionally lit in Olympia, Greece and carried by relay to the host city, symbolizing the continuity, peace, and spirit of the Olympic Games.
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A.
Paris 2024 torch relay
The Paris 2024 torch relay is the ceremonial journey of the Olympic flame across France and select territories leading up to the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.
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B.
Olympic rings
The Olympic rings are the iconic emblem of the Olympic Games, featuring five interlocking colored circles representing the unity of the world’s continents and the coming together of athletes from around the globe.
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C.
Menorah
The Menorah is an ancient seven-branched candelabrum that serves as one of the most enduring and sacred symbols of Judaism and the Jewish people.
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D.
Queen’s Baton Relay
The Queen’s Baton Relay is a ceremonial relay event that carries a message from the Head of the Commonwealth to the host nation, symbolically launching and uniting countries ahead of each Commonwealth Games.
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E.
Games of the XVI Olympiad
Games of the XVI Olympiad is the formal title of the 1956 Summer Olympics, an international multi-sport event held primarily in Melbourne, Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic Games tradition
ⓘ
ceremonial fire ⓘ symbol ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Olympic flame
ⓘ
surface form:
Olympic fire
|
| associatedWith |
Olympic Games
ⓘ
Olympic cauldron ⓘ Olympic flame self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Olympic torch
Olympic torch relay ⓘ |
| carriedBy | torchbearers ⓘ |
| carries |
message of hope
ⓘ
message of peace ⓘ message of solidarity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Greece ⓘ |
| culminatesIn | lighting of the Olympic cauldron at opening ceremony ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | global sporting icon ⓘ |
| displayedAt |
Olympic Stadium
ⓘ
surface form:
Olympic Stadium cauldron
|
| extinguishedAt | Olympic closing ceremony ⓘ |
| firstUsedInModernGames | 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam ⓘ |
| followedBy | torch relay to host city ⓘ |
| governedBy | Olympic Charter ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Olympic flame
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Olympic torch relay
|
| hasTheme |
endurance and perseverance
ⓘ
peaceful competition among nations ⓘ unity of humanity ⓘ |
| inauguratedAt | 1928 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | ancient Greek sacred fire traditions ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| litBy | sun’s rays ⓘ |
| litUsing | parabolic mirror ⓘ |
| locationOfLightingCeremony |
Temple of Hera at Olympia
ⓘ
surface form:
Temple of Hera in Olympia
|
| maintainedBy | International Olympic Committee ⓘ |
| notableEvent | first torch relay at 1936 Berlin Olympics ⓘ |
| precededBy | lighting ceremony in Olympia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Olympic Games
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Olympic Games
modern Olympic Games ⓘ |
| remainsLitDuring | duration of the Olympic Games ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Olympic spirit
ⓘ
connection between ancient and modern Olympics ⓘ continuity of the Olympic Games ⓘ friendship ⓘ international cooperation ⓘ peace ⓘ |
| traditionallyLitAt | Olympia, Greece ⓘ |
| transportedBy |
Olympic flame
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Olympic torch
|
| usedIn |
Paralympic Agitos
ⓘ
surface form:
Paralympic Games (Agitos flame)
Olympic Games ⓘ
surface form:
Summer Olympics
Winter Olympics ⓘ Youth Olympic Games ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Olympic flame Description of subject: The Olympic flame is a ceremonial fire, traditionally lit in Olympia, Greece and carried by relay to the host city, symbolizing the continuity, peace, and spirit of the Olympic Games.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Asian Games flame
this entity surface form:
Olympic Torch Relay
this entity surface form:
Pan American flame
this entity surface form:
Olympic torch relay
this entity surface form:
Olympic cauldron at the 1948 London Summer Olympics opening ceremony
this entity surface form:
Olympic torch relay
this entity surface form:
Olympic torch
this entity surface form:
Olympic torch
this entity surface form:
Olympic fire