National Stadium
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National Stadium is the former name of FNB Stadium, a major football and events venue in Johannesburg, South Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Stadium canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1290697 — 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: National Stadium Context triple: [FNB Stadium, formerName, National Stadium]
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A.
National Stadium
National Stadium is a prominent sports arena in New Delhi, India, best known for hosting field hockey and other major athletic events.
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B.
Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium is a large multi-purpose sports and events venue in Montreal, Quebec, best known as the main site of the 1976 Summer Olympics and for its distinctive inclined tower.
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C.
Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium is Helsinki’s main sports arena and a historic venue best known for hosting the 1952 Summer Olympics and major athletic and cultural events in Finland.
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D.
Japan National Stadium
Japan National Stadium is a large multi-purpose sports venue in Tokyo that served as the centerpiece and primary athletics arena for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
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E.
National Sports Stadium
The National Sports Stadium is Zimbabwe’s largest multi-purpose arena in Harare, primarily used for major football matches and national sporting 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: National Stadium Target entity description: National Stadium is the former name of FNB Stadium, a major football and events venue in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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A.
National Stadium
National Stadium is a prominent sports arena in New Delhi, India, best known for hosting field hockey and other major athletic events.
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B.
Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium is a large multi-purpose sports and events venue in Montreal, Quebec, best known as the main site of the 1976 Summer Olympics and for its distinctive inclined tower.
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C.
Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium is Helsinki’s main sports arena and a historic venue best known for hosting the 1952 Summer Olympics and major athletic and cultural events in Finland.
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D.
Japan National Stadium
Japan National Stadium is a large multi-purpose sports venue in Tokyo that served as the centerpiece and primary athletics arena for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
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E.
National Sports Stadium
The National Sports Stadium is Zimbabwe’s largest multi-purpose arena in Harare, primarily used for major football matches and national sporting events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | stadium ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
FNB Stadium (Soccer City)
ⓘ
surface form:
Soccer City
|
| architecturalStyle | calabash-inspired design ⓘ |
| capacity | approximately 94,000 ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| formerNameOf |
FNB Stadium (Soccer City)
ⓘ
surface form:
FNB Stadium
|
| hasCategory |
Football venues in South Africa
ⓘ
Multi-purpose stadiums in South Africa ⓘ Sports venues in Johannesburg ⓘ Stadiums of the 2010 FIFA World Cup ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bowl-shaped design
ⓘ
orange and brown mosaic cladding ⓘ ring of lights around the roof ⓘ |
| hasLighting | stadium floodlights ⓘ |
| hasScoreboards | large video screens ⓘ |
| hasSeatingType | all-seater ⓘ |
| hasTransportAccess |
public transport links in Johannesburg
ⓘ
road access via Soweto Highway ⓘ |
| hostedEvent |
1996 African Cup of Nations matches
ⓘ
2010 FIFA World Cup final ⓘ 2010 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
surface form:
2010 FIFA World Cup matches
2010 FIFA World Cup opening match ⓘ Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
surface form:
2013 Africa Cup of Nations final
2013 Africa Cup of Nations matches ⓘ Nelson Mandela memorial service 2013 ⓘ |
| locatedInCity |
Johannesburg, South Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
Johannesburg
|
| locatedInMunicipality | City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality ⓘ |
| locatedInProvince | Gauteng ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Nasrec
ⓘ
Soweto ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
First National Bank
ⓘ
surface form:
First National Bank (FNB)
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| opened | 1989 ⓘ |
| operator | Stadium Management South Africa ⓘ |
| owner |
Johannesburg, South Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Johannesburg
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| primaryUse | football stadium ⓘ |
| renovated | 2006–2009 ⓘ |
| reopened | 2009 ⓘ |
| safetyCompliance |
FIFA World Cup
ⓘ
surface form:
FIFA World Cup standards
|
| significance |
largest stadium in South Africa by capacity
ⓘ
one of the largest stadiums in Africa ⓘ |
| sponsor |
First National Bank
ⓘ
surface form:
First National Bank (FNB)
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| surface | natural grass ⓘ |
| tenant |
Kaizer Chiefs F.C.
ⓘ
South Africa national football team ⓘ |
| usedBy | South African Football Association ⓘ |
| usedFor |
concerts
ⓘ
large public events ⓘ rugby union ⓘ |
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: National Stadium Description of subject: National Stadium is the former name of FNB Stadium, a major football and events venue in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
FNB Stadium