Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
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The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is one of the world’s largest livestock exhibitions and rodeo events, combining professional rodeo competitions, major concerts, and agricultural education in an annual multi-week festival in Houston, Texas.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo canonical | 6 |
| Houston Rodeo | 1 |
| RodeoHouston | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1448315 — 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: Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Context triple: [Reliant Stadium, hostedEvent, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo]
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A.
Frontier Days Rodeo
Frontier Days Rodeo is a historic annual rodeo event held in Prescott, Arizona, celebrated as one of the oldest professional rodeos in the United States.
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B.
Lone Star Showdown
Lone Star Showdown is the historic college sports rivalry series between the University of Texas Longhorns and the Texas A&M Aggies across multiple athletic programs.
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C.
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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D.
Dodge City Days festival
The Dodge City Days festival is a major annual celebration in Dodge City, Kansas, featuring rodeos, parades, Western-themed events, and community activities that highlight the city’s cowboy heritage.
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E.
Pleasanton Scottish Highland Games
The Pleasanton Scottish Highland Games is a major annual Scottish cultural festival in Pleasanton, California, featuring traditional athletic competitions, music, dance, and heritage 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: Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Target entity description: The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is one of the world’s largest livestock exhibitions and rodeo events, combining professional rodeo competitions, major concerts, and agricultural education in an annual multi-week festival in Houston, Texas.
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A.
Frontier Days Rodeo
Frontier Days Rodeo is a historic annual rodeo event held in Prescott, Arizona, celebrated as one of the oldest professional rodeos in the United States.
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B.
Lone Star Showdown
Lone Star Showdown is the historic college sports rivalry series between the University of Texas Longhorns and the Texas A&M Aggies across multiple athletic programs.
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C.
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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D.
Dodge City Days festival
The Dodge City Days festival is a major annual celebration in Dodge City, Kansas, featuring rodeos, parades, Western-themed events, and community activities that highlight the city’s cowboy heritage.
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E.
Pleasanton Scottish Highland Games
The Pleasanton Scottish Highland Games is a major annual Scottish cultural festival in Pleasanton, California, featuring traditional athletic competitions, music, dance, and heritage events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual festival
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livestock show ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ rodeo ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
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surface form:
Houston Rodeo
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo ⓘ
surface form:
RodeoHouston
|
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| duration | multiple weeks ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Western heritage
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agriculture ⓘ youth education ⓘ |
| founded | 1932 ⓘ |
| foundingLocation |
Houston, Texas, United States
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surface form:
Houston, Texas
|
| governingBody | board of directors ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Agricultural shows in the United States
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Festivals in Houston ⓘ Rodeos ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
agricultural education programs
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carnival ⓘ concert series ⓘ livestock exhibition ⓘ professional rodeo competitions ⓘ scholarship program ⓘ |
| hasMainVenue |
NRG Arena
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NRG Center ⓘ NRG Stadium ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Harris County
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surface form:
Harris County, Texas
Houston ⓘ
surface form:
Houston, Texas
NRG Park ⓘ |
| offers | scholarships for Texas students ⓘ |
| organizerType | charitable organization ⓘ |
| recurrence | annual ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area
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surface form:
Greater Houston area
Texas ⓘ |
| significance |
major event in Houston’s cultural calendar
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one of the largest livestock exhibitions in the world ⓘ one of the largest rodeo events in the world ⓘ |
| supportedBy | volunteers ⓘ |
| typicalAttractions |
agricultural exhibits
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barbecue cook-off ⓘ concerts by major music artists ⓘ livestock auctions ⓘ rodeos ⓘ |
| typicalEndTime | mid-March ⓘ |
| typicalStartTime | late February ⓘ |
| website | https://www.rodeohouston.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Description of subject: The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is one of the world’s largest livestock exhibitions and rodeo events, combining professional rodeo competitions, major concerts, and agricultural education in an annual multi-week festival in Houston, Texas.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Houston Rodeo
this entity surface form:
RodeoHouston