Lilac Parade
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The Lilac Parade is a community festival procession in Lombard, Illinois, celebrating the village’s springtime lilac blooms with floats, bands, and local organizations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lilac Parade canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1955807 — 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: Lilac Parade Context triple: [Lombard, Illinois, hasEvent, Lilac Parade]
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A.
The Parade
The Parade is a historic Olmsted-designed public park space in Buffalo, New York, originally created as a grand civic grounds for recreation, gatherings, and cultural events.
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B.
Spring in Town
"Spring in Town" is a 1941 painting by American artist Grant Wood that idealizes rural Midwestern life through a meticulously detailed, nostalgic small-town scene.
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C.
8th Avenue Serenade
"8th Avenue Serenade" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day from their 2012 album ¡Tré!.
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D.
Green Grow the Lilacs
Green Grow the Lilacs is a 1931 stage play by Lynn Riggs, a folk drama set in Indian Territory that later served as the basis for the musical Oklahoma!.
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E.
Parade
Parade is a groundbreaking 1917 ballet with music by Erik Satie and designs by Pablo Picasso, created for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and noted for its avant-garde fusion of art, theater, and dance.
- 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: Lilac Parade Target entity description: The Lilac Parade is a community festival procession in Lombard, Illinois, celebrating the village’s springtime lilac blooms with floats, bands, and local organizations.
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A.
The Parade
The Parade is a historic Olmsted-designed public park space in Buffalo, New York, originally created as a grand civic grounds for recreation, gatherings, and cultural events.
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B.
Spring in Town
"Spring in Town" is a 1941 painting by American artist Grant Wood that idealizes rural Midwestern life through a meticulously detailed, nostalgic small-town scene.
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C.
8th Avenue Serenade
"8th Avenue Serenade" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day from their 2012 album ¡Tré!.
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D.
Green Grow the Lilacs
Green Grow the Lilacs is a 1931 stage play by Lynn Riggs, a folk drama set in Indian Territory that later served as the basis for the musical Oklahoma!.
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E.
Parade
Parade is a groundbreaking 1917 ballet with music by Erik Satie and designs by Pablo Picasso, created for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and noted for its avant-garde fusion of art, theater, and dance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual festival event
ⓘ
community parade ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Rochester Lilac Festival
ⓘ
surface form:
Lilac Time festival
Lilac Festival ⓘ
surface form:
Lombard Lilac Festival
|
| attracts |
civic organizations
ⓘ
families ⓘ local businesses ⓘ |
| audience |
local residents
ⓘ
visitors to Lombard ⓘ |
| celebrates |
lilac season in Lombard
ⓘ
springtime lilac blooms ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalContext | Midwestern small-town festival tradition ⓘ |
| eventType |
civic celebration
ⓘ
community festival procession ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
band performances
ⓘ
float displays ⓘ parade procession ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
community groups
ⓘ
floats ⓘ local organizations ⓘ marching bands ⓘ |
| hasMusic | marching band music ⓘ |
| hasParticipants |
local officials
ⓘ
school groups ⓘ service clubs ⓘ youth organizations ⓘ |
| hasSubject | community pride in Lombard ⓘ |
| hasTransportationElement | decorated vehicles ⓘ |
| hasVisualElement |
floral decorations
ⓘ
purple color theme ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Lombard community events calendar ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
DuPage County, Illinois
ⓘ
Lombard, Illinois ⓘ |
| organizer | Village of Lombard community ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Lilacia Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Lilacia Park in Lombard
Lombard lilac heritage ⓘ |
| season | spring ⓘ |
| significance | signature community event of Lombard ⓘ |
| takesPlaceOn | public streets of Lombard ⓘ |
| theme |
lilacs
ⓘ
spring ⓘ |
| typicalMonthHeld | May ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lilac Parade Description of subject: The Lilac Parade is a community festival procession in Lombard, Illinois, celebrating the village’s springtime lilac blooms with floats, bands, and local organizations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lilac Festival (Lombard, Illinois)