Boston Marathon

E2435

annual sporting event marathon road running race

The Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon and one of the most prestigious long-distance running races, attracting elite and amateur runners from around the globe each Patriots’ Day.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Boston Marathon canonical	15
Boston Marathon route	2
1952 Boston Marathon	1
BAA Boston Marathon	1
Boston Marathon course in Newton	1
Boston Marathon elite athlete program	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual sporting event ⓘ marathon ⓘ road running race ⓘ
abbreviation	Boston Marathon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BAA Boston Marathon
allows	charity runners without qualifying times ⓘ
attracts	amateur runners ⓘ elite runners ⓘ
broadcastOn	online streaming platforms ⓘ television ⓘ
charityImpact	raises tens of millions of dollars annually for charities ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
courseCertification	certified by USA Track & Field ⓘ
courseType	point-to-point course ⓘ
distance	26.2 miles ⓘ 42.195 kilometres ⓘ
economicImpact	major tourism and economic impact on Greater Boston ⓘ
fieldSize	tens of thousands of participants ⓘ
finishLocation	Boylston Street, Boston ⓘ Copley Square, Boston ⓘ
firstOfficialWomenRace	1972 ⓘ
firstWheelchairDivision	1975 ⓘ
genderInclusion	men ⓘ non-binary category (introduced 2023) ⓘ women ⓘ
hasHashtag	#BostonMarathon ⓘ
hasReputation	one of the most prestigious marathons ⓘ
inception	1897 ⓘ
isOldest	world’s oldest annual marathon ⓘ
location	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston Massachusetts ⓘ
notableFeature	Heartbreak Hill ⓘ Oak Hill, Newton ⓘ surface form: Newton Hills
notableIncident	2013 Boston Marathon bombing ⓘ
occursOn	Patriots’ Day ⓘ
organizer	Boston Athletic Association ⓘ
paraAthleticsDivision	para athletes divisions ⓘ
partOf	World Marathon Majors ⓘ
qualificationRequirement	time-based qualifying standards for most entrants ⓘ
securityChangesAfter	enhanced security measures after 2013 bombing ⓘ
spectators	hundreds of thousands of spectators along the course ⓘ
sport	long-distance running ⓘ
startLocation	Hopkinton, Massachusetts ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
typicalDate	third Monday in April ⓘ
typicalStartTime	morning local time ⓘ
wheelchairDivision	men’s wheelchair race ⓘ women’s wheelchair race ⓘ
worldAthleticsLabel	World Athletics Platinum Label road race ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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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: Boston Marathon
Description of subject: The Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon and one of the most prestigious long-distance running races, attracting elite and amateur runners from around the globe each Patriots’ Day.

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boston, Massachusetts → majorEvent → Boston Marathon ⓘ

Boston Marathon → abbreviation → Boston Marathon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: BAA Boston Marathon

World Marathon Majors → hasComponent → Boston Marathon ⓘ

Patriots’ Day → hasTraditionalActivity → Boston Marathon ⓘ

Patriots’ Day → associatedEvent → Boston Marathon ⓘ

2013 Boston Marathon bombing → event → Boston Marathon ⓘ

Boston Athletic Association → organizes → Boston Marathon ⓘ

Boston Athletic Association → hasPart → Boston Marathon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boston Marathon elite athlete program

Heartbreak Hill → locatedOnCourseOf → Boston Marathon ⓘ

Heartbreak Hill → partOf → Boston Marathon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boston Marathon route

Heartbreak Hill → firstMajorUse → Boston Marathon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boston Marathon course in Newton

Tortoise and Hare sculpture → associatedWithEvent → Boston Marathon ⓘ

Martin Richard → associatedWith → Boston Marathon ⓘ

Natick, Massachusetts → locatedNear → Boston Marathon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boston Marathon route

Boston Strong → linkedTo → Boston Marathon ⓘ

Newton Hills → usedFor → Boston Marathon ⓘ

Tom Fleming → participantIn → Boston Marathon ⓘ

subject surface form: Tom Fleming (runner)

Boston Marathon finish line marker → associatedWithEvent → Boston Marathon ⓘ

Krystle Campbell → associatedWith → Boston Marathon ⓘ

Bill Rodgers → hasWon → Boston Marathon ⓘ

Doroteo Guamuch Flores → won → Boston Marathon ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1952 Boston Marathon