Kiel Week
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Kiel Week is one of the world’s largest sailing events and maritime festivals, held annually in the German city of Kiel.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kiel Week canonical | 4 |
| Kiel Week sailing festival | 1 |
| Kieler Woche | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2876263 — 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: Kiel Week Context triple: [Kiel Bay, hasEvent, Kiel Week]
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A.
Brest International Maritime Festival
The Brest International Maritime Festival is a major nautical event in France that gathers traditional sailing ships, maritime heritage vessels, and seafaring cultures from around the world for celebrations, parades, and cultural exchanges.
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B.
Falmouth Week
Falmouth Week is an annual sailing regatta and shoreside festival in Falmouth, Cornwall, featuring yacht racing, live entertainment, and community events.
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C.
Cowes Week
Cowes Week is one of the world’s oldest and largest annual sailing regattas, held off the town of Cowes on the Isle of Wight in England.
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D.
Tall Ships Festival
The Tall Ships Festival is a maritime event featuring historic and replica sailing ships that visit Brockville, offering public tours, sailing excursions, and waterfront festivities.
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E.
Harborfest
Harborfest is a major annual maritime and music festival in Norfolk, Virginia, featuring tall ships, live entertainment, and waterfront celebrations.
- 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: Kiel Week Target entity description: Kiel Week is one of the world’s largest sailing events and maritime festivals, held annually in the German city of Kiel.
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A.
Brest International Maritime Festival
The Brest International Maritime Festival is a major nautical event in France that gathers traditional sailing ships, maritime heritage vessels, and seafaring cultures from around the world for celebrations, parades, and cultural exchanges.
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B.
Falmouth Week
Falmouth Week is an annual sailing regatta and shoreside festival in Falmouth, Cornwall, featuring yacht racing, live entertainment, and community events.
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C.
Cowes Week
Cowes Week is one of the world’s oldest and largest annual sailing regattas, held off the town of Cowes on the Isle of Wight in England.
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D.
Tall Ships Festival
The Tall Ships Festival is a maritime event featuring historic and replica sailing ships that visit Brockville, offering public tours, sailing excursions, and waterfront festivities.
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E.
Harborfest
Harborfest is a major annual maritime and music festival in Norfolk, Virginia, featuring tall ships, live entertainment, and waterfront celebrations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual event
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maritime festival ⓘ sailing event ⓘ |
| approximateParticipantsPerYear | thousands of sailors ⓘ |
| approximateVisitorsPerYear | millions of visitors ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
German Navy
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Olympic sailing history ⓘ |
| category |
Festivals in Schleswig-Holstein
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Sailing competitions in Germany ⓘ Tourist attractions in Kiel ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| duration | about 9 days ⓘ |
| featuresDiscipline |
Olympic sailing classes
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dinghy sailing ⓘ multihull sailing ⓘ offshore sailing ⓘ para sailing ⓘ |
| hasGermanName |
Kiel Week
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Kieler Woche
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| hasPart |
air shows
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cultural events ⓘ fireworks displays ⓘ food and drink festival ⓘ live music concerts ⓘ maritime demonstrations ⓘ naval visits ⓘ sailing regattas ⓘ tall ship parades ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.kieler-woche.de ⓘ |
| hostCity | Kiel ⓘ |
| inception | 1882 ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baltic Sea region
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Kiel ⓘ Schleswig-Holstein ⓘ |
| mainVenue |
Kiel Fjord
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Kiel inner fjord ⓘ Olympiazentrum Schilksee ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the world’s largest maritime festivals
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being one of the world’s largest sailing events ⓘ |
| organizer |
Kiel
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surface form:
City of Kiel
Kiel Yacht Club ⓘ Norddeutscher Regatta Verein ⓘ Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee ⓘ |
| recurrence | annual ⓘ |
| region | Northern Germany ⓘ |
| sport | sailing ⓘ |
| transportConnection | Kiel Canal ⓘ |
| typicalEndTime | June ⓘ |
| typicalStartTime | June ⓘ |
| waterBody | Baltic Sea ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kiel Week Description of subject: Kiel Week is one of the world’s largest sailing events and maritime festivals, held annually in the German city of Kiel.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kieler Woche