New Year’s Dive
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The New Year’s Dive is a traditional Dutch event where thousands of people plunge into the icy North Sea at Scheveningen beach every January 1st to celebrate the start of the new year.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Year’s Day swim | 1 |
| New Year’s Dive canonical | 1 |
| Nieuwjaarsduik | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3404038 — 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: New Year’s Dive Context triple: [Scheveningen, knownFor, New Year’s Dive]
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A.
New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve is the annual celebration held on the last night of the year, marked by parties, fireworks, and countdowns to midnight.
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B.
Dive
"Dive" is a sensual R&B song by American singer-songwriter Victoria Monét, known for its intimate lyrics, lush production, and vocal performance.
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C.
Sink or Swim
"Sink or Swim" is the 2007 debut studio album by American rock band The Gaslight Anthem, blending punk energy with heartland rock influences.
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D.
New Year
New Year is the celebration marking the beginning of a new calendar year, commonly observed worldwide with festivities, traditions, and public holidays.
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E.
The Deep End
The Deep End is the passionate and energetic student section that supports the Michigan State Spartans football team at home games.
- 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: New Year’s Dive Target entity description: The New Year’s Dive is a traditional Dutch event where thousands of people plunge into the icy North Sea at Scheveningen beach every January 1st to celebrate the start of the new year.
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A.
New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve is the annual celebration held on the last night of the year, marked by parties, fireworks, and countdowns to midnight.
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B.
Dive
"Dive" is a sensual R&B song by American singer-songwriter Victoria Monét, known for its intimate lyrics, lush production, and vocal performance.
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C.
Sink or Swim
"Sink or Swim" is the 2007 debut studio album by American rock band The Gaslight Anthem, blending punk energy with heartland rock influences.
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D.
New Year
New Year is the celebration marking the beginning of a new calendar year, commonly observed worldwide with festivities, traditions, and public holidays.
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E.
The Deep End
The Deep End is the passionate and energetic student section that supports the Michigan State Spartans football team at home games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch tradition
ⓘ
annual event ⓘ winter swimming event ⓘ |
| associatedBrand | Unox ⓘ |
| bodyOfWater | North Sea ⓘ |
| city | The Hague ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
cold water swimming
ⓘ
mass sea plunge ⓘ |
| hasAtmosphere |
celebratory
ⓘ
festive ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Dutch culture
ⓘ
New Year celebrations ⓘ |
| hasDressCode |
orange Unox hats
ⓘ
swimwear ⓘ |
| hasFoodOrDrink |
erwtensoep
ⓘ
glühwein ⓘ hot chocolate ⓘ |
| hasFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasNameInDutch |
New Year’s Dive
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nieuwjaarsduik
|
| hasParticipants |
locals
ⓘ
thousands of people ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
| hasSymbolism |
cleansing for the new year
ⓘ
fresh start ⓘ |
| hasVariantsIn |
lakes in the Netherlands
ⓘ
other Dutch coastal towns ⓘ |
| isComparableTo | polar bear plunge ⓘ |
| isFamilyFriendly | true ⓘ |
| isOutdoor | true ⓘ |
| isPopularSince | second half of 20th century ⓘ |
| mainLocation |
Scheveningen
ⓘ
surface form:
Scheveningen beach
|
| mediaCoverage |
international media
ⓘ
national Dutch media ⓘ |
| occursOn | January 1 ⓘ |
| organisedBy |
local organisations
ⓘ
sponsors ⓘ |
| purpose | celebrate start of the new year ⓘ |
| requires |
lifeguards on duty
ⓘ
medical staff on site ⓘ safety measures ⓘ |
| risk | hypothermia ⓘ |
| season | winter ⓘ |
| temperatureCondition |
cold air
ⓘ
icy water ⓘ |
| typicalStartTime | midday ⓘ |
| weatherDependency | may be cancelled in extreme weather ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: New Year’s Dive Description of subject: The New Year’s Dive is a traditional Dutch event where thousands of people plunge into the icy North Sea at Scheveningen beach every January 1st to celebrate the start of the new year.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
New Year’s Day swim
this entity surface form:
Nieuwjaarsduik