2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony
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The 2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony was the formal finale of the Beijing Paralympic Games, featuring performances, speeches, and the handover to the next host city to celebrate athletes’ achievements and mark the end of the event.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony canonical | 3 |
| 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony | 1 |
| 2008 Summer Paralympics | 1 |
| Summer Paralympic Games closing ceremonies | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T530877 — 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: 2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony Context triple: [Beijing National Stadium, hostedEvent, 2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony]
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A.
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in China that showcased Beijing’s rapid modernization and featured memorable performances by athletes like Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt.
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B.
Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event featuring athletes with disabilities, held shortly after and in parallel with the Olympic Games.
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C.
2028 Summer Olympics
The 2028 Summer Olympics is the upcoming edition of the Olympic Games scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, featuring international multi-sport competitions under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee.
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D.
Summer Olympics 2012
The Summer Olympics 2012 was a major international multi-sport event held in London, featuring athletes from around the world competing in a wide range of disciplines.
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E.
2020 Summer Olympics
The 2020 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, uniquely marked by a one-year postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 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: 2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony Target entity description: The 2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony was the formal finale of the Beijing Paralympic Games, featuring performances, speeches, and the handover to the next host city to celebrate athletes’ achievements and mark the end of the event.
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A.
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in China that showcased Beijing’s rapid modernization and featured memorable performances by athletes like Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt.
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B.
Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event featuring athletes with disabilities, held shortly after and in parallel with the Olympic Games.
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C.
2028 Summer Olympics
The 2028 Summer Olympics is the upcoming edition of the Olympic Games scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, featuring international multi-sport competitions under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee.
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D.
Summer Olympics 2012
The Summer Olympics 2012 was a major international multi-sport event held in London, featuring athletes from around the world competing in a wide range of disciplines.
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E.
2020 Summer Olympics
The 2020 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, uniquely marked by a one-year postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
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|---|---|
| instanceOf |
paralympic closing ceremony
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sports closing ceremony ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing ⓘ |
| city | Beijing ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| date | 2008-09-17 ⓘ |
| endDate | 2008-09-17 ⓘ |
| followedBy | 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony ⓘ |
| follows |
2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony
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surface form:
2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony ⓘ |
| hasSportingContext | Paralympic Games ⓘ |
| includes |
Paralympic flag handover
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cultural performances ⓘ extinguishing of the Paralympic flame ⓘ speeches ⓘ |
| language |
Chinese
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English ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | China Standard Time ⓘ |
| mainPurpose |
celebrate athletes’ achievements
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handover to the next Paralympic host city ⓘ mark the official end of the 2008 Summer Paralympics ⓘ |
| nextHostCity |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| nextHostCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| organizer |
Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
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International Paralympic Committee ⓘ |
| partOf |
2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony
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surface form:
2008 Summer Paralympics
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| partOfSeries |
2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony
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surface form:
Summer Paralympic Games closing ceremonies
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| symbolizes | transition to the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London ⓘ |
| venue |
Beijing National Stadium
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Bird's Nest ⓘ |
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
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: 2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony Description of subject: The 2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony was the formal finale of the Beijing Paralympic Games, featuring performances, speeches, and the handover to the next host city to celebrate athletes’ achievements and mark the end of the event.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony
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2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony
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2008 Summer Paralympics
2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony
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follows
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2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony
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2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony
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partOfSeries
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2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony
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Summer Paralympic Games closing ceremonies
2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony
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associatedWithEvent
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2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony
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