Sapporo Snow Festival
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The Sapporo Snow Festival is a major annual winter event in Sapporo, Japan, famous for its massive, elaborate snow and ice sculptures that attract visitors from around the world.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sapporo Snow Festival canonical | 11 |
| Sapporo Snow Festival Odori site | 1 |
| Sapporo Snow Festival main site | 1 |
| Sapporo Yuki Matsuri | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T610683 — 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: Sapporo Snow Festival Context triple: [Hokkaido, hasFestival, Sapporo Snow Festival]
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A.
Gion Matsuri
Gion Matsuri is one of Japan’s most famous and historic summer festivals, renowned for its grand yamaboko parade floats and month-long celebrations in Kyoto.
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B.
Busan Fireworks Festival
The Busan Fireworks Festival is a major annual South Korean event featuring large-scale fireworks displays, light shows, and cultural performances over the waters near Gwangalli Beach.
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C.
Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
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D.
Quebec Winter Carnival
The Quebec Winter Carnival is a major annual winter festival in Quebec City featuring snow sculptures, parades, outdoor sports, and cultural celebrations centered around its mascot Bonhomme Carnaval.
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E.
Yabun Festival
Yabun Festival is a major annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural celebration in Sydney that showcases Indigenous music, dance, and community on 26 January.
- 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: Sapporo Snow Festival Target entity description: The Sapporo Snow Festival is a major annual winter event in Sapporo, Japan, famous for its massive, elaborate snow and ice sculptures that attract visitors from around the world.
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A.
Gion Matsuri
Gion Matsuri is one of Japan’s most famous and historic summer festivals, renowned for its grand yamaboko parade floats and month-long celebrations in Kyoto.
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B.
Busan Fireworks Festival
The Busan Fireworks Festival is a major annual South Korean event featuring large-scale fireworks displays, light shows, and cultural performances over the waters near Gwangalli Beach.
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C.
Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
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D.
Quebec Winter Carnival
The Quebec Winter Carnival is a major annual winter festival in Quebec City featuring snow sculptures, parades, outdoor sports, and cultural celebrations centered around its mascot Bonhomme Carnaval.
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E.
Yabun Festival
Yabun Festival is a major annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural celebration in Sydney that showcases Indigenous music, dance, and community on 26 January.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual event
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ winter festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sapporo Snow Festival
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surface form:
Sapporo Yuki Matsuri
|
| attracts |
domestic tourists
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international tourists ⓘ |
| city | Sapporo ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| famousFor |
ice sculptures
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illuminated ice displays ⓘ large-scale snow statues ⓘ snow sculptures ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
food stalls
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ice sculpture contests ⓘ illumination events ⓘ snow play areas ⓘ snow sculpture contests ⓘ snow slides ⓘ stage performances ⓘ |
| hasSite |
Odori site
ⓘ
Tsudome site ⓘ
surface form:
Susukino site
Tsudome site ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
ice
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snow ⓘ winter ⓘ |
| heldInMonth | February ⓘ |
| heldInSeason | winter ⓘ |
| inception | 1950 ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hokkaido
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Odori Park ⓘ Sapporo ⓘ Susukino district ⓘ Tsudome site ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
giant snow sculptures of anime characters
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giant snow sculptures of famous buildings ⓘ nighttime illuminations ⓘ projection mapping on snow and ice ⓘ |
| organizer |
Sapporo
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surface form:
City of Sapporo
Sapporo Tourist Association ⓘ |
| partOf | Sapporo winter tourism ⓘ |
| region | Hokkaido ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hokkaido winter sports
ⓘ
Japanese festivals ⓘ snow sculpture competitions ⓘ |
| startYear | 1950 ⓘ |
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: Sapporo Snow Festival Description of subject: The Sapporo Snow Festival is a major annual winter event in Sapporo, Japan, famous for its massive, elaborate snow and ice sculptures that attract visitors from around the world.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sapporo Yuki Matsuri
this entity surface form:
Sapporo Snow Festival Odori site
this entity surface form:
Sapporo Snow Festival main site