2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
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The 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony was the large-scale, televised inaugural event in Vancouver that officially launched the XXI Olympic Winter Games with performances, pageantry, and the Parade of Nations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9760180 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony Context triple: [k.d. lang, performedAt, 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony]
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2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony
The 2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony was the formal inaugural event of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, featuring artistic performances, athlete parade, and official speeches to mark the start of the competition.
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B.
2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
The 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was a highly acclaimed, technologically sophisticated spectacle in Beijing that showcased Chinese history and culture to a global audience.
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C.
2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
The 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was a highly acclaimed, theatrically rich event in London that celebrated British history and culture while marking the official start of the Games.
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2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics were an international multi-sport event for winter sports held in Vancouver, Canada, featuring athletes from around the world competing in disciplines such as ice hockey, skiing, and figure skating.
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E.
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony was a highly choreographed, visually spectacular show blending Chinese cultural motifs with cutting-edge technology to inaugurate the Winter Games at Beijing National Stadium.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony Target entity description: The 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony was the large-scale, televised inaugural event in Vancouver that officially launched the XXI Olympic Winter Games with performances, pageantry, and the Parade of Nations.
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A.
2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony
The 2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony was the formal inaugural event of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, featuring artistic performances, athlete parade, and official speeches to mark the start of the competition.
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B.
2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
The 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was a highly acclaimed, technologically sophisticated spectacle in Beijing that showcased Chinese history and culture to a global audience.
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C.
2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
The 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was a highly acclaimed, theatrically rich event in London that celebrated British history and culture while marking the official start of the Games.
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D.
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics were an international multi-sport event for winter sports held in Vancouver, Canada, featuring athletes from around the world competing in disciplines such as ice hockey, skiing, and figure skating.
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E.
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony was a highly choreographed, visually spectacular show blending Chinese cultural motifs with cutting-edge technology to inaugurate the Winter Games at Beijing National Stadium.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic opening ceremony
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sports event ⓘ television special ⓘ |
| alsoUsedLanguage | French ⓘ |
| artisticDirector | David Atkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attendedBy |
Governor General Michaëlle Jean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IOC President Jacques Rogge NERFINISHED ⓘ Prime Minister Stephen Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastBy |
BBC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CCTV NERFINISHED ⓘ CTV NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurosport NERFINISHED ⓘ NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ RDS NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Network NERFINISHED ⓘ TSN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cauldronLighter |
Catriona Le May Doan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nancy Greene NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Nash NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Gretzky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| creativeDirector | David Atkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 2010-02-12 ⓘ |
| declaredOpenBy | Michaëlle Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | David Atkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| estimatedGlobalAudience | 300 million ⓘ |
| features |
Indigenous welcome
ⓘ
Parade of Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ aerial performances ⓘ cultural performances ⓘ lighting of the Olympic cauldron ⓘ multimedia projections ⓘ |
| followedBy | 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| indoorOutdoor | indoor ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| motto | With Glowing Hearts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicDirector | Dave Pierce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIssue | malfunction of one arm of the indoor cauldron ⓘ |
| officiallyOpened | 2010 Winter Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| olympicOathByAthlete | Hayley Wickenheiser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| olympicOathByOfficial | Michel Verrault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organisedBy | Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | 2010 Winter Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | David Atkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | Vancouver 2010 opening ceremony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| time | 18:00 PST ⓘ |
| venue | BC Place NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Sheldon Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony Description of subject: The 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony was the large-scale, televised inaugural event in Vancouver that officially launched the XXI Olympic Winter Games with performances, pageantry, and the Parade of Nations.
Referenced by (2)
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