Super Bowl XXI halftime show
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The Super Bowl XXI halftime show was a mid-1980s NFL championship game entertainment spectacle featuring a themed musical performance during the break of Super Bowl XXI.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Super Bowl XXI halftime show canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10218000 — 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)
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Target entity: Super Bowl XXI halftime show Context triple: [Super Bowl XX halftime show, followedBy, Super Bowl XXI halftime show]
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A.
Super Bowl XX halftime show
The Super Bowl XX halftime show was a mid-1980s NFL championship game performance featuring the themed production "Beat of the Future," blending music, dance, and spectacle for a massive television audience.
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B.
Super Bowl XXXV halftime show
The Super Bowl XXXV halftime show was a high-profile pop music spectacle headlined by Aerosmith and *NSYNC, featuring guest appearances by Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, and Nelly.
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C.
Super Bowl I halftime show
The Super Bowl I halftime show was the inaugural championship game's mid-show entertainment, featuring college marching bands and a traditional pageantry-style performance rather than the pop-star spectacles that later became standard.
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D.
Super Bowl halftime shows
Super Bowl halftime shows are high-profile live entertainment performances held during the mid-game break of the annual NFL championship, often featuring major music artists, elaborate staging, and widespread media attention.
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E.
Super Bowl LV halftime show
The Super Bowl LV halftime show was a high-profile live musical performance headlined by Canadian singer The Weeknd during the championship game of the 2020 NFL season.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Super Bowl XXI halftime show Target entity description: The Super Bowl XXI halftime show was a mid-1980s NFL championship game entertainment spectacle featuring a themed musical performance during the break of Super Bowl XXI.
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A.
Super Bowl XX halftime show
The Super Bowl XX halftime show was a mid-1980s NFL championship game performance featuring the themed production "Beat of the Future," blending music, dance, and spectacle for a massive television audience.
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B.
Super Bowl XXXV halftime show
The Super Bowl XXXV halftime show was a high-profile pop music spectacle headlined by Aerosmith and *NSYNC, featuring guest appearances by Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, and Nelly.
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C.
Super Bowl I halftime show
The Super Bowl I halftime show was the inaugural championship game's mid-show entertainment, featuring college marching bands and a traditional pageantry-style performance rather than the pop-star spectacles that later became standard.
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D.
Super Bowl halftime shows
Super Bowl halftime shows are high-profile live entertainment performances held during the mid-game break of the annual NFL championship, often featuring major music artists, elaborate staging, and widespread media attention.
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E.
Super Bowl LV halftime show
The Super Bowl LV halftime show was a high-profile live musical performance headlined by Canadian singer The Weeknd during the championship game of the 2020 NFL season.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Super Bowl halftime show
ⓘ
live musical performance ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Denver Broncos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York Giants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audienceType | television viewers ⓘ |
| basedOn | anniversary of Hollywood ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Pasadena, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | January 25, 1987 ⓘ |
| eventSeries | Super Bowl halftime shows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Super Bowl XXII halftime show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Super Bowl XX halftime show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
marching band show
ⓘ
variety show ⓘ |
| hasPart |
character appearances
ⓘ
marching band performances ⓘ orchestral arrangements ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| league | National Football League ⓘ |
| location | Rose Bowl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | Hollywood-themed production ⓘ |
| occursDuring | halftime of Super Bowl XXI ⓘ |
| organizer | National Football League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Super Bowl XXI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeason | 1986 NFL season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Disney characters
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ Grambling State University Marching Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Mickey Rooney NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern California high school drill teams ⓘ USC Marching Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Disney
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walt Disney Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| televisionNetwork | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme | Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Hollywood Salute to the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| venue | Rose Bowl Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1987 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Super Bowl XXI halftime show Description of subject: The Super Bowl XXI halftime show was a mid-1980s NFL championship game entertainment spectacle featuring a themed musical performance during the break of Super Bowl XXI.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.