1940 Winter Olympics
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The 1940 Winter Olympics were a planned but ultimately cancelled edition of the Winter Games, originally awarded to Sapporo, Japan, and later reassigned to other cities before being abandoned due to World War II.
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12215369 — 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: 1940 Winter Olympics Context triple: [Games of the XII Olympiad, relatedEvent, 1940 Winter Olympics]
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1948 Winter Olympics
The 1948 Winter Olympics were the first Winter Games held after World War II, featuring international competition in winter sports in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
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1936 Winter Olympics
The 1936 Winter Olympics were the fourth Winter Games, held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and are historically notable for taking place under Nazi rule shortly before World War II.
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1932 Winter Olympics
The 1932 Winter Olympics were the third edition of the Winter Games, held in Lake Placid, New York, and marked by the participation of 17 nations during the early years of the modern Olympic winter sports tradition.
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1928 Winter Olympics
The 1928 Winter Olympics were the second edition of the Winter Games, held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and marked the first time a separate Winter Olympics took place in a different country from the Summer Games of the same year.
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1952 Winter Olympics
The 1952 Winter Olympics were an international multi-sport winter games held in Oslo, Norway, featuring events such as ice hockey, skiing, and skating.
- 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: 1940 Winter Olympics Target entity description: The 1940 Winter Olympics were a planned but ultimately cancelled edition of the Winter Games, originally awarded to Sapporo, Japan, and later reassigned to other cities before being abandoned due to World War II.
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A.
1948 Winter Olympics
The 1948 Winter Olympics were the first Winter Games held after World War II, featuring international competition in winter sports in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
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B.
1936 Winter Olympics
The 1936 Winter Olympics were the fourth Winter Games, held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and are historically notable for taking place under Nazi rule shortly before World War II.
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C.
1932 Winter Olympics
The 1932 Winter Olympics were the third edition of the Winter Games, held in Lake Placid, New York, and marked by the participation of 17 nations during the early years of the modern Olympic winter sports tradition.
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D.
1928 Winter Olympics
The 1928 Winter Olympics were the second edition of the Winter Games, held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and marked the first time a separate Winter Olympics took place in a different country from the Summer Games of the same year.
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E.
1952 Winter Olympics
The 1952 Winter Olympics were an international multi-sport winter games held in Oslo, Norway, featuring events such as ice hockey, skiing, and skating.
- F. None of above. chosen
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