Tar Barrels of Ottery St Mary
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The Tar Barrels of Ottery St Mary is a centuries-old English folk tradition in which locals run through the streets carrying flaming tar barrels on their shoulders during annual November celebrations.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22694949 — 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: Tar Barrels of Ottery St Mary Context triple: [Ottery St Mary, hasTraditionalEvent, Tar Barrels of Ottery St Mary]
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A.
Besses o’ th’ Barn
Besses o’ th’ Barn is a suburban area in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England, historically known as a small settlement that grew around a coaching inn on the main road between Manchester and Bury.
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B.
Tales of a Wayside Inn
Tales of a Wayside Inn is a narrative poetry collection structured as a series of stories told by different characters gathered at a New England inn.
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C.
The Jolly Corner
The Jolly Corner is a 1908 ghost story by Henry James about a man haunted by the spectral embodiment of the life he might have lived.
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D.
The Old Nags Head
The Old Nags Head is a historic country pub and inn in the Peak District village of Edale, popular with walkers on the Pennine Way.
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E.
The Ostrich Inn
The Ostrich Inn is a historic English coaching inn in Colnbrook, reputedly one of the oldest inns in Britain and associated with various local legends.
- 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: Tar Barrels of Ottery St Mary Target entity description: The Tar Barrels of Ottery St Mary is a centuries-old English folk tradition in which locals run through the streets carrying flaming tar barrels on their shoulders during annual November celebrations.
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A.
Besses o’ th’ Barn
Besses o’ th’ Barn is a suburban area in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England, historically known as a small settlement that grew around a coaching inn on the main road between Manchester and Bury.
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B.
Tales of a Wayside Inn
Tales of a Wayside Inn is a narrative poetry collection structured as a series of stories told by different characters gathered at a New England inn.
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C.
The Jolly Corner
The Jolly Corner is a 1908 ghost story by Henry James about a man haunted by the spectral embodiment of the life he might have lived.
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D.
The Old Nags Head
The Old Nags Head is a historic country pub and inn in the Peak District village of Edale, popular with walkers on the Pennine Way.
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E.
The Ostrich Inn
The Ostrich Inn is a historic English coaching inn in Colnbrook, reputedly one of the oldest inns in Britain and associated with various local legends.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
OTTERY ST MARY