Thai New Year Songkran festival
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The Thai New Year Songkran festival is a traditional Thai celebration marked by water splashing, religious merit-making, and family gatherings to welcome the new year in mid-April.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Songkran | 6 |
| Thai New Year | 3 |
| Songkran Festival | 2 |
| Songkran festival | 2 |
| Songkran (Lao-Isan style) | 1 |
| Songkran celebrations | 1 |
| Thai New Year Songkran festival canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T138822 — 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: Thai New Year Songkran festival Context triple: [Thai Town, associatedWith, Thai New Year Songkran festival]
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A.
Thailand
Thailand is a Southeast Asian nation known for its rich Buddhist culture, constitutional monarchy, and role as a regional hub for tourism and trade.
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B.
Bangkok
Bangkok is the vibrant capital and largest city of Thailand, known for its bustling street life, ornate temples, and role as a major economic and cultural hub in Southeast Asia.
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C.
Emperor’s Birthday
Emperor’s Birthday is a Japanese national holiday celebrating the reigning emperor, marked by public festivities and official ceremonies.
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D.
Thai Town
Thai Town is a vibrant Los Angeles neighborhood known as the cultural and commercial hub for the Thai-American community, featuring Thai restaurants, markets, and festivals.
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E.
Medang Kingdom
The Medang Kingdom was an early medieval Javanese Hindu-Buddhist polity in Central and later East Java, known for its temple complexes and role in the development of classical Javanese culture.
- 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: Thai New Year Songkran festival Target entity description: The Thai New Year Songkran festival is a traditional Thai celebration marked by water splashing, religious merit-making, and family gatherings to welcome the new year in mid-April.
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A.
Thailand
Thailand is a Southeast Asian nation known for its rich Buddhist culture, constitutional monarchy, and role as a regional hub for tourism and trade.
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B.
Bangkok
Bangkok is the vibrant capital and largest city of Thailand, known for its bustling street life, ornate temples, and role as a major economic and cultural hub in Southeast Asia.
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C.
Emperor’s Birthday
Emperor’s Birthday is a Japanese national holiday celebrating the reigning emperor, marked by public festivities and official ceremonies.
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D.
Thai Town
Thai Town is a vibrant Los Angeles neighborhood known as the cultural and commercial hub for the Thai-American community, featuring Thai restaurants, markets, and festivals.
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E.
Medang Kingdom
The Medang Kingdom was an early medieval Javanese Hindu-Buddhist polity in Central and later East Java, known for its temple complexes and role in the development of classical Javanese culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Year celebration
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Songkran ritual ⓘ Thai festival ⓘ festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Thai New Year Songkran festival
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surface form:
Songkran festival
Thai New Year Songkran festival ⓘ
surface form:
Thai New Year
|
| associatedWith |
heat of the hot season
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water festival ⓘ |
| basedOnCalendar | solar calendar ⓘ |
| celebratedIn |
Cambodia
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Laos ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Thailand ⓘ |
| country | Thailand ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
community bonding
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family reunion ⓘ paying respect to elders ⓘ spiritual cleansing ⓘ |
| hasFood | traditional Thai dishes ⓘ |
| hasMusic |
Thai folk music
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modern pop music ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
Rod Nam Dam Hua
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bathing Buddha statues ⓘ offering alms to monks ⓘ sand pagoda building ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalDress | colorful floral shirts ⓘ |
| involves | pouring scented water on elders’ hands ⓘ |
| mainActivity |
bathing Buddha images
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family gatherings ⓘ offering food to monks ⓘ pouring water on elders’ hands ⓘ religious merit-making ⓘ temple visits ⓘ water splashing ⓘ |
| marks | traditional Thai New Year ⓘ |
| occursInMonth | April ⓘ |
| publicHolidayDurationInThailand | 3 days ⓘ |
| publicHolidayIn | Thailand ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Thai government ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
purification
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renewal ⓘ washing away bad luck ⓘ |
| tourismAttractionIn |
Bangkok
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Chiang Mai ⓘ Pattaya ⓘ Phuket ⓘ |
| typicalEndDate | April 15 ⓘ |
| typicalStartDate | April 13 ⓘ |
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: Thai New Year Songkran festival Description of subject: The Thai New Year Songkran festival is a traditional Thai celebration marked by water splashing, religious merit-making, and family gatherings to welcome the new year in mid-April.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Songkran
subject surface form:
Songkran
this entity surface form:
Thai New Year
subject surface form:
Songkran
this entity surface form:
Songkran festival
this entity surface form:
Songkran Festival
this entity surface form:
Thai New Year
this entity surface form:
Songkran
this entity surface form:
Songkran
this entity surface form:
Songkran festival
this entity surface form:
Thai New Year
this entity surface form:
Songkran
this entity surface form:
Songkran Festival
this entity surface form:
Songkran
this entity surface form:
Songkran celebrations
this entity surface form:
Songkran (Lao-Isan style)