Wisconsin Stage
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Wisconsin Stage is the most recent major glacial period of the Pleistocene epoch in North America, during which large ice sheets covered much of Canada and the northern United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wisconsin Stage canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2909603 — 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: Wisconsin Stage Context triple: [Wisconsin glaciation, alsoKnownAs, Wisconsin Stage]
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A.
Ithaca Festival
Ithaca Festival is an annual community arts and music celebration in downtown Ithaca, New York, featuring local performers, parades, and cultural activities.
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B.
New York State Blues Festival
The New York State Blues Festival is a major annual music event in Syracuse that showcases regional and national blues artists.
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C.
Mississippi Valley Theater
The Mississippi Valley Theater was the Civil War military theater encompassing campaigns and battles along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, where control of this vital waterway was contested between Union and Confederate forces.
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D.
Wisconsin Center District
The Wisconsin Center District is a public convention and entertainment district authority in Milwaukee that owns and operates major venues, including the city’s primary convention center and sports and entertainment facilities.
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E.
Burlington Sound of Music Festival
The Burlington Sound of Music Festival is a major annual outdoor music festival in Burlington, Ontario, featuring multiple stages, diverse musical acts, and family-friendly activities along the city’s waterfront.
- 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: Wisconsin Stage Target entity description: Wisconsin Stage is the most recent major glacial period of the Pleistocene epoch in North America, during which large ice sheets covered much of Canada and the northern United States.
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A.
Ithaca Festival
Ithaca Festival is an annual community arts and music celebration in downtown Ithaca, New York, featuring local performers, parades, and cultural activities.
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B.
New York State Blues Festival
The New York State Blues Festival is a major annual music event in Syracuse that showcases regional and national blues artists.
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C.
Mississippi Valley Theater
The Mississippi Valley Theater was the Civil War military theater encompassing campaigns and battles along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, where control of this vital waterway was contested between Union and Confederate forces.
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D.
Wisconsin Center District
The Wisconsin Center District is a public convention and entertainment district authority in Milwaukee that owns and operates major venues, including the city’s primary convention center and sports and entertainment facilities.
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E.
Burlington Sound of Music Festival
The Burlington Sound of Music Festival is a major annual outdoor music festival in Burlington, Ontario, featuring multiple stages, diverse musical acts, and family-friendly activities along the city’s waterfront.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pleistocene glaciation
ⓘ
Quaternary geological event ⓘ glacial stage ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
human migration into the Americas
ⓘ
megafaunal extinctions in late Pleistocene ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
Cordilleran Ice Sheet expansion
ⓘ
Laurentide Ice Sheet expansion ⓘ glacial advances and retreats ⓘ large continental ice sheets ⓘ |
| climate |
colder-than-present temperatures in North America
ⓘ
expanded permafrost zones ⓘ |
| correlatesWith |
Last Glacial Period
ⓘ
surface form:
Devensian glaciation
Weichselian glaciation ⓘ Würm glaciation ⓘ |
| coveredRegion |
Great Lakes region
ⓘ
New England ⓘ much of Canada ⓘ northern United States ⓘ upper Midwest ⓘ |
| evidenceFrom |
glacial landforms
ⓘ
pollen records ⓘ radiocarbon dating ⓘ stratigraphic sequences ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Holocene
ⓘ
surface form:
Holocene epoch
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Wisconsin glaciation
ⓘ
surface form:
Wisconsin Glaciation
Wisconsin glaciation ⓘ
surface form:
Wisconsinan Glaciation
Wisconsin glaciation ⓘ
surface form:
Wisconsinan Stage
|
| isSubstageOf | Late Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ |
| lastGlacialMaximumApprox | about 21,000 years ago ⓘ |
| locatedIn | North America ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pleistocene epoch
ⓘ
Quaternary period ⓘ |
| precededBy | Illinoian Stage ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
deposition of glacial till
ⓘ
drumlins ⓘ eskers ⓘ formation of Great Lakes basins ⓘ formation of moraines ⓘ isostatic crustal depression ⓘ kettle lakes ⓘ outwash plains ⓘ postglacial isostatic rebound ⓘ proglacial lakes ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Quaternary geology
ⓘ
glaciology ⓘ paleoclimatology ⓘ |
| timeSpanEndApprox | about 11,000 years ago ⓘ |
| timeSpanStartApprox | about 75,000 years ago ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wisconsin Stage Description of subject: Wisconsin Stage is the most recent major glacial period of the Pleistocene epoch in North America, during which large ice sheets covered much of Canada and the northern United States.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.