New Year’s Eve
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New Year’s Eve is the annual celebration held on the last night of the year, marked by parties, fireworks, and countdowns to midnight.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Year’s Eve canonical | 11 |
| New Year's Eve | 4 |
| New Year's Eve (2011 film) | 1 |
| Vigilia di Capodanno | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T337854 — 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: New Year’s Eve Context triple: [New Year’s Day, follows, New Year’s Eve]
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A.
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is the evening and day before Christmas Day, widely celebrated with family gatherings, festive traditions, and anticipation of Santa Claus’s arrival.
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B.
Christmastide
Christmastide is the Christian liturgical season that celebrates the birth of Jesus and extends from Christmas through the days that follow, traditionally up to Epiphany or the Baptism of the Lord.
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C.
Home for the Holidays
Home for the Holidays is a 1995 American comedy-drama film about a chaotic family Thanksgiving gathering, directed by Jodie Foster.
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D.
Lights of New York
Lights of New York is a 1928 American crime film historically recognized as the first all-talking feature-length movie.
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E.
A Legendary Christmas
A Legendary Christmas is a holiday studio album by American singer John Legend, featuring soulful renditions of Christmas classics and original festive songs.
- 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: New Year’s Eve Target entity description: New Year’s Eve is the annual celebration held on the last night of the year, marked by parties, fireworks, and countdowns to midnight.
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A.
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is the evening and day before Christmas Day, widely celebrated with family gatherings, festive traditions, and anticipation of Santa Claus’s arrival.
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B.
Christmastide
Christmastide is the Christian liturgical season that celebrates the birth of Jesus and extends from Christmas through the days that follow, traditionally up to Epiphany or the Baptism of the Lord.
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C.
Home for the Holidays
Home for the Holidays is a 1995 American comedy-drama film about a chaotic family Thanksgiving gathering, directed by Jodie Foster.
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D.
Lights of New York
Lights of New York is a 1928 American crime film historically recognized as the first all-talking feature-length movie.
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E.
A Legendary Christmas
A Legendary Christmas is a holiday studio album by American singer John Legend, featuring soulful renditions of Christmas classics and original festive songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual event
ⓘ
cultural celebration ⓘ holiday ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
ⓘ
surface form:
Gregorian calendar
New Year’s resolutions ⓘ hope for the coming year ⓘ reflection on the past year ⓘ |
| celebratedIn | many countries worldwide ⓘ |
| commonlyMarkedBy |
concerts
ⓘ
countdown to midnight ⓘ drinking alcohol ⓘ family gatherings ⓘ fireworks displays ⓘ parties ⓘ public celebrations ⓘ singing "Auld Lang Syne" ⓘ television specials ⓘ toasts at midnight ⓘ |
| culminatesAt | midnight ⓘ |
| follows | December 30 ⓘ |
| hasCustom |
kissing at midnight
ⓘ
making noise at midnight ⓘ serving special foods ⓘ wearing festive clothing ⓘ |
| hasRisk |
crowd-related safety concerns
ⓘ
increased alcohol-related accidents ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
beginning of a new year
ⓘ
end of the year ⓘ |
| hasTraditionIn |
Argentina
ⓘ
Australia ⓘ Belgium ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Canada ⓘ China ⓘ Denmark ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Greece ⓘ India ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Italy ⓘ Japan ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Norway ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Russia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ South Korea ⓘ Spain ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ Turkey ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| notableCelebrationLocation |
Berlin
ⓘ
surface form:
Berlin, Germany
Dubai ⓘ
surface form:
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London, United Kingdom
Paris ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, France
Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
surface form:
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sydney Harbour ⓘ
surface form:
Sydney Harbour, Australia
Times Square ⓘ
surface form:
Times Square, New York City
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| occursOn | December 31 ⓘ |
| partOf | New Year celebrations ⓘ |
| precedes | New Year’s Day ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square
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New Year’s Eve television specials ⓘ Old Year’s Night ⓘ |
| symbolizes | transition from old year to new year ⓘ |
| timeOfDay | evening ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: New Year’s Eve Description of subject: New Year’s Eve is the annual celebration held on the last night of the year, marked by parties, fireworks, and countdowns to midnight.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Capodanno
subject surface form:
Capodanno
this entity surface form:
Vigilia di Capodanno
this entity surface form:
New Year's Eve
this entity surface form:
New Year's Eve
this entity surface form:
New Year's Eve
this entity surface form:
New Year's Eve
this entity surface form:
New Year's Eve (2011 film)