Weeks
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Weeks is the English name for the Jewish festival of Shavuot, which marks the completion of the seven-week counting period between Passover and the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Weeks canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T337915 — 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: Weeks Context triple: [Shavuot, meaningOfName, Weeks]
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A.
The Shepherd's Week
The Shepherd's Week is a 1714 pastoral poem sequence by English writer John Gay that humorously imitates and satirizes the rustic style of contemporary pastoral poetry.
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B.
Different Seasons
Different Seasons is a 1982 collection of four novellas by Stephen King, notable for including the stories that inspired the films The Shawshank Redemption, Stand by Me, and Apt Pupil.
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C.
Turnaround Tuesday
Turnaround Tuesday was the second of the 1965 Selma voting-rights marches, marked by a strategic retreat that highlighted federal inaction and helped galvanize support for the Voting Rights Act.
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D.
Songs in A Minor
Songs in A Minor is the critically acclaimed, Grammy-winning R&B and soul album that introduced Alicia Keys to worldwide fame.
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E.
The What D'Ye Call It
The What D'Ye Call It is a satirical one-act play by English poet and dramatist John Gay, known for parodying the conventions of contemporary tragedy and theatre.
- 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: Weeks Target entity description: Weeks is the English name for the Jewish festival of Shavuot, which marks the completion of the seven-week counting period between Passover and the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
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A.
The Shepherd's Week
The Shepherd's Week is a 1714 pastoral poem sequence by English writer John Gay that humorously imitates and satirizes the rustic style of contemporary pastoral poetry.
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B.
Different Seasons
Different Seasons is a 1982 collection of four novellas by Stephen King, notable for including the stories that inspired the films The Shawshank Redemption, Stand by Me, and Apt Pupil.
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C.
Turnaround Tuesday
Turnaround Tuesday was the second of the 1965 Selma voting-rights marches, marked by a strategic retreat that highlighted federal inaction and helped galvanize support for the Voting Rights Act.
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D.
Songs in A Minor
Songs in A Minor is the critically acclaimed, Grammy-winning R&B and soul album that introduced Alicia Keys to worldwide fame.
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E.
The What D'Ye Call It
The What D'Ye Call It is a satirical one-act play by English poet and dramatist John Gay, known for parodying the conventions of contemporary tragedy and theatre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish holiday
ⓘ
biblical festival ⓘ religious festival ⓘ |
| agriculturalAspect | wheat harvest in the Land of Israel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Book of Ruth
ⓘ
Counting of the Omer ⓘ Mosaic covenant ⓘ
surface form:
Sinai covenant
Ten Commandments ⓘ |
| biblicalCommandment |
offering of first fruits
ⓘ
pilgrimage festival ⓘ |
| calendar | Hebrew calendar ⓘ |
| category |
Jewish holidays related to the Exodus
ⓘ
Three Pilgrimage Festivals ⓘ |
| commemorates |
giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai
ⓘ
revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ |
| custom |
decorating homes and synagogues with greenery
ⓘ
eating dairy foods ⓘ studying Torah all night (Tikkun Leil Shavuot) ⓘ |
| duration |
one day in Israel
ⓘ
two days in the Jewish diaspora ⓘ |
| follows | Passover ⓘ |
| hasCountingPeriod |
forty-nine days
ⓘ
seven weeks ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | Named for the seven weeks counted from Passover ⓘ |
| hasName |
Shavuot
ⓘ
surface form:
Feast of Weeks
Pentecost ⓘ Shavuot ⓘ
surface form:
Shavuos
Shavuot ⓘ Weeks self-link ⓘ |
| linkedEvent |
Exodus from Egypt
ⓘ
receiving the Torah ⓘ |
| liturgicalFocus |
reading of the Book of Ruth
ⓘ
reading of the Ten Commandments ⓘ |
| liturgicalStatus | Yom Tov ⓘ |
| occursAfter | Counting of the Omer ⓘ |
| occursInMonth | Sivan ⓘ |
| origin | biblical commandment in the Torah ⓘ |
| precedes | fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalSource |
Book of Deuteronomy
ⓘ
Book of Exodus ⓘ Book of Leviticus ⓘ |
| theme |
Torah
ⓘ
completion of spiritual preparation ⓘ covenant between God and Israel ⓘ revelation ⓘ |
| workProhibition | forbidden as on the Sabbath, with festival exceptions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Weeks Description of subject: Weeks is the English name for the Jewish festival of Shavuot, which marks the completion of the seven-week counting period between Passover and the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Shavuot