All Hallows’ Eve

E464048

cultural holiday festival religious observance

All Hallows’ Eve, commonly known as Halloween, is a traditional festival observed on the evening before All Saints’ Day, marked by customs such as costumes, trick-or-treating, and themed celebrations.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
All Hallows’ Eve canonical	5
All Hallows Eve	2
All Hallows' Eve	2
On All Hallow’s Eve	1
Samhain	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4692548 — 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: All Hallows’ Eve
Context triple: [All Saints’ Day, precededBy, All Hallows’ Eve]

A. All Hallows
All Hallows is a Christian solemnity celebrated on November 1st in Western churches to honor all saints, known and unknown.
B. Halloween Haunt
Halloween Haunt is a large-scale, horror-themed nighttime event at Canada's Wonderland featuring haunted mazes, scare zones, live entertainment, and seasonal attractions during the Halloween season.
C. Halloween Haunt
Halloween Haunt is a seasonal Halloween-themed nighttime event at California’s Great America featuring haunted mazes, scare zones, live entertainment, and special attractions.
D. Halloween Carnaval
Halloween Carnaval is a massive annual street festival and costume celebration held each Halloween in West Hollywood, California, known for its elaborate outfits, live entertainment, and LGBTQ+ inclusive party atmosphere.
E. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later is a 1998 slasher film in the Halloween franchise that revisits Laurie Strode 20 years after her original encounter with Michael Myers.
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: All Hallows’ Eve
Target entity description: All Hallows’ Eve, commonly known as Halloween, is a traditional festival observed on the evening before All Saints’ Day, marked by customs such as costumes, trick-or-treating, and themed celebrations.

A. All Hallows
All Hallows is a Christian solemnity celebrated on November 1st in Western churches to honor all saints, known and unknown.
B. Halloween Haunt
Halloween Haunt is a large-scale, horror-themed nighttime event at Canada's Wonderland featuring haunted mazes, scare zones, live entertainment, and seasonal attractions during the Halloween season.
C. Halloween Haunt
Halloween Haunt is a seasonal Halloween-themed nighttime event at California’s Great America featuring haunted mazes, scare zones, live entertainment, and special attractions.
D. Halloween Carnaval
Halloween Carnaval is a massive annual street festival and costume celebration held each Halloween in West Hollywood, California, known for its elaborate outfits, live entertainment, and LGBTQ+ inclusive party atmosphere.
E. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later is a 1998 slasher film in the Halloween franchise that revisits Laurie Strode 20 years after her original encounter with Michael Myers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural holiday ⓘ festival ⓘ religious observance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	All Hallows Eve ⓘ linked to: All Hallows’ Eve Halloween ⓘ Hallowe’en ⓘ
associatedWith	Allhallowtide ⓘ Christian liturgical year ⓘ
associatedWithBelief	thinning of the veil between living and dead ⓘ
color	black ⓘ orange ⓘ purple ⓘ
etymology	name means “evening of All Hallows (All Saints)” ⓘ
follows	All Hallows’ Day eve ⓘ
hasCustom	bobbing for apples ⓘ children going door-to-door for sweets ⓘ households decorating with spooky themes ⓘ telling fortunes in some traditions ⓘ
hasHistoricalRootIn	Celtic harvest festivals ⓘ Samhain ⓘ
hasOriginIn	Western Christianity ⓘ
observedOn	evening before All Saints’ Day ⓘ
occursOn	October 31 ⓘ
precedes	All Saints’ Day ⓘ
relatedHoliday	All Saints’ Day ⓘ All Souls’ Day ⓘ Day of the Dead ⓘ linked to: Día de Muertos
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
season	autumn ⓘ
secularizedAs	modern Halloween celebrations ⓘ
symbol	bat ⓘ black cat ⓘ ghost ⓘ jack-o’-lantern ⓘ pumpkin ⓘ skeleton ⓘ skull ⓘ spider ⓘ witch ⓘ
theme	death ⓘ harvest ⓘ remembrance of the dead ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ
timeOfDay	evening ⓘ
typicalActivity	attending church services ⓘ attending costume parties ⓘ carving jack-o’-lanterns ⓘ lighting bonfires ⓘ lighting candles on graves ⓘ playing pranks ⓘ telling scary stories ⓘ trick-or-treating ⓘ visiting haunted attractions ⓘ watching horror films ⓘ wearing costumes ⓘ
widelyObservedIn	Canada ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Mexico ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America many other countries ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

All Saints’ Day → precededBy → All Hallows’ Eve ⓘ

Misfits → associatedAct → Samhain ⓘ

linked to: All Hallows’ Eve

Inklings → associatedWork → All Hallows' Eve ⓘ

linked to: All Hallows’ Eve

Samhain → relatedTo → All Hallows’ Eve ⓘ

subject linked to: Celtic festival Samhain

Allhallowtide → hasPart → All Hallows’ Eve ⓘ

Allhallowtide → associatedWith → All Hallows’ Eve ⓘ

All Hallows → follows → All Hallows' Eve ⓘ

linked to: All Hallows’ Eve

All Hallows’ Eve → alsoKnownAs → All Hallows Eve ⓘ

linked to: All Hallows’ Eve

Charles Williams (theologian) → notableWork → All Hallows’ Eve ⓘ

Creepshow (TV series) → hasEpisode → All Hallows Eve ⓘ

linked to: All Hallows’ Eve

MMXII → hasPart → On All Hallow’s Eve ⓘ

linked to: All Hallows’ Eve

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated Show

Statements (61)

How these facts were elicited Show

Referenced by (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

How these facts were elicited