Maryland State Fair

E611740

annual event state fair

The Maryland State Fair is an annual late-summer fair in Timonium featuring agricultural exhibits, carnival rides, live entertainment, and food, serving as one of the state's major public events.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Maryland State Fair canonical	6
Maryland State Fair and Agricultural Society, Inc.	3
Maryland State Fair and Agricultural Society of Baltimore County Fair	1
Maryland State Fairgrounds	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6693841 — 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: Maryland State Fair
Context triple: [Timonium, Maryland, knownFor, Maryland State Fair]

A. State Fair
State Fair is a 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical film (adapted from the 1933 movie and novel) that follows an Iowa farm family’s romantic and personal adventures at their annual state fair.
B. Delaware County Fair
The Delaware County Fair is an annual agricultural and community festival in Delaware County, Ohio, featuring livestock shows, midway rides, food vendors, and various entertainment events.
C. Vermont State Fair
The Vermont State Fair is one of the United States’ oldest agricultural fairs, featuring livestock shows, midway rides, local food, and entertainment each year in Rutland.
D. Nebraska State Fair
The Nebraska State Fair is a major annual agricultural and entertainment event showcasing the state's farming heritage, livestock, food, and family attractions.
E. Farmington Fair
Farmington Fair is an annual agricultural fair in Farmington, Maine, featuring livestock shows, exhibitions, rides, and community events.
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: Maryland State Fair
Target entity description: The Maryland State Fair is an annual late-summer fair in Timonium featuring agricultural exhibits, carnival rides, live entertainment, and food, serving as one of the state's major public events.

A. State Fair
State Fair is a 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical film (adapted from the 1933 movie and novel) that follows an Iowa farm family’s romantic and personal adventures at their annual state fair.
B. Delaware County Fair
The Delaware County Fair is an annual agricultural and community festival in Delaware County, Ohio, featuring livestock shows, midway rides, food vendors, and various entertainment events.
C. Vermont State Fair
The Vermont State Fair is one of the United States’ oldest agricultural fairs, featuring livestock shows, midway rides, local food, and entertainment each year in Rutland.
D. Nebraska State Fair
The Nebraska State Fair is a major annual agricultural and entertainment event showcasing the state's farming heritage, livestock, food, and family attractions.
E. Farmington Fair
Farmington Fair is an annual agricultural fair in Farmington, Maine, featuring livestock shows, exhibitions, rides, and community events.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual event ⓘ state fair ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Maryland State Fair and Agricultural Society of Baltimore County Fair ⓘ linked to: Maryland State Fair
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
COVID19PandemicImpact	operations modified in 2020 due to public health restrictions ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	agricultural show ⓘ carnival ⓘ fairground festival ⓘ
hasEconomicImpactOn	Baltimore County economy ⓘ local tourism industry ⓘ
hasPart	4-H competitions ⓘ agricultural exhibits ⓘ carnival rides ⓘ concerts ⓘ exhibition halls ⓘ food vendors ⓘ horse racing ⓘ live entertainment ⓘ livestock competitions ⓘ midway games ⓘ
hasRegulation	animal welfare standards for exhibited livestock ⓘ safety rules for rides and attractions ⓘ
hasVenue	Timonium Fairgrounds ⓘ linked to: Maryland State Fairgrounds
inception	1878 ⓘ
locatedIn	Timonium, Maryland ⓘ linked to: Timonium
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Baltimore County, Maryland ⓘ linked to: Baltimore County Mary of Maryland ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.marylandstatefair.com/ ⓘ
organizer	Maryland State Fair and Agricultural Society, Inc. ⓘ linked to: Maryland State Fair
purpose	agricultural education ⓘ promotion of Maryland agriculture ⓘ public entertainment ⓘ
regionServed	State of Maryland ⓘ linked to: Maryland
shortName	Maryland State Fair ⓘ
significance	one of Maryland’s major public events ⓘ
significantEvent	first held in Timonium in 1879 ⓘ
subjectOf	local news coverage in Baltimore region ⓘ
timeOfYear	late summer ⓘ
transportConnection	near Timonium Road station of the Baltimore Light Rail ⓘ
typicalAudience	Maryland residents ⓘ families ⓘ tourists ⓘ
typicalEndTime	early September ⓘ
typicalStartTime	late August ⓘ
typicalVenue	Maryland State Fairgrounds ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

Timonium, Maryland → knownFor → Maryland State Fair ⓘ

subject linked to: Timonium, Maryland, United States

Timonium, Maryland → contains → Maryland State Fairgrounds ⓘ

subject linked to: Timonium, Maryland, United States