Pacific Northwest Ballet
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Pacific Northwest Ballet is a leading American ballet company based in Seattle, renowned for its diverse repertoire, high-caliber dancers, and acclaimed productions of both classical and contemporary works.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pacific Northwest Ballet canonical | 9 |
| Pacific Northwest Ballet School | 3 |
| Pacific Northwest Ballet (at McCaw Hall) | 1 |
| Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7745182 — 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: Pacific Northwest Ballet Context triple: [McCaw Hall, primaryTenant, Pacific Northwest Ballet]
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A.
San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Ballet is one of the oldest professional ballet companies in the United States, renowned for its innovative repertory, world-class dancers, and influential role in American ballet.
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B.
Kansas City Ballet
Kansas City Ballet is a professional ballet company based in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its classical and contemporary productions and its role as a leading cultural institution in the region.
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C.
Houston Ballet
Houston Ballet is a leading American ballet company based in Houston, Texas, renowned for its world-class dancers, innovative repertoire, and prominent role in the international dance community.
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D.
Dayton Ballet
Dayton Ballet is a professional dance company based in Dayton, Ohio, known for its classical and contemporary ballet performances and community engagement.
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E.
American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre is one of the leading classical ballet companies in the United States, renowned for its extensive repertoire and international touring.
- 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: Pacific Northwest Ballet Target entity description: Pacific Northwest Ballet is a leading American ballet company based in Seattle, renowned for its diverse repertoire, high-caliber dancers, and acclaimed productions of both classical and contemporary works.
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A.
San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Ballet is one of the oldest professional ballet companies in the United States, renowned for its innovative repertory, world-class dancers, and influential role in American ballet.
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B.
Kansas City Ballet
Kansas City Ballet is a professional ballet company based in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its classical and contemporary productions and its role as a leading cultural institution in the region.
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C.
Houston Ballet
Houston Ballet is a leading American ballet company based in Houston, Texas, renowned for its world-class dancers, innovative repertoire, and prominent role in the international dance community.
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D.
Dayton Ballet
Dayton Ballet is a professional dance company based in Dayton, Ohio, known for its classical and contemporary ballet performances and community engagement.
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E.
American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre is one of the leading classical ballet companies in the United States, renowned for its extensive repertoire and international touring.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ballet company ⓘ |
| artForm |
classical ballet
ⓘ
contemporary ballet ⓘ |
| basedIn | Seattle Center ⓘ |
| basedInMetropolitanArea | Seattle metropolitan area ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| educationalProgram |
Pacific Northwest Ballet School
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Northwest Ballet
|
| formerHomeVenue | Seattle Opera House ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1972 ⓘ |
| founder |
Francia Russell
ⓘ
Kent Stowell ⓘ |
| genre | ballet ⓘ |
| hasBalletSchool |
Pacific Northwest Ballet School
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Northwest Ballet
|
| hasOrchestra |
Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Northwest Ballet
|
| hasSeason | annual performance season ⓘ |
| hasType | professional ballet company ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.pnb.org/ ⓘ |
| language | nonverbal performance ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
Seattle ⓘ Washington ⓘ |
| musicDirector | Emil de Cou ⓘ |
| notableChoreographerInRepertoire |
Crystal Pite
ⓘ
George Balanchine ⓘ Jerome Robbins ⓘ Justin Peck ⓘ Kent Stowell ⓘ Twyla Tharp ⓘ William Forsythe ⓘ |
| notableProduction |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
ⓘ
linked to:
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Coppélia ⓘ George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker ⓘ
linked to:
The Nutcracker (Balanchine version)
Giselle ⓘ
linked to:
Giselle in Giselle
Swan Lake ⓘ |
| offers |
community outreach programs
ⓘ
dance education programs ⓘ single-ticket performances ⓘ student performances ⓘ subscription series ⓘ |
| performsAt | Marion Oliver McCaw Hall ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | major American ballet company ⓘ |
| recognizedFor |
acclaimed productions
ⓘ
diverse repertoire ⓘ high-caliber dancers ⓘ |
| repertoireIncludes |
classical works
ⓘ
contemporary works ⓘ mixed repertory programs ⓘ neoclassical works ⓘ story ballets ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Pacific Northwest Ballet Description of subject: Pacific Northwest Ballet is a leading American ballet company based in Seattle, renowned for its diverse repertoire, high-caliber dancers, and acclaimed productions of both classical and contemporary works.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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