Boom Box Parade
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The Boom Box Parade is a quirky annual Independence Day celebration in Willimantic, Connecticut, where participants march and spectate while playing a synchronized radio broadcast on portable stereos instead of having a traditional marching band.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boom Box Parade canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8644277 — 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: Boom Box Parade Context triple: [Willimantic, Connecticut, hasCulturalEvent, Boom Box Parade]
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A.
Pump Up the Volume
Pump Up the Volume is a 1990 teen drama film starring Christian Slater as a pirate radio DJ who inspires rebellion among high school students.
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B.
Boom Boom Pow
"Boom Boom Pow" is a 2009 electro-pop and hip-hop single by the Black Eyed Peas that became a global hit and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for multiple weeks.
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C.
Parade
Parade is a groundbreaking 1917 ballet with music by Erik Satie and designs by Pablo Picasso, created for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and noted for its avant-garde fusion of art, theater, and dance.
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D.
Parade
"Parade" is a 1986 album by Prince and The Revolution that serves as the soundtrack to the film "Under the Cherry Moon" and features the hit single "Kiss."
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E.
Parade
Parade is a Tony Award–winning musical with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and a book by Alfred Uhry that dramatizes the 1913 trial and lynching of Leo Frank in Atlanta.
- 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: Boom Box Parade Target entity description: The Boom Box Parade is a quirky annual Independence Day celebration in Willimantic, Connecticut, where participants march and spectate while playing a synchronized radio broadcast on portable stereos instead of having a traditional marching band.
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A.
Pump Up the Volume
Pump Up the Volume is a 1990 teen drama film starring Christian Slater as a pirate radio DJ who inspires rebellion among high school students.
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B.
Boom Boom Pow
"Boom Boom Pow" is a 2009 electro-pop and hip-hop single by the Black Eyed Peas that became a global hit and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for multiple weeks.
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C.
Parade
Parade is a groundbreaking 1917 ballet with music by Erik Satie and designs by Pablo Picasso, created for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and noted for its avant-garde fusion of art, theater, and dance.
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D.
Parade
Parade is a Tony Award–winning musical with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and a book by Alfred Uhry that dramatizes the 1913 trial and lynching of Leo Frank in Atlanta.
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E.
Parade
"Parade" is a 1986 album by Prince and The Revolution that serves as the soundtrack to the film "Under the Cherry Moon" and features the hit single "Kiss."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Independence Day celebration
ⓘ
annual event ⓘ cultural event ⓘ parade ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | WILI Boom Box Parade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcaster |
WILI-AM
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
WILI-FM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| frequencyOfEvent | annual ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
local spectators
ⓘ
visitors from surrounding towns ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
community-oriented
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family-friendly ⓘ no formal registration required to participate ⓘ open to anyone to march ⓘ participants carry portable stereos ⓘ quirky ⓘ spectators also play radios ⓘ unconventional parade format ⓘ uses synchronized radio broadcast instead of live marching band ⓘ |
| inception | 1986 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Willimantic, Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Windham, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainLocation | Main Street, Willimantic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicSource | synchronized patriotic music broadcast ⓘ |
| name | Boom Box Parade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
absence of traditional marching band
ⓘ
participants providing the music via radios ⓘ |
| occursOn | July 4 ⓘ |
| organizer | WILI radio station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| paradeType |
community parade
ⓘ
holiday parade ⓘ |
| purpose |
celebrate U.S. Independence Day
ⓘ
promote community spirit in Willimantic ⓘ |
| regionServed | Willimantic area ⓘ |
| startTime | noon on July 4 ⓘ |
| state | Connecticut ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
local news coverage in Connecticut
ⓘ
regional tourism promotion ⓘ |
| theme | Independence Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalParticipants |
community groups
ⓘ
elected officials ⓘ local businesses ⓘ local residents ⓘ |
| usesEquipment |
boom boxes
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portable radios ⓘ portable stereos ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Boom Box Parade Description of subject: The Boom Box Parade is a quirky annual Independence Day celebration in Willimantic, Connecticut, where participants march and spectate while playing a synchronized radio broadcast on portable stereos instead of having a traditional marching band.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Willimantic, Connecticut