National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade

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annual event cultural event parade tourist attraction

The National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade is a major springtime procession in Washington, D.C., showcasing elaborate floats, marching bands, performers, and cultural displays celebrating the city’s cherry blossom season.

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Label	Occurrences
National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10579445 — 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: National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade
Context triple: [National Cherry Blossom Festival, featuresEvent, National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade]

A. Columbus Day Parade
The Columbus Day Parade is an annual Italian-American heritage celebration featuring floats, music, and community festivities, notably held in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood.
B. Independence Day Parade
The Independence Day Parade in Fairfax, Virginia is a community celebration held annually on the Fourth of July featuring marching bands, floats, civic groups, and patriotic festivities.
C. Macy’s Day Parade
The Macy’s Day Parade, more commonly known as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, is a famous annual New York City procession featuring giant character balloons, elaborate floats, marching bands, and performances to celebrate Thanksgiving.
D. Tournament of Roses Parade
The Tournament of Roses Parade is an annual New Year’s Day procession in Pasadena, California, featuring elaborate flower-covered floats, marching bands, and equestrian units.
E. Thanksgiving Day parade
The Thanksgiving Day parade associated with Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest is a major annual Canadian holiday procession featuring themed floats, marching bands, and cultural displays that celebrates both Thanksgiving and the region’s German heritage.
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: National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade
Target entity description: The National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade is a major springtime procession in Washington, D.C., showcasing elaborate floats, marching bands, performers, and cultural displays celebrating the city’s cherry blossom season.

A. Columbus Day Parade
The Columbus Day Parade is an annual Italian-American heritage celebration featuring floats, music, and community festivities, notably held in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood.
B. Independence Day Parade
The Independence Day Parade in Fairfax, Virginia is a community celebration held annually on the Fourth of July featuring marching bands, floats, civic groups, and patriotic festivities.
C. Macy’s Day Parade
The Macy’s Day Parade, more commonly known as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, is a famous annual New York City procession featuring giant character balloons, elaborate floats, marching bands, and performances to celebrate Thanksgiving.
D. Tournament of Roses Parade
The Tournament of Roses Parade is an annual New Year’s Day procession in Pasadena, California, featuring elaborate flower-covered floats, marching bands, and equestrian units.
E. Thanksgiving Day parade
The Thanksgiving Day parade associated with Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest is a major annual Canadian holiday procession featuring themed floats, marching bands, and cultural displays that celebrates both Thanksgiving and the region’s German heritage.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual event ⓘ cultural event ⓘ parade ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
associatedWith	Tidal Basin cherry trees ⓘ linked to: Tidal Basin cherry blossoms ⓘ
attracts	international visitors ⓘ national visitors ⓘ
audienceType	families ⓘ local residents ⓘ tourists ⓘ
broadcastOn	local television ⓘ
city	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
features	celebrity appearances ⓘ cheerleading teams ⓘ costumed characters ⓘ cultural displays ⓘ dance troupes ⓘ floats ⓘ giant helium balloons ⓘ marching bands ⓘ military bands ⓘ performers ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasApproximateDuration	several hours ⓘ
hasCulturalRepresentation	American culture ⓘ Japanese culture ⓘ
hasFreeViewingAreas	true ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasTheme	cherry blossom season ⓘ springtime celebration ⓘ
hasTicketedGrandstands	true ⓘ
isOutdoorEvent	true ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
organisedBy	National Cherry Blossom Festival, Inc. ⓘ
partOf	National Cherry Blossom Festival ⓘ linked to: National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C.
purpose	celebrate cherry blossom season in Washington, D.C. ⓘ promote cultural exchange ⓘ promote tourism in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
relatedTo	gift of cherry trees from Japan to the United States ⓘ
routeEndArea	near the Washington Monument ⓘ
routeStartArea	near the National Archives ⓘ
season	spring ⓘ
subjectOf	tourism promotions for Washington, D.C. ⓘ
takesPlaceOn	Constitution Avenue ⓘ linked to: Constitution Avenue NW
typicalMonth	April ⓘ