Flower Clock
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The Flower Clock is a large outdoor timepiece in Geneva that combines functional clockwork with a meticulously designed, seasonally changing floral display.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flower Clock canonical | 3 |
| flower clock of Geneva | 2 |
| Floral Clock | 1 |
| Flower Clock (Blumenuhr) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T929906 — 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: Flower Clock Context triple: [English Garden of Geneva, hasAttraction, Flower Clock]
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A.
The Garden
The Garden is the famous nickname for Boston Garden, the historic indoor arena in Boston that hosted the NBA’s Celtics, the NHL’s Bruins, and numerous iconic sports and entertainment events.
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B.
The Garden
The Garden is the famous nickname for Madison Square Garden, the iconic multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City known for major sports, concerts, and entertainment events.
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C.
The Gardens
The Gardens was the original name of Maple Leaf Gardens, the historic Toronto arena famed as the longtime home of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and a major venue for sports and entertainment events.
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D.
Bloomgarden
Bloomgarden is the surname of Kermit Bloomgarden, a notable American theatrical producer associated with several acclaimed Broadway productions.
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E.
Glass Flowers
Glass Flowers is a renowned collection of extraordinarily detailed glass botanical models created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, housed at Harvard and celebrated for its scientific accuracy and artistic craftsmanship.
- 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: Flower Clock Target entity description: The Flower Clock is a large outdoor timepiece in Geneva that combines functional clockwork with a meticulously designed, seasonally changing floral display.
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A.
The Garden
The Garden is the famous nickname for Boston Garden, the historic indoor arena in Boston that hosted the NBA’s Celtics, the NHL’s Bruins, and numerous iconic sports and entertainment events.
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B.
The Garden
The Garden is the famous nickname for Madison Square Garden, the iconic multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City known for major sports, concerts, and entertainment events.
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C.
The Gardens
The Gardens was the original name of Maple Leaf Gardens, the historic Toronto arena famed as the longtime home of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and a major venue for sports and entertainment events.
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D.
Bloomgarden
Bloomgarden is the surname of Kermit Bloomgarden, a notable American theatrical producer associated with several acclaimed Broadway productions.
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E.
Glass Flowers
Glass Flowers is a renowned collection of extraordinarily detailed glass botanical models created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, housed at Harvard and celebrated for its scientific accuracy and artistic craftsmanship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
floral clock
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outdoor clock ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| admissionFee | no ⓘ |
| category |
Clocks in Switzerland
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Gardens in Geneva ⓘ Tourist attractions in Geneva ⓘ |
| city | Geneva ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| designedBy | Carl-Vogt horticultural service of Geneva (municipal gardeners) ⓘ |
| feature |
landscaped surroundings
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precise time display ⓘ seasonally changing flower patterns ⓘ |
| hasMeasurement | large diameter floral dial ⓘ |
| hasPart |
circular flowerbed
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functional clock mechanism ⓘ hour hand ⓘ minute hand ⓘ seasonal floral display ⓘ second hand ⓘ |
| inception | 1955 ⓘ |
| isFamousFor |
being a symbol of Geneva’s watchmaking tradition
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combining horology and horticulture ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Geneva
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Jardin Anglais ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Geneva parks and gardens service
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linked to:
Geneva parks and gardens services
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| material |
living plants
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metal ⓘ soil ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| nativeName |
L’Horloge fleurie
ⓘ
linked to:
L'Horloge Fleurie
|
| near |
Jet d’Eau
ⓘ
linked to:
Jet d'Eau
Lake Geneva ⓘ |
| numberOfPlants | thousands of plants ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
City of Geneva
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linked to:
Geneva
|
| purpose |
ornamental display
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public timekeeping ⓘ |
| timeIndication |
hours
ⓘ
minutes ⓘ seconds ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central European Summer Time
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Central European Time ⓘ |
| touristAttractionOf | Geneva ⓘ |
| uses | quartz movement ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Flower Clock Description of subject: The Flower Clock is a large outdoor timepiece in Geneva that combines functional clockwork with a meticulously designed, seasonally changing floral display.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flower Clock
linked to: Flower Clock
linked to: Flower Clock
linked to: Flower Clock