UBC Botanical Garden
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UBC Botanical Garden is a major public research and display garden in Vancouver, Canada, known for its diverse plant collections, conservation work, and educational programs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UBC Botanical Garden canonical | 17 |
| VanDusen Botanical Garden | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1098567 — 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: UBC Botanical Garden Context triple: [University of British Columbia, hasFacility, UBC Botanical Garden]
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A.
Washington Park Botanical Garden
Washington Park Botanical Garden is a public botanical garden in Springfield, Illinois, featuring diverse plant collections, conservatories, and landscaped grounds for education and recreation.
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B.
Halifax Public Gardens
Halifax Public Gardens is a historic Victorian-era public garden in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, known for its ornate landscaping, floral displays, and tranquil walking paths.
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C.
The Botanic Garden
The Botanic Garden is an 18th-century didactic poem by Erasmus Darwin that blends poetic descriptions of plants with early evolutionary ideas and Enlightenment science.
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D.
Royal Botanical Gardens
Royal Botanical Gardens is a major botanical garden and nature sanctuary in Ontario known for its extensive plant collections, conservation areas, and public education programs.
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E.
Bancroft Gardens
Bancroft Gardens is a riverside public park in Stratford-upon-Avon, known for its scenic views by the River Avon, ornamental gardens, and proximity to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
- 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: UBC Botanical Garden Target entity description: UBC Botanical Garden is a major public research and display garden in Vancouver, Canada, known for its diverse plant collections, conservation work, and educational programs.
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A.
Washington Park Botanical Garden
Washington Park Botanical Garden is a public botanical garden in Springfield, Illinois, featuring diverse plant collections, conservatories, and landscaped grounds for education and recreation.
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B.
Halifax Public Gardens
Halifax Public Gardens is a historic Victorian-era public garden in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, known for its ornate landscaping, floral displays, and tranquil walking paths.
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C.
The Botanic Garden
The Botanic Garden is an 18th-century didactic poem by Erasmus Darwin that blends poetic descriptions of plants with early evolutionary ideas and Enlightenment science.
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D.
Royal Botanical Gardens
Royal Botanical Gardens is a major botanical garden and nature sanctuary in Ontario known for its extensive plant collections, conservation areas, and public education programs.
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E.
Bancroft Gardens
Bancroft Gardens is a riverside public park in Stratford-upon-Avon, known for its scenic views by the River Avon, ornamental gardens, and proximity to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
botanical garden
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tourist attraction ⓘ |
| affiliation |
University of British Columbia Faculty of Science
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linked to:
University of British Columbia
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| category |
display garden
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research garden ⓘ |
| city | Vancouver ⓘ |
| collectionSize | thousands of plant taxa ⓘ |
| collectionType |
herbarium specimens
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living plant collections ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| ecosystemType |
Asian woodland collections
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alpine and montane collections ⓘ temperate rainforest collections ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
biodiversity research
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horticulture ⓘ plant conservation ⓘ plant taxonomy ⓘ public education ⓘ |
| founder | John Davidson ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Alpine Garden
ⓘ
BC Rainforest Garden ⓘ David C. Lam Asian Garden ⓘ Food Garden ⓘ Greenheart TreeWalk ⓘ Nitobe Memorial Garden ⓘ Physic Garden ⓘ
linked to:
Chelsea Physic Garden
|
| hasProgram |
community outreach
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conservation programs ⓘ educational programs ⓘ horticulture training ⓘ public tours ⓘ school programs ⓘ |
| heritage | oldest university botanical garden in Canada ⓘ |
| inception | 1916 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British Columbia
ⓘ
University of British Columbia ⓘ Vancouver ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Pacific Spirit Regional Park
ⓘ
Strait of Georgia ⓘ
linked to:
Georgia Strait
|
| notableFeature |
Japanese stroll garden (Nitobe Memorial Garden)
ⓘ
canopy walkway ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operator | University of British Columbia ⓘ |
| partOf |
University of British Columbia campus
ⓘ
linked to:
University of British Columbia
|
| province | British Columbia ⓘ |
| website | https://botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: UBC Botanical Garden Description of subject: UBC Botanical Garden is a major public research and display garden in Vancouver, Canada, known for its diverse plant collections, conservation work, and educational programs.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: UBC Botanical Garden