Picnic Day (UC Davis event held in Davis)

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UC Davis tradition annual community festival parade event university open house event

Picnic Day is UC Davis’s long-running annual open house and community festival featuring campus showcases, parades, and family-friendly activities in Davis, California.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Picnic Day (UC Davis event held in Davis) canonical	1
UC Davis Picnic Day	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6994653 — 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: Picnic Day (UC Davis event held in Davis)
Context triple: [Davis, California, hasCulturalEvent, Picnic Day (UC Davis event held in Davis)]

A. UC Davis Arboretum
UC Davis Arboretum is a public teaching and research garden and natural landscape along the Putah Creek channel on the UC Davis campus, featuring diverse plant collections, walking paths, and educational exhibits.
B. The Glade (UC Berkeley)
The Glade (UC Berkeley) is a large, grassy open space on the UC Berkeley campus that serves as a central gathering and recreation area for students.
C. People’s Park (Isla Vista)
People’s Park (Isla Vista) is a small community green space in the college town of Isla Vista, California, commonly used for student gatherings, recreation, and local events.
D. Bay Area Fun Festival
Bay Area Fun Festival is a community celebration in Coos Bay, Oregon, featuring family-friendly activities, entertainment, and local cultural events.
E. Prosser Wine and Food Fair
Prosser Wine and Food Fair is an annual festival in Prosser, Washington that showcases regional wines, local foods, and live entertainment.
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: Picnic Day (UC Davis event held in Davis)
Target entity description: Picnic Day is UC Davis’s long-running annual open house and community festival featuring campus showcases, parades, and family-friendly activities in Davis, California.

A. UC Davis Arboretum
UC Davis Arboretum is a public teaching and research garden and natural landscape along the Putah Creek channel on the UC Davis campus, featuring diverse plant collections, walking paths, and educational exhibits.
B. The Glade (UC Berkeley)
The Glade (UC Berkeley) is a large, grassy open space on the UC Berkeley campus that serves as a central gathering and recreation area for students.
C. People’s Park (Isla Vista)
People’s Park (Isla Vista) is a small community green space in the college town of Isla Vista, California, commonly used for student gatherings, recreation, and local events.
D. Bay Area Fun Festival
Bay Area Fun Festival is a community celebration in Coos Bay, Oregon, featuring family-friendly activities, entertainment, and local cultural events.
E. Prosser Wine and Food Fair
Prosser Wine and Food Fair is an annual festival in Prosser, Washington that showcases regional wines, local foods, and live entertainment.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UC Davis tradition ⓘ annual community festival ⓘ parade event ⓘ university open house event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	UC Davis Picnic Day ⓘ linked to: Picnic Day (UC Davis event held in Davis)
associatedWith	UC Davis Aggies ⓘ UC Davis academic colleges ⓘ linked to: University of California, Davis student clubs at UC Davis ⓘ
audience	alumni ⓘ faculty ⓘ local community ⓘ staff ⓘ students ⓘ visitors ⓘ
campus	UC Davis campus ⓘ linked to: University of California, Davis
cityServed	Davis, California ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eventType	community festival ⓘ family-friendly event ⓘ open house ⓘ
feature	academic department exhibits ⓘ animal science demonstrations ⓘ campus showcases ⓘ children’s activities ⓘ food vendors ⓘ music performances ⓘ parade ⓘ student organization booths ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	alcohol-free on campus ⓘ daytime event ⓘ family-friendly ⓘ open to the public ⓘ
hostInstitution	University of California, Davis ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	Davis, California ⓘ
name	Picnic Day ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the largest student-run events in the United States ⓘ
organizer	University of California, Davis ⓘ
purpose	celebrate campus spirit ⓘ engage the local community ⓘ recruit prospective students ⓘ showcase UC Davis programs and research ⓘ
region	Yolo County, California ⓘ linked to: Yolo County
state	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
targetDemographic	families ⓘ prospective students ⓘ
typicalMonthHeld	April ⓘ