Capitola Begonia Festival (historic)
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The Capitola Begonia Festival was a long-running annual community celebration in Capitola, California, featuring elaborate begonia flower floats, parades, and waterfront festivities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capitola Begonia Festival | 1 |
| Capitola Begonia Festival (historic) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7780134 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Capitola Begonia Festival (historic) Context triple: [Capitola, California, hasEvent, Capitola Begonia Festival (historic)]
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Wistaria Festival
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Cherry Blossom Festival (San Francisco)
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Canby Dahlia Festival
The Canby Dahlia Festival is an annual floral event in Canby, Oregon, showcasing extensive dahlia displays, competitions, and gardening activities for enthusiasts and visitors.
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Lilac Festival
The Lilac Festival is an annual spring celebration in Lombard, Illinois, featuring blooming lilacs, parades, garden tours, and community events.
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Basil Exposition
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Capitola Begonia Festival (historic) Target entity description: The Capitola Begonia Festival was a long-running annual community celebration in Capitola, California, featuring elaborate begonia flower floats, parades, and waterfront festivities.
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A.
Wistaria Festival
The Wistaria Festival is an annual community celebration in Sierra Madre, California, centered around viewing and honoring one of the world’s largest and oldest wisteria vines.
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B.
Cherry Blossom Festival (San Francisco)
The Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco is a major annual celebration of Japanese and Japanese American culture, featuring traditional performances, food, arts, and a grand parade in the city’s Japantown.
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C.
Canby Dahlia Festival
The Canby Dahlia Festival is an annual floral event in Canby, Oregon, showcasing extensive dahlia displays, competitions, and gardening activities for enthusiasts and visitors.
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D.
Lilac Festival
The Lilac Festival is an annual spring celebration in Lombard, Illinois, featuring blooming lilacs, parades, garden tours, and community events.
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E.
Basil Exposition
Basil Exposition is a supporting character in the Austin Powers film series who serves as a straight-laced British intelligence officer providing mission briefings and comic exposition to the audience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual event
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community festival ⓘ flower festival ⓘ |
| activity |
concerts
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fishing derby ⓘ float-building competition ⓘ food booths ⓘ nautical parade on Soquel Creek ⓘ sand sculpture contest ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Capitola Chamber of Commerce
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Golden State Bulb Growers ⓘ |
| audience |
local residents
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| culturalSignificance | signature event for Capitola ⓘ |
| economicImpact | boosted local tourism ⓘ |
| endTime | 2017 ⓘ |
| feature |
begonia flower floats
ⓘ
parades ⓘ waterfront festivities ⓘ |
| heldAlong | Soquel Creek ⓘ |
| heldAt |
Capitola Village
ⓘ
linked to:
Capitola, California
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| heldNear | Monterey Bay ⓘ |
| heritage | part of Capitola local tradition ⓘ |
| lastEdition | 65th annual festival in 2017 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Capitola, California
ⓘ
Santa Cruz County, California ⓘ |
| mainTheme | begonia flowers ⓘ |
| name |
Capitola Begonia Festival
ⓘ
linked to:
Capitola Begonia Festival (historic)
|
| notableFeature |
floating begonia-covered barges
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use of millions of begonia blossoms ⓘ |
| reasonForEnd | end of local commercial begonia growing ⓘ |
| startTime | 1950s ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| typicalSchedule | Labor Day weekend ⓘ |
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Subject: Capitola Begonia Festival (historic) Description of subject: The Capitola Begonia Festival was a long-running annual community celebration in Capitola, California, featuring elaborate begonia flower floats, parades, and waterfront festivities.
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