Birmingham Zoo
E109969
Birmingham Zoo is a major zoological park in the Birmingham, Alabama area, featuring a wide variety of animal exhibits, conservation programs, and family-oriented attractions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Birmingham Zoo, Inc. | 2 |
| Birmingham Zoo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T907622 — 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: Birmingham Zoo Context triple: [Mountain Brook, Alabama, hasPark, Birmingham Zoo]
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A.
Henson Robinson Zoo
Henson Robinson Zoo is a small municipal zoo in Springfield, Illinois, featuring a variety of native and exotic animals and serving as a local attraction and educational resource.
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B.
Henry Vilas Zoo
Henry Vilas Zoo is a free, family-friendly zoological park in Madison, Wisconsin, known for its diverse animal exhibits and conservation and education programs.
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C.
John Ball Zoo
John Ball Zoo is a popular mid-sized zoological park and educational attraction located in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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D.
Trevor Zoo
Trevor Zoo is a small, accredited teaching zoo in Millbrook, New York, operated by the Millbrook School and known for housing a diverse collection of animals for education and conservation.
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E.
Burgers Zoo
Burgers Zoo is a major Dutch zoological park in Arnhem known for its large, immersive ecological exhibits and diverse animal collections.
- 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: Birmingham Zoo Target entity description: Birmingham Zoo is a major zoological park in the Birmingham, Alabama area, featuring a wide variety of animal exhibits, conservation programs, and family-oriented attractions.
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A.
Henson Robinson Zoo
Henson Robinson Zoo is a small municipal zoo in Springfield, Illinois, featuring a variety of native and exotic animals and serving as a local attraction and educational resource.
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B.
Henry Vilas Zoo
Henry Vilas Zoo is a free, family-friendly zoological park in Madison, Wisconsin, known for its diverse animal exhibits and conservation and education programs.
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C.
John Ball Zoo
John Ball Zoo is a popular mid-sized zoological park and educational attraction located in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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D.
Trevor Zoo
Trevor Zoo is a small, accredited teaching zoo in Millbrook, New York, operated by the Millbrook School and known for housing a diverse collection of animals for education and conservation.
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E.
Burgers Zoo
Burgers Zoo is a major Dutch zoological park in Arnhem known for its large, immersive ecological exhibits and diverse animal collections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonprofit organization
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tourist attraction ⓘ zoo ⓘ |
| accreditation | Association of Zoos and Aquariums ⓘ |
| area | approximately 122 acres ⓘ |
| cityServed |
Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area
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surface form:
Birmingham metropolitan area
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focusesOn |
animal conservation
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education ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| formerName | Jimmy Morgan Zoo ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Birmingham Zoo
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Birmingham Zoo, Inc.
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| hasExhibit |
Children’s Zoo
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Flamingo lagoon ⓘ Lorikeet aviary ⓘ Predator building ⓘ Sea Lion habitat ⓘ Trails of Africa ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
event spaces
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food concessions ⓘ gift shop ⓘ playground areas ⓘ |
| hasParking | on-site parking lot ⓘ |
| hosts |
holiday-themed events
ⓘ
seasonal events ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location |
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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surface form:
Birmingham, Alabama
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| memberOf | Association of Zoos and Aquariums ⓘ |
| near |
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
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U.S. Route 280 ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Highway 280
|
| numberOfAnimals | approximately 550 ⓘ |
| numberOfSpecies | approximately 180 ⓘ |
| offersAttraction |
carousel
ⓘ
train ride ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
animal encounters
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conservation programs ⓘ education programs ⓘ school field trips ⓘ summer camps ⓘ |
| opened | 1955 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Birmingham Zoo
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Birmingham Zoo, Inc.
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| ownedBy |
Birmingham
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Birmingham
|
| specializesIn |
African elephants
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birds ⓘ giraffes ⓘ lions ⓘ primates ⓘ reptiles ⓘ |
| state | Alabama ⓘ |
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: Birmingham Zoo Description of subject: Birmingham Zoo is a major zoological park in the Birmingham, Alabama area, featuring a wide variety of animal exhibits, conservation programs, and family-oriented attractions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Birmingham Zoo, Inc.
this entity surface form:
Birmingham Zoo, Inc.