Jardin du Roi
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Jardin du Roi was the royal botanical garden and major scientific institution in Paris that served as a center for natural history research and teaching in pre-Revolutionary France.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jardin du Roi canonical | 5 |
| Jardin royal des plantes médicinales | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2936459 — 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: Jardin du Roi Context triple: [Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, employer, Jardin du Roi]
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A.
Gardens of Saint-Cloud
The Gardens of Saint-Cloud are a grand formal French landscape park near Paris, renowned for their terraces, fountains, and geometric vistas characteristic of André Le Nôtre’s style.
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B.
Gardens of the Palace of Versailles
The Gardens of the Palace of Versailles are an expansive and meticulously formal French landscape ensemble renowned for their grand geometric layout, ornamental fountains, and symbolic expression of royal power under Louis XIV.
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C.
Matignon gardens
The Matignon gardens are the extensive, carefully landscaped private grounds behind the Hôtel de Matignon in Paris, known for hosting official receptions and serving as a green refuge in the heart of the French capital.
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D.
Jardin du Ranelagh
Jardin du Ranelagh is a historic public garden in Paris’s 16th arrondissement, known for its tree-lined paths, children’s playgrounds, and proximity to the Musée Marmottan Monet.
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E.
Gardens of Sceaux
The Gardens of Sceaux are a grand formal French landscape park near Paris, renowned for their classical symmetry, terraces, and water features characteristic of André Le Nôtre’s 17th-century garden design.
- 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: Jardin du Roi Target entity description: Jardin du Roi was the royal botanical garden and major scientific institution in Paris that served as a center for natural history research and teaching in pre-Revolutionary France.
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A.
Gardens of Saint-Cloud
The Gardens of Saint-Cloud are a grand formal French landscape park near Paris, renowned for their terraces, fountains, and geometric vistas characteristic of André Le Nôtre’s style.
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B.
Gardens of the Palace of Versailles
The Gardens of the Palace of Versailles are an expansive and meticulously formal French landscape ensemble renowned for their grand geometric layout, ornamental fountains, and symbolic expression of royal power under Louis XIV.
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C.
Matignon gardens
The Matignon gardens are the extensive, carefully landscaped private grounds behind the Hôtel de Matignon in Paris, known for hosting official receptions and serving as a green refuge in the heart of the French capital.
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D.
Jardin du Ranelagh
Jardin du Ranelagh is a historic public garden in Paris’s 16th arrondissement, known for its tree-lined paths, children’s playgrounds, and proximity to the Musée Marmottan Monet.
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E.
Gardens of Sceaux
The Gardens of Sceaux are a grand formal French landscape park near Paris, renowned for their classical symmetry, terraces, and water features characteristic of André Le Nôtre’s 17th-century garden design.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
botanical garden
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natural history institution ⓘ royal garden ⓘ scientific institution ⓘ |
| BuffonPosition | intendant of the Jardin du Roi ⓘ |
| BuffonTermEnd | 1788 ⓘ |
| BuffonTermStart | 1739 ⓘ |
| collectionType |
animal specimens
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dried plant specimens ⓘ living plant collections ⓘ mineral specimens ⓘ scientific instruments ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrAbolished | French Revolution ⓘ |
| employed |
intendant of the garden
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royal demonstrator of plants ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
botany
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chemistry ⓘ medicine ⓘ mineralogy ⓘ natural history ⓘ zoology ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Guy de La Brosse
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King Louis XIII ⓘ
surface form:
Louis XIII of France
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| function |
cultivation of medicinal plants
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maintenance of royal collections ⓘ scientific research ⓘ teaching of botany ⓘ teaching of natural history ⓘ |
| governedBy | French monarchy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
botanical garden
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cabinet of natural history ⓘ herbarium ⓘ laboratories ⓘ lecture halls ⓘ menagerie ⓘ |
| importance |
major center of natural history in pre-Revolutionary France
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principal royal institution for botanical teaching in Paris ⓘ |
| inception | 1626 ⓘ |
| laterKnownAs |
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
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surface form:
Jardin des Plantes
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle ⓘ
surface form:
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle
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| locatedIn |
Faubourg Saint-Victor
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Left Bank of the Seine ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| notableEmployee |
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
ⓘ
surface form:
Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu
Bernard de Jussieu ⓘ Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon ⓘ Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton ⓘ
surface form:
Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton
Michel Adanson ⓘ Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ⓘ |
| openedToPublic | 1640 ⓘ |
| originalName |
Jardin du Roi
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Jardin royal des plantes médicinales
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| predecessor |
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
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surface form:
Jardin des Plantes
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| renamed | Jardin du Roi self-link ⓘ |
| renamedDate | 1793 ⓘ |
| significantEvent | French Revolution reforms of scientific institutions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jardin du Roi Description of subject: Jardin du Roi was the royal botanical garden and major scientific institution in Paris that served as a center for natural history research and teaching in pre-Revolutionary France.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jardin royal des plantes médicinales
subject surface form:
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
this entity surface form:
Jardin royal des plantes médicinales