Calcutta Botanic Garden
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Calcutta Botanic Garden is a historic botanical garden in Kolkata, India, renowned for its extensive plant collections and its iconic Great Banyan tree.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden | 3 |
| Botanical Gardens, Calcutta | 1 |
| Calcutta Botanic Garden canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7120105 — 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: Calcutta Botanic Garden Context triple: [Nathaniel Wallich, employer, Calcutta Botanic Garden]
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A.
Indira Gandhi Memorial Botanical Garden
Indira Gandhi Memorial Botanical Garden is a public botanical garden in Barrackpore, India, featuring diverse plant collections and green spaces dedicated to recreation, education, and conservation.
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B.
Tagore Garden
Tagore Garden is a residential and commercial neighborhood in West Delhi, India, known for its markets, metro connectivity, and proximity to Rajouri Garden.
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C.
Brindavan Gardens
Brindavan Gardens is a famous terraced garden near Mysuru in Karnataka, India, renowned for its musical fountain show and illuminated water features.
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D.
Lalbagh Botanical Garden
Lalbagh Botanical Garden is a historic and expansive botanical garden in Bengaluru, India, renowned for its diverse plant collections, iconic glasshouse, and landscaped grounds.
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E.
Rock Garden
The Rock Garden is a landscaped area featuring carefully arranged rocks and alpine or drought-tolerant plants, designed to showcase naturalistic stone formations within Olbrich Botanical Gardens.
- 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: Calcutta Botanic Garden Target entity description: Calcutta Botanic Garden is a historic botanical garden in Kolkata, India, renowned for its extensive plant collections and its iconic Great Banyan tree.
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A.
Indira Gandhi Memorial Botanical Garden
Indira Gandhi Memorial Botanical Garden is a public botanical garden in Barrackpore, India, featuring diverse plant collections and green spaces dedicated to recreation, education, and conservation.
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B.
Tagore Garden
Tagore Garden is a residential and commercial neighborhood in West Delhi, India, known for its markets, metro connectivity, and proximity to Rajouri Garden.
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C.
Brindavan Gardens
Brindavan Gardens is a famous terraced garden near Mysuru in Karnataka, India, renowned for its musical fountain show and illuminated water features.
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D.
Lalbagh Botanical Garden
Lalbagh Botanical Garden is a historic and expansive botanical garden in Bengaluru, India, renowned for its diverse plant collections, iconic glasshouse, and landscaped grounds.
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E.
Rock Garden
The Rock Garden is a landscaped area featuring carefully arranged rocks and alpine or drought-tolerant plants, designed to showcase naturalistic stone formations within Olbrich Botanical Gardens.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
botanical garden
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heritage site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| area | about 109 hectares ⓘ |
| city | Howrah district metropolitan area of Kolkata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | tropical wet-and-dry climate ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| ecosystemType | man-made garden ecosystem ⓘ |
| formerName |
Indian Botanic Garden
NERFINISHED
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Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Colonel Robert Kyd
NERFINISHED
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East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1787 ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
aquatic plants
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bamboo collection ⓘ medicinal plants ⓘ orchid collection ⓘ palm collection ⓘ subtropical plants ⓘ tropical plants ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | one of the oldest botanical gardens in India ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
herbarium
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lakes and ponds ⓘ library ⓘ nursery ⓘ |
| hasHabitat |
lawn and grassland patches
ⓘ
shaded woodland areas ⓘ wetland areas ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature | Great Banyan tree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPath | avenues lined with trees ⓘ |
| hasView | Hooghly River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Great Banyan tree with one of the largest canopies in the world
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
extensive plant collections ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
Bengali
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Calcutta
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surface form:
Kolkata
West Bengal ⓘ |
| locatedOn | west bank of the Hooghly River ⓘ |
| notableTree | Great Banyan tree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Botanical Survey of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
cultivation and study of plants
ⓘ
introduction of economically important plants to India ⓘ |
| region | eastern India ⓘ |
| usedFor |
botanical research
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conservation of plant diversity ⓘ environmental education ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Calcutta Botanic Garden Description of subject: Calcutta Botanic Garden is a historic botanical garden in Kolkata, India, renowned for its extensive plant collections and its iconic Great Banyan tree.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden
this entity surface form:
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden
this entity surface form:
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden
this entity surface form:
Botanical Gardens, Calcutta