katsura tree
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The katsura tree is an ornamental deciduous tree native to East Asia, valued for its heart-shaped leaves that turn brilliant colors in autumn and emit a sweet, candy-like fragrance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| katsura tree canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18757737 — 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: katsura tree Context triple: [Cercidiphyllaceae, hasNotableMember, katsura tree]
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A.
Katsura
Katsura is a Japanese surname most famously associated with the Meiji-era statesman and samurai Katsura Kogorō (also known as Kido Takayoshi).
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B.
Namakura
Namakura is an Oceanic Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Efate in Vanuatu.
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C.
Kusamakura
Kusamakura is a 1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki that blends poetic prose, philosophical reflection, and aesthetic contemplation through the journey of an artist in a remote mountain hot-spring village.
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D.
Kerria japonica
Kerria japonica is a deciduous flowering shrub in the rose family, valued in gardens for its bright yellow, pom-pom-like spring blossoms.
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E.
Jōmon Sugi
Jōmon Sugi is an ancient and massive cryptomeria tree on Japan’s Yakushima Island, renowned as one of the oldest and largest trees in the country and a symbol of the island’s primeval forests.
- 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: katsura tree Target entity description: The katsura tree is an ornamental deciduous tree native to East Asia, valued for its heart-shaped leaves that turn brilliant colors in autumn and emit a sweet, candy-like fragrance.
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A.
Katsura
Katsura is a Japanese surname most famously associated with the Meiji-era statesman and samurai Katsura Kogorō (also known as Kido Takayoshi).
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B.
Namakura
Namakura is an Oceanic Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Efate in Vanuatu.
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C.
Kusamakura
Kusamakura is a 1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki that blends poetic prose, philosophical reflection, and aesthetic contemplation through the journey of an artist in a remote mountain hot-spring village.
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D.
Kerria japonica
Kerria japonica is a deciduous flowering shrub in the rose family, valued in gardens for its bright yellow, pom-pom-like spring blossoms.
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E.
Jōmon Sugi
Jōmon Sugi is an ancient and massive cryptomeria tree on Japan’s Yakushima Island, renowned as one of the oldest and largest trees in the country and a symbol of the island’s primeval forests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.