Spondias
E143827
Spondias is a genus of tropical fruit-bearing trees known for species like hog plum and ambarella, valued for their edible, often tangy fruits.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spondias dulcis | 2 |
| Spondias canonical | 1 |
| Spondias mombin | 1 |
| Spondias pinnata | 1 |
| Spondias radlkoferi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1106270 — 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: Spondias Context triple: [Anacardiaceae, includesGenus, Spondias]
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A.
Semecarpus
Semecarpus is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs in the cashew family, many species of which produce highly irritating sap that can cause severe allergic skin reactions.
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B.
Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
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C.
Artocarpus
Artocarpus is a genus of tropical trees in the mulberry family that includes economically important fruit species such as breadfruit and jackfruit.
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D.
Dorstenia
Dorstenia is a genus of unusual, often low-growing tropical plants known for their distinctive, flattened, star- or disk-shaped inflorescences.
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E.
Croton
Croton was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy, renowned for its athletic achievements and as the home of the philosopher Pythagoras.
- 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: Spondias Target entity description: Spondias is a genus of tropical fruit-bearing trees known for species like hog plum and ambarella, valued for their edible, often tangy fruits.
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A.
Semecarpus
Semecarpus is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs in the cashew family, many species of which produce highly irritating sap that can cause severe allergic skin reactions.
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B.
Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
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C.
Artocarpus
Artocarpus is a genus of tropical trees in the mulberry family that includes economically important fruit species such as breadfruit and jackfruit.
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D.
Dorstenia
Dorstenia is a genus of unusual, often low-growing tropical plants known for their distinctive, flattened, star- or disk-shaped inflorescences.
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E.
Croton
Croton was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy, renowned for its athletic achievements and as the home of the philosopher Pythagoras.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName |
Indian hog plum
ⓘ
Spanish plum ⓘ ambarella ⓘ ambarella genus ⓘ hog plum ⓘ hog plum genus ⓘ umbu ⓘ |
| describedAs | tropical fruit-bearing trees valued for tangy fruits ⓘ |
| dispersal | animal-dispersed fruits ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
minor tropical fruit crop
ⓘ
regional food crop ⓘ |
| family | Anacardiaceae ⓘ |
| flowerType | small flowers in panicles ⓘ |
| fruitType | drupe ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
deciduous or semi-deciduous trees
ⓘ
fruit-bearing ⓘ fruits often tangy or acidic ⓘ produces edible fruits ⓘ |
| hasPart |
edible fruit pulp
ⓘ
large central stone ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Spondias dulcis
ⓘ
linked to:
Spondias
Spondias mombin ⓘ Spondias pinnata ⓘ
linked to:
Spondias
Spondias purpurea ⓘ Spondias radlkoferi ⓘ
linked to:
Spondias
Spondias tuberosa ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Pacific Islands ⓘ tropical Asia ⓘ |
| is |
genus of flowering plants
ⓘ
genus of tropical fruit trees ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | pinnate leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Neotropics
ⓘ
linked to:
Neotropical realm
tropical Americas ⓘ |
| order | Sapindales ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fresh fruit consumption
ⓘ
jams and preserves ⓘ juices ⓘ pickles ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
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: Spondias Description of subject: Spondias is a genus of tropical fruit-bearing trees known for species like hog plum and ambarella, valued for their edible, often tangy fruits.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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