Prunus spinulosa
E148028
Prunus spinulosa is an evergreen cherry species native to East Asia, valued as an ornamental tree for its glossy foliage and attractive flowers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prunus spinulosa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T878591 — 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: Prunus spinulosa Context triple: [Prunus, includesSpecies, Prunus spinulosa]
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A.
Sorbus
Sorbus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs, commonly known as rowans or whitebeams, valued for their ornamental foliage, flowers, and berry-like fruits.
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B.
Physocarpus
Physocarpus is a small genus of deciduous flowering shrubs, commonly known as ninebark, valued in horticulture for their attractive peeling bark, clustered blooms, and colorful foliage.
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C.
Spiraea
Spiraea is a genus of flowering shrubs known for their clusters of small, showy blossoms and common use in ornamental landscaping.
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D.
Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster is a genus of ornamental shrubs and small trees known for their attractive foliage, white or pink flowers, and bright red or orange berry-like fruits commonly used in landscaping.
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E.
Rubus
Rubus is a large genus of flowering plants in the rose family that includes raspberries, blackberries, and many related bramble fruits.
- 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: Prunus spinulosa Target entity description: Prunus spinulosa is an evergreen cherry species native to East Asia, valued as an ornamental tree for its glossy foliage and attractive flowers.
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A.
Sorbus
Sorbus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs, commonly known as rowans or whitebeams, valued for their ornamental foliage, flowers, and berry-like fruits.
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B.
Physocarpus
Physocarpus is a small genus of deciduous flowering shrubs, commonly known as ninebark, valued in horticulture for their attractive peeling bark, clustered blooms, and colorful foliage.
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C.
Spiraea
Spiraea is a genus of flowering shrubs known for their clusters of small, showy blossoms and common use in ornamental landscaping.
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D.
Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster is a genus of ornamental shrubs and small trees known for their attractive foliage, white or pink flowers, and bright red or orange berry-like fruits commonly used in landscaping.
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E.
Rubus
Rubus is a large genus of flowering plants in the rose family that includes raspberries, blackberries, and many related bramble fruits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
evergreen tree
ⓘ
ornamental plant ⓘ species ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
cherry trees
ⓘ
subgenus Laurocerasus ⓘ
linked to:
Prunus
|
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| climatePreference | mild climates ⓘ |
| cultivatedFor | ornamental horticulture ⓘ |
| family | Rosaceae ⓘ |
| floweringPlant | true ⓘ |
| flowerType | cherry-like flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | drupe ⓘ |
| genus | Prunus ⓘ |
| growthForm | tree ⓘ |
| habitat | temperate regions ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | evergreen cherry ⓘ |
| hasFoliage | glossy green leaves ⓘ |
| isCherrySpecies | true ⓘ |
| isPerennial | true ⓘ |
| isWoodyPlant | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | evergreen ⓘ |
| leafType | broadleaf ⓘ |
| lifeForm | evergreen ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
China
ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ Japan ⓘ Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
|
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via flowers ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedAs |
garden tree
ⓘ
park tree ⓘ |
| valuedFor |
attractive flowers
ⓘ
glossy foliage ⓘ ornamental use ⓘ |
| woodType | hardwood ⓘ |
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: Prunus spinulosa Description of subject: Prunus spinulosa is an evergreen cherry species native to East Asia, valued as an ornamental tree for its glossy foliage and attractive flowers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.