Morus
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Morus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, valued for their sweet, edible fruits and use in silkworm cultivation.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Morus alba | 3 |
| Morus canonical | 2 |
| Morus australis | 1 |
| Morus cathayana | 1 |
| Morus nigra | 1 |
| Morus notabilis | 1 |
| Morus serrata | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T102857 — 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: Morus Context triple: [Rosales, includes, Morus]
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A.
Ulmus
Ulmus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as elms, widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and valued for their distinctive vase-shaped form and use in landscaping and timber.
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B.
Ulmus minor
Ulmus minor is a species of elm tree native to Europe and western Asia, commonly known as the field elm and valued for its hard timber and ornamental use.
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C.
Ulmus laevis
Ulmus laevis, commonly known as the European white elm, is a deciduous tree species native to Europe, recognized for its pale bark, tolerance of wet soils, and importance in riparian woodlands.
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D.
Prunus
Prunus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs that includes cherries, plums, peaches, apricots, and almonds, many of which are important fruit and nut crops.
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E.
Malus
Malus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the rose family best known for cultivated apples and ornamental crabapples.
- 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: Morus Target entity description: Morus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, valued for their sweet, edible fruits and use in silkworm cultivation.
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A.
Ulmus
Ulmus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as elms, widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and valued for their distinctive vase-shaped form and use in landscaping and timber.
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B.
Ulmus minor
Ulmus minor is a species of elm tree native to Europe and western Asia, commonly known as the field elm and valued for its hard timber and ornamental use.
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C.
Ulmus laevis
Ulmus laevis, commonly known as the European white elm, is a deciduous tree species native to Europe, recognized for its pale bark, tolerance of wet soils, and importance in riparian woodlands.
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D.
Prunus
Prunus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs that includes cherries, plums, peaches, apricots, and almonds, many of which are important fruit and nut crops.
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E.
Malus
Malus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the rose family best known for cultivated apples and ornamental crabapples.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
plant taxon ⓘ |
| barkCharacteristic | rough bark ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | mulberries ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
anthocyanins
ⓘ
flavonoids ⓘ resveratrol ⓘ |
| cultivatedFor |
fodder
ⓘ
fruit ⓘ silk industry ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
important for sericulture
ⓘ
important fruit crop in some regions ⓘ |
| family | Moraceae ⓘ |
| flowerSex | usually dioecious ⓘ |
| fruitTaste | sweet ⓘ |
| fruitType | multiple fruit ⓘ |
| fruitUse | edible fruit ⓘ |
| growthForm |
large shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Morus alba
ⓘ
linked to:
Morus
Morus australis ⓘ
linked to:
Morus
Morus cathayana ⓘ
linked to:
Morus
Morus nigra ⓘ
linked to:
Morus
Morus notabilis ⓘ
linked to:
Morus
Morus rubra ⓘ Morus serrata ⓘ
linked to:
Morus
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafCharacteristic |
often lobed leaves
ⓘ
simple leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | broadleaf ⓘ |
| leafUse | silkworm feed ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| plantType | deciduous tree ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| primaryHostOf | Bombyx mori ⓘ |
| reproduction | flowering plant ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fruit production
ⓘ
ornamental planting ⓘ silkworm cultivation ⓘ timber ⓘ 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: Morus Description of subject: Morus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, valued for their sweet, edible fruits and use in silkworm cultivation.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Morus
linked to: Morus
linked to: Morus
linked to: Morus
linked to: Morus
linked to: Morus
linked to: Morus
linked to: Morus