Celtis
E20398
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Celtis canonical | 4 |
| Celtis (hackberry genus) | 1 |
| Celtis (in some classifications) | 1 |
| Celtis africana | 1 |
| Celtis laevigata | 1 |
| Celtis occidentalis | 1 |
| Celtis sinensis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T102861 — 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: Celtis Context triple: [Rosales, includes, Celtis]
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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.
Zelkova
Zelkova is a small genus of deciduous trees in the elm family, valued as ornamentals and for bonsai, and native to parts of Europe and Asia.
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C.
Tetraclinis
Tetraclinis is a small genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family, best known for the species Tetraclinis articulata, commonly called the sandarac or Barbary thuja.
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D.
Platycladus
Platycladus is a small genus of evergreen coniferous trees commonly known as Chinese arborvitae, widely used as ornamental and hedging plants in East Asia and beyond.
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E.
Morus
Morus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, valued for their sweet, edible fruits and use in silkworm cultivation.
- 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: Celtis Target entity description: Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
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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.
Zelkova
Zelkova is a small genus of deciduous trees in the elm family, valued as ornamentals and for bonsai, and native to parts of Europe and Asia.
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C.
Tetraclinis
Tetraclinis is a small genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family, best known for the species Tetraclinis articulata, commonly called the sandarac or Barbary thuja.
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D.
Platycladus
Platycladus is a small genus of evergreen coniferous trees commonly known as Chinese arborvitae, widely used as ornamental and hedging plants in East Asia and beyond.
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E.
Morus
Morus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, valued for their sweet, edible fruits and use in silkworm cultivation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
plant taxon ⓘ |
| barkDescription | generally gray bark ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName |
hackberries
ⓘ
hackberry trees ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
temperate regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
food source for birds
ⓘ
food source for small mammals ⓘ host plant for butterfly larvae ⓘ |
| family | Cannabaceae ⓘ |
| fruitDescription | small berry-like fruits ⓘ |
| fruitType | drupe ⓘ |
| growthForm |
large tree
ⓘ
medium-sized tree ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Celtis africana
ⓘ
linked to:
Celtis
Celtis australis ⓘ Celtis laevigata ⓘ
linked to:
Celtis
Celtis occidentalis ⓘ
linked to:
Celtis
Celtis sinensis ⓘ
linked to:
Celtis
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | deciduous ⓘ |
| leafType | broadleaf ⓘ |
| lifeForm | deciduous tree ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Cannabaceae ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| plantType | woody plant ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via seeds ⓘ |
| seedDispersal |
birds
ⓘ
mammals ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates |
drought
ⓘ
poor soils ⓘ urban conditions ⓘ |
| usedFor |
shade trees
ⓘ
street trees ⓘ |
| valuedFor |
hardiness
ⓘ
ornamental use ⓘ wildlife food ⓘ |
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: Celtis Description of subject: Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Celtis
linked to: Celtis
linked to: Celtis
linked to: Celtis
linked to: Celtis