Cornus
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Cornus is a genus of woody plants commonly known as dogwoods, which includes numerous species valued for their ornamental flowers, colorful bracts, and attractive bark.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cornus canonical | 3 |
| Cornus florida | 3 |
| Cornus kousa | 3 |
| Cornus mas | 3 |
| Cornus sanguinea | 3 |
| Cornus nuttallii | 2 |
| Cornus alba | 1 |
| Cornus sericea | 1 |
| White Dogwood | 1 |
| derived from Latin Cornus Albus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3548407 — 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: Cornus Context triple: [Pacific dogwood, genus, Cornus]
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A.
Cercis
Cercis is a genus of small deciduous trees and shrubs in the pea family, known for their early spring display of pink to magenta blossoms that often appear on bare branches before the leaves.
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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.
Rhus
Rhus is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sumacs, which includes shrubs and small trees often recognized for their compound leaves and clusters of red or white berries.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Cornus Target entity description: Cornus is a genus of woody plants commonly known as dogwoods, which includes numerous species valued for their ornamental flowers, colorful bracts, and attractive bark.
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A.
Cercis
Cercis is a genus of small deciduous trees and shrubs in the pea family, known for their early spring display of pink to magenta blossoms that often appear on bare branches before the leaves.
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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.
Rhus
Rhus is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sumacs, which includes shrubs and small trees often recognized for their compound leaves and clusters of red or white berries.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| barkCharacteristic |
mottled bark in some species
ⓘ
peeling bark in some species ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName | dogwood ⓘ |
| dispersal | bird-dispersed fruits ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| family | Cornaceae ⓘ |
| floweringSeason |
early summer in some species
ⓘ
spring in many species ⓘ |
| fruitCharacteristic | often brightly colored ⓘ |
| fruitType | drupe ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
deciduous
ⓘ
some species evergreen ⓘ |
| hasCultivar | numerous ornamental cultivars ⓘ |
| hasEcologicalRole |
provides food for birds
ⓘ
provides habitat for wildlife ⓘ |
| hasGrowthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ |
| hasPart | simple leaves ⓘ |
| hasStructure | showy bracts surrounding flowers in some species ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Cornus alba
ⓘ
linked to:
Cornus
Cornus florida ⓘ
linked to:
Cornus
Cornus kousa ⓘ
linked to:
Cornus
Cornus mas ⓘ
linked to:
Cornus
Cornus nuttallii ⓘ
linked to:
Cornus
Cornus sanguinea ⓘ Cornus sericea ⓘ
linked to:
Cornus
|
| inflorescenceType | small clustered flowers ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| order | Cornales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeOf | woody plant ⓘ |
| usedAs |
ornamental garden plant
ⓘ
street and park tree ⓘ |
| valuedFor |
attractive bark
ⓘ
autumn foliage color ⓘ colorful bracts ⓘ ornamental flowers ⓘ |
| woodCharacteristic | hard and dense in some species ⓘ |
| woodUsedFor | tool handles in some species ⓘ |
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: Cornus Description of subject: Cornus is a genus of woody plants commonly known as dogwoods, which includes numerous species valued for their ornamental flowers, colorful bracts, and attractive bark.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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