Magnolia kobus
E383284
Magnolia kobus is a deciduous magnolia tree native to East Asia, valued in gardens for its early-spring display of fragrant white flowers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Magnolia kobus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3734895 — 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: Magnolia kobus Context triple: [Magnolia, hasSpecies, Magnolia kobus]
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A.
Amur goral
The Amur goral is a small, sure-footed goat-antelope native to rugged forested mountains of Northeast Asia, known for its agility on steep rocky slopes and conservation concern due to habitat loss and hunting.
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B.
Hydropotes inermis
Hydropotes inermis, commonly known as the water deer, is a small East Asian deer species notable for its lack of antlers and prominent tusk-like canine teeth.
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C.
Timor deer
The Timor deer is a medium-sized deer native to the islands of Indonesia and East Timor, known as a primary prey species for Komodo dragons.
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D.
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Ailuropoda melanoleuca is the giant panda, a distinctive black-and-white bear native to China and known for its bamboo-based diet.
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E.
Babyrousa babyrussa
Babyrousa babyrussa is a wild pig species from Indonesian islands, notable for the males’ dramatically upward-curving tusks and its classification within the babirusas.
- 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: Magnolia kobus Target entity description: Magnolia kobus is a deciduous magnolia tree native to East Asia, valued in gardens for its early-spring display of fragrant white flowers.
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A.
Amur goral
The Amur goral is a small, sure-footed goat-antelope native to rugged forested mountains of Northeast Asia, known for its agility on steep rocky slopes and conservation concern due to habitat loss and hunting.
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B.
Hydropotes inermis
Hydropotes inermis, commonly known as the water deer, is a small East Asian deer species notable for its lack of antlers and prominent tusk-like canine teeth.
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C.
Timor deer
The Timor deer is a medium-sized deer native to the islands of Indonesia and East Timor, known as a primary prey species for Komodo dragons.
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D.
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Ailuropoda melanoleuca is the giant panda, a distinctive black-and-white bear native to China and known for its bamboo-based diet.
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E.
Babyrousa babyrussa
Babyrousa babyrussa is a wild pig species from Indonesian islands, notable for the males’ dramatically upward-curving tusks and its classification within the babirusas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deciduous tree
ⓘ
ornamental plant ⓘ plant species ⓘ |
| barkColor | gray ⓘ |
| branchingPattern | upright ⓘ |
| commonName |
Kobus magnolia
ⓘ
Northern Japanese magnolia ⓘ
linked to:
Magnolia
|
| crownShape | broadly pyramidal ⓘ |
| cultivatedAs | ornamental tree ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Peter Thunberg ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | early-season nectar source for insects ⓘ |
| family | Magnoliaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | white ⓘ |
| flowerFragrance | fragrant ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | early spring ⓘ |
| flowerShape | cup-shaped ⓘ |
| fruitType | aggregate follicle ⓘ |
| genus | Magnolia ⓘ |
| growthForm | tree ⓘ |
| hardiness | cold-hardy ⓘ |
| hasHybrid | Magnolia × loebneri ⓘ |
| hasVariety | Magnolia kobus var. borealis ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Europe
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| landscapeUse |
specimen tree
ⓘ
street tree ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafShape | ovate ⓘ |
| leafType | deciduous ⓘ |
| lightPreference |
full sun
ⓘ
partial shade ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
East Asia
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ Korea ⓘ |
| order | Magnoliales ⓘ |
| petalCount | 6–9 tepals ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| seedColor | red aril-covered seeds ⓘ |
| soilPreference | well-drained soil ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tolerates |
air pollution
ⓘ
urban conditions ⓘ |
| typicalHeight | 10–15 m ⓘ |
| usedIn |
garden landscaping
ⓘ
urban planting ⓘ |
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: Magnolia kobus Description of subject: Magnolia kobus is a deciduous magnolia tree native to East Asia, valued in gardens for its early-spring display of fragrant white flowers.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.