Tilia
E431950
Tilia is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as lindens or lime trees, valued for their fragrant flowers, heart-shaped leaves, and use in ornamental planting and herbal remedies.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tilia canonical | 4 |
| Tilia platyphyllos | 2 |
| Linden trees | 1 |
| Linn lime tree | 1 |
| Tilia begonifolia | 1 |
| Tilia cordata | 1 |
| Tilia tomentosa | 1 |
| Tilia × europaea | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4333099 — 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: Tilia Context triple: [Malvaceae, containsGenus, Tilia]
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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.
Fagus
Fagus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as beeches, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere and valued for their hardwood and ornamental use.
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D.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
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E.
Tanne
Tanne is a small village in the Harz region of central Germany, now part of the town of Oberharz am Brocken.
- 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: Tilia Target entity description: Tilia is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as lindens or lime trees, valued for their fragrant flowers, heart-shaped leaves, and use in ornamental planting and herbal remedies.
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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.
Fagus
Fagus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as beeches, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere and valued for their hardwood and ornamental use.
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D.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
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E.
Tanne
Tanne is a small village in the Harz region of central Germany, now part of the town of Oberharz am Brocken.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
plant taxon ⓘ |
| attracts | bees ⓘ |
| barkUse | bast fiber ⓘ |
| bastFiberUse |
basketry
ⓘ
cordage ⓘ matting ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName |
basswood
ⓘ
lime tree ⓘ linden ⓘ |
| family | Malvaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | pale yellow ⓘ |
| flowerFragrance | fragrant ⓘ |
| flowerUse |
herbal tea
ⓘ
traditional medicine ⓘ |
| fruitType | nut-like drupe ⓘ |
| growthForm | tree ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificanceIn | European folklore ⓘ |
| isDeciduous | true ⓘ |
| isImportantFor | honey production ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafMargin | serrated ⓘ |
| leafShape | heart-shaped ⓘ |
| lifespan | long-lived ⓘ |
| medicinalProperty |
antispasmodic
ⓘ
diaphoretic ⓘ mild sedative ⓘ |
| nativeRegion |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| nativeTo | temperate Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Tilia americana
ⓘ
Tilia cordata ⓘ
linked to:
Tilia
Tilia platyphyllos ⓘ
linked to:
Tilia
Tilia tomentosa ⓘ
linked to:
Tilia
Tilia × europaea ⓘ
linked to:
Tilia
|
| order | Malvales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| produces | nectar ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalHeight | 20–40 m ⓘ |
| usedFor |
avenue trees
ⓘ
ornamental planting ⓘ shade trees ⓘ urban landscaping ⓘ |
| woodType | softwood-like hardwood ⓘ |
| woodUse |
carving
ⓘ
musical instruments ⓘ plywood core ⓘ turnery ⓘ |
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: Tilia Description of subject: Tilia is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as lindens or lime trees, valued for their fragrant flowers, heart-shaped leaves, and use in ornamental planting and herbal remedies.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Tilia