Cotinus
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Cotinus is a small genus of ornamental shrubs and small trees, commonly known as smoke trees or smoke bushes, valued for their colorful foliage and distinctive, hazy flower plumes.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cotinus canonical | 1 |
| Cotinus coggygria | 1 |
| Cotinus obovatus | 1 |
| Cotinus szechuanensis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5779442 — 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: Cotinus Context triple: [Rhus, isRelatedTo, Cotinus]
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A.
Cytisus
Cytisus is a genus of flowering shrubs in the legume family, commonly known as brooms, noted for their bright, pea-like flowers and use in ornamental landscaping.
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B.
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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C.
Cornus
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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D.
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, commonly known as oleasters or silverberries, valued for their hardiness, silvery foliage, and often edible, nutrient-rich fruits.
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E.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
- 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: Cotinus Target entity description: Cotinus is a small genus of ornamental shrubs and small trees, commonly known as smoke trees or smoke bushes, valued for their colorful foliage and distinctive, hazy flower plumes.
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A.
Cytisus
Cytisus is a genus of flowering shrubs in the legume family, commonly known as brooms, noted for their bright, pea-like flowers and use in ornamental landscaping.
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B.
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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C.
Cornus
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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D.
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, commonly known as oleasters or silverberries, valued for their hardiness, silvery foliage, and often edible, nutrient-rich fruits.
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E.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Anacardioideae ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName |
smoke bush
ⓘ
smoke tree ⓘ |
| fallColor |
orange
ⓘ
red ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| family | Anacardiaceae ⓘ |
| flowerType | small flowers in large panicles ⓘ |
| foliageColorRange |
green
ⓘ
purple ⓘ red ⓘ |
| growthForm |
deciduous shrub
ⓘ
deciduous small tree ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Cotinus coggygria
ⓘ
linked to:
Cotinus
Cotinus obovatus ⓘ
linked to:
Cotinus
Cotinus szechuanensis ⓘ
linked to:
Cotinus
|
| hasUse | ornamental horticulture ⓘ |
| inflorescenceCharacteristic | plume-like hairy stalks ⓘ |
| isA |
ornamental shrub
ⓘ
ornamental small tree ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| landscapeUse |
mixed ornamental planting
ⓘ
shrub border ⓘ specimen plant ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | deciduous ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| lightPreference | full sun ⓘ |
| nativeTo | temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| order | Sapindales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
cuttings
ⓘ
grafting ⓘ seed ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Rhus ⓘ |
| soilPreference | well-drained soil ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerance | drought-tolerant once established ⓘ |
| typicalHeight | 3–7 meters ⓘ |
| valuedFor |
colorful foliage
ⓘ
hazy flower plumes ⓘ ornamental use in gardens ⓘ |
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: Cotinus Description of subject: Cotinus is a small genus of ornamental shrubs and small trees, commonly known as smoke trees or smoke bushes, valued for their colorful foliage and distinctive, hazy flower plumes.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cotinus
linked to: Cotinus
linked to: Cotinus