Nagi tree
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The Nagi tree is a revered sacred tree species in Japan, often associated with Shinto shrines and believed to offer protection and good fortune.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nagi tree canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6671882 — 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: Nagi tree Context triple: [Kumano Hayatama Taisha, hasSacredTree, Nagi tree]
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A.
Figtree
Figtree is a residential suburb of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia, known for its shopping centre and proximity to both the Illawarra escarpment and the city centre.
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B.
Parijata tree
The Parijata tree is a celestial, wish-fulfilling tree from Hindu mythology, famed in legends involving Krishna and his consort Satyabhama.
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C.
Khaya
Khaya is a genus of tropical African trees in the mahogany family, valued for their high-quality timber.
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D.
Melia azedarach
Melia azedarach is a deciduous tree species known for its ornamental use, fragrant lilac-colored flowers, and toxic berries, commonly called chinaberry or Persian lilac.
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E.
Camphor tree
The camphor tree is a large, long-lived evergreen tree native to East Asia, known for its aromatic wood and leaves from which camphor oil is traditionally extracted.
- 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: Nagi tree Target entity description: The Nagi tree is a revered sacred tree species in Japan, often associated with Shinto shrines and believed to offer protection and good fortune.
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A.
Figtree
Figtree is a residential suburb of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia, known for its shopping centre and proximity to both the Illawarra escarpment and the city centre.
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B.
Parijata tree
The Parijata tree is a celestial, wish-fulfilling tree from Hindu mythology, famed in legends involving Krishna and his consort Satyabhama.
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C.
Khaya
Khaya is a genus of tropical African trees in the mahogany family, valued for their high-quality timber.
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D.
Melia azedarach
Melia azedarach is a deciduous tree species known for its ornamental use, fragrant lilac-colored flowers, and toxic berries, commonly called chinaberry or Persian lilac.
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E.
Camphor tree
The camphor tree is a large, long-lived evergreen tree native to East Asia, known for its aromatic wood and leaves from which camphor oil is traditionally extracted.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant used in religious practices
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tree ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Japanese folk beliefs
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Japanese protective charms ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Shinto ⓘ |
| believedToProvide |
good fortune
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protection ⓘ |
| countryOfCulturalSignificance | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalBelief |
revered as a sacred tree in Japan
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thought to bring good fortune to worshippers ⓘ thought to protect people and places where it grows ⓘ |
| culturalRole | sacred tree species in Japan ⓘ |
| perceivedProperty |
ability to attract good fortune
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protective power ⓘ sacredness ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
object of veneration
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protective sacred tree ⓘ |
| roleInRitual | tree whose presence sanctifies shrine grounds ⓘ |
| symbolism |
good luck
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protection from misfortune ⓘ spiritual protection ⓘ |
| typicalLocation | grounds of Shinto shrines in Japan ⓘ |
| usedAt | Shinto shrines ⓘ |
| worshipContext | Shinto shrine precincts ⓘ |
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: Nagi tree Description of subject: The Nagi tree is a revered sacred tree species in Japan, often associated with Shinto shrines and believed to offer protection and good fortune.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.