Persea
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Persea is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs in the laurel family best known for including the cultivated avocado.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Persea americana | 4 |
| Persea canonical | 1 |
| Persea borbonia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10702344 — 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: Persea Context triple: [Lauraceae, includesGenus, Persea]
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A.
Bois d’Orange
Bois d’Orange is a citrus-inspired fragrance line by Roger & Gallet known for its fresh, orange-blossom and woody notes.
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B.
Spondias
Spondias is a genus of tropical fruit-bearing trees known for species like hog plum and ambarella, valued for their edible, often tangy fruits.
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C.
Myrt
Myrt is the Allied reporting name for the Nakajima C6N, a fast, long-range Japanese carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft used during World War II.
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D.
Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
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E.
Marquelia
Marquelia is a coastal town in the Mexican state of Guerrero, known as an important local center in the Costa Chica region.
- 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: Persea Target entity description: Persea is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs in the laurel family best known for including the cultivated avocado.
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A.
Bois d’Orange
Bois d’Orange is a citrus-inspired fragrance line by Roger & Gallet known for its fresh, orange-blossom and woody notes.
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B.
Spondias
Spondias is a genus of tropical fruit-bearing trees known for species like hog plum and ambarella, valued for their edible, often tangy fruits.
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C.
Myrt
Myrt is the Allied reporting name for the Nakajima C6N, a fast, long-range Japanese carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft used during World War II.
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D.
Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
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E.
Marquelia
Marquelia is a coastal town in the Mexican state of Guerrero, known as an important local center in the Costa Chica region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | laurel family ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName | persea ⓘ |
| family | Lauraceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerType |
inconspicuous
ⓘ
small ⓘ |
| growthForm |
evergreen shrub
ⓘ
evergreen tree ⓘ |
| hasEconomicUse |
fruit production
ⓘ
ornamental planting ⓘ timber ⓘ |
| hasFruitType | berry-like drupe ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Persea americana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Persea borbonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Persea caerulea NERFINISHED ⓘ Persea donnell-smithii NERFINISHED ⓘ Persea gratissima ⓘ Persea hintonii NERFINISHED ⓘ Persea indica NERFINISHED ⓘ Persea lingue NERFINISHED ⓘ Persea longipes NERFINISHED ⓘ Persea nubigena NERFINISHED ⓘ Persea palustris NERFINISHED ⓘ Persea podadenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Persea schiedeana NERFINISHED ⓘ Persea thunbergii NERFINISHED ⓘ Persea willdenovii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | evergreen ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Americas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Macaronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ South America ⓘ Southeastern North America ⓘ |
| notableFor | including the cultivated avocado ⓘ |
| order | Laurales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| scientificName | Persea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Persea americana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| woodType | hardwood ⓘ |
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: Persea Description of subject: Persea is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs in the laurel family best known for including the cultivated avocado.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Persea
linked to: Persea