Pteroceltis
E97747
Pteroceltis is a small genus of deciduous trees known for their papermaking bark and ornamental value, native to East Asia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pteroceltis canonical | 1 |
| Pteroceltis tatarinowii | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T674370 — 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: Pteroceltis Context triple: [Cannabaceae, containsGenus, Pteroceltis]
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A.
Broussonetia
Broussonetia is a small genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the mulberry family, best known for the paper mulberry used traditionally for making paper and cloth.
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B.
Holoptelea
Holoptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees native to parts of Africa and Asia, commonly known for species like Holoptelea integrifolia used in traditional medicine and as shade trees.
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C.
Paradichrostachys
Paradichrostachys is a little-known flowering plant genus in the small family Dirachmaceae, native to arid regions of the Horn of Africa.
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D.
Widdringtonia
Widdringtonia is a small genus of African coniferous trees commonly known as African cypresses, valued for their durable timber and ecological importance.
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E.
Platycladus
Platycladus is a small genus of evergreen coniferous trees commonly known as Chinese arborvitae, widely used as ornamental and hedging plants in East Asia and beyond.
- 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: Pteroceltis Target entity description: Pteroceltis is a small genus of deciduous trees known for their papermaking bark and ornamental value, native to East Asia.
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A.
Broussonetia
Broussonetia is a small genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the mulberry family, best known for the paper mulberry used traditionally for making paper and cloth.
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B.
Holoptelea
Holoptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees native to parts of Africa and Asia, commonly known for species like Holoptelea integrifolia used in traditional medicine and as shade trees.
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C.
Paradichrostachys
Paradichrostachys is a little-known flowering plant genus in the small family Dirachmaceae, native to arid regions of the Horn of Africa.
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D.
Widdringtonia
Widdringtonia is a small genus of African coniferous trees commonly known as African cypresses, valued for their durable timber and ecological importance.
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E.
Platycladus
Platycladus is a small genus of evergreen coniferous trees commonly known as Chinese arborvitae, widely used as ornamental and hedging plants in East Asia and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| barkUsedFor | paper production ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| describedBy | Maximowicz ⓘ |
| family | Cannabaceae ⓘ |
| habitat | temperate forests ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
ornamental foliage
ⓘ
papery bark ⓘ used in traditional Chinese papermaking ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
blue sandalwood
ⓘ
wingceltis ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Pteroceltis tatarinowii
ⓘ
linked to:
Pteroceltis
|
| hasUse |
ornamental plant
ⓘ
papermaking ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Celtis (hackberry genus)
ⓘ
linked to:
Celtis
|
| nativeTo |
China
ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ Japan ⓘ Korea ⓘ
linked to:
Korean Peninsula
|
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| plantGrowthForm | deciduous tree ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| previouslyClassifiedIn | Ulmaceae ⓘ |
| reproductiveType | flowering plant ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Pteroceltis Description of subject: Pteroceltis is a small genus of deciduous trees known for their papermaking bark and ornamental value, native to East Asia.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pteroceltis