Ostrya
E1017060
Ostrya is a genus of deciduous hardwood trees commonly known as hop-hornbeams, recognized for their hop-like fruit clusters and strong, durable wood.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ostrya canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12961704 — 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: Ostrya Context triple: [Betulaceae, includesGenus, Ostrya]
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A.
Alnus
Alnus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs commonly known as alders, often found in moist or riparian habitats in temperate regions.
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B.
Corylus
Corylus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs commonly known as hazels, valued for their edible nuts and ornamental foliage.
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C.
Reynoutria
Reynoutria is a genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, best known for invasive species such as Japanese knotweed.
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D.
Fraxinus
Fraxinus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as ash trees, found across temperate regions and valued for their strong, flexible wood.
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E.
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.
- 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: Ostrya Target entity description: Ostrya is a genus of deciduous hardwood trees commonly known as hop-hornbeams, recognized for their hop-like fruit clusters and strong, durable wood.
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A.
Alnus
Alnus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs commonly known as alders, often found in moist or riparian habitats in temperate regions.
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B.
Corylus
Corylus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs commonly known as hazels, valued for their edible nuts and ornamental foliage.
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C.
Reynoutria
Reynoutria is a genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, best known for invasive species such as Japanese knotweed.
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D.
Fraxinus
Fraxinus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as ash trees, found across temperate regions and valued for their strong, flexible wood.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
plant genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| barkCharacteristic | generally rough ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName |
hop hornbeam
ⓘ
hop-hornbeam ⓘ |
| describedBy | Philip Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Carpinus by hop-like fruit clusters ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| family | Betulaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerSex | monoecious ⓘ |
| fruitType | hop-like clusters ⓘ |
| habitat |
rocky slopes
ⓘ
temperate forests ⓘ well-drained soils ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Ostrya carpinifolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ostrya chisosensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Ostrya guatemalensis ⓘ Ostrya japonica NERFINISHED ⓘ Ostrya knowltonii NERFINISHED ⓘ Ostrya multinervis NERFINISHED ⓘ Ostrya rehderiana ⓘ Ostrya virginiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Ostrya virginiana var. guatemalensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafMargin | doubly serrate ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | deciduous ⓘ |
| nativeToHemisphere | Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Fagales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| plantType | deciduous tree ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Carpinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | catkins ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | wind-dispersed ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| woodProperty |
durable
ⓘ
strong ⓘ |
| woodType | hardwood ⓘ |
| woodUse |
fence posts
ⓘ
fuelwood ⓘ small-scale construction ⓘ tool handles ⓘ |
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: Ostrya Description of subject: Ostrya is a genus of deciduous hardwood trees commonly known as hop-hornbeams, recognized for their hop-like fruit clusters and strong, durable wood.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.