Schinus
E127518
Schinus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs commonly known for species like the Peruvian pepper tree, some of which produce pink peppercorns used as a spice.
All labels observed (23)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1106268 — 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: Schinus Context triple: [Anacardiaceae, includesGenus, Schinus]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Sageretia
Sageretia is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, often used in bonsai, known for their small leaves and colorful, peeling bark.
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D.
Thuja
Thuja is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees and shrubs commonly known as arborvitae, widely used in ornamental landscaping and hedging.
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E.
Tetraclinis
Tetraclinis is a small genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family, best known for the species Tetraclinis articulata, commonly called the sandarac or Barbary thuja.
- 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: Schinus Target entity description: Schinus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs commonly known for species like the Peruvian pepper tree, some of which produce pink peppercorns used as a spice.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Sageretia
Sageretia is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, often used in bonsai, known for their small leaves and colorful, peeling bark.
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D.
Thuja
Thuja is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees and shrubs commonly known as arborvitae, widely used in ornamental landscaping and hedging.
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E.
Tetraclinis
Tetraclinis is a small genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family, best known for the species Tetraclinis articulata, commonly called the sandarac or Barbary thuja.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Anacardiaceae ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | pepper tree ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1753 ⓘ |
| family | Anacardiaceae ⓘ |
| hasGrowthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Schinus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus areira
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus bahiensis
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus dependens
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus engleri
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus fasciculatus
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus gracilipes
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus johnstonii
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus latifolius
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus lentiscifolius
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus longifolius
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus marchandii
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus molle
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus montanus
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus nothofagifolius
Schinus patagonicus ⓘ Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus pearcei
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus pilifera
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus polygama
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus polygamus
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus roigii
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus terebinthifolia
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus velutinus
Schinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schinus weinmannifolius
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| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Argentina
ⓘ
Bolivia ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Chile ⓘ Colombia ⓘ Ecuador ⓘ Paraguay ⓘ Peru ⓘ South America ⓘ Uruguay ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ |
| order | Sapindales ⓘ |
| produces | pink peppercorns ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedFor | spice production ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Schinus Description of subject: Schinus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs commonly known for species like the Peruvian pepper tree, some of which produce pink peppercorns used as a spice.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Schinus molle
this entity surface form:
Schinus terebinthifolia
this entity surface form:
Schinus molle
this entity surface form:
Schinus terebinthifolia
this entity surface form:
Schinus polygamus
this entity surface form:
Schinus areira
this entity surface form:
Schinus longifolius
this entity surface form:
Schinus fasciculatus
this entity surface form:
Schinus weinmannifolius
this entity surface form:
Schinus lentiscifolius
this entity surface form:
Schinus engleri
this entity surface form:
Schinus pearcei
this entity surface form:
Schinus johnstonii
this entity surface form:
Schinus roigii
this entity surface form:
Schinus marchandii
this entity surface form:
Schinus dependens
this entity surface form:
Schinus velutinus
this entity surface form:
Schinus pilifera
this entity surface form:
Schinus bahiensis
this entity surface form:
Schinus gracilipes
this entity surface form:
Schinus latifolius
this entity surface form:
Schinus montanus
this entity surface form:
Schinus nothofagifolius
this entity surface form:
Schinus polygama