Nihoa fan palm
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The Nihoa fan palm is a rare, small fan-leaved palm tree species found only on the remote Nihoa Island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nihoa fan palm canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17845280 — 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: Nihoa fan palm Context triple: [Nihoa Island, hasEndemicSpecies, Nihoa fan palm]
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A.
Coco de Mer palm
The Coco de Mer palm is a rare and iconic palm tree native to the Seychelles, famed for producing the largest and most uniquely shaped seeds in the plant kingdom.
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B.
Palme
Palme is a Swedish surname most famously associated with Olof Palme, the former Prime Minister of Sweden and prominent Social Democratic politician.
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C.
Royal Palm
The Royal Palm was a prominent Southern Railway passenger train that provided long-distance service between the Midwest and the southeastern United States.
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D.
Palmi
Palmi is a coastal town in the Calabria region of southern Italy, known for its scenic Tyrrhenian shoreline and cultural traditions.
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E.
Nypa palms
Nypa palms are a type of mangrove-associated palm (Nypa fruticans) that grow in tidal estuaries and brackish lagoons, forming dense stands along tropical coastlines.
- 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: Nihoa fan palm Target entity description: The Nihoa fan palm is a rare, small fan-leaved palm tree species found only on the remote Nihoa Island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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A.
Coco de Mer palm
The Coco de Mer palm is a rare and iconic palm tree native to the Seychelles, famed for producing the largest and most uniquely shaped seeds in the plant kingdom.
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B.
Palme
Palme is a Swedish surname most famously associated with Olof Palme, the former Prime Minister of Sweden and prominent Social Democratic politician.
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C.
Royal Palm
The Royal Palm was a prominent Southern Railway passenger train that provided long-distance service between the Midwest and the southeastern United States.
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D.
Palmi
Palmi is a coastal town in the Calabria region of southern Italy, known for its scenic Tyrrhenian shoreline and cultural traditions.
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E.
Nypa palms
Nypa palms are a type of mangrove-associated palm (Nypa fruticans) that grow in tidal estuaries and brackish lagoons, forming dense stands along tropical coastlines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.