Quercus wislizeni
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Quercus wislizeni is an evergreen oak tree species native to California, commonly found in the Sierra Nevada foothills and surrounding regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quercus wislizeni canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1693677 — 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: Quercus wislizeni Context triple: [Sierra Nevada foothills, flora, Quercus wislizeni]
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A.
Quercus douglasii
Quercus douglasii, commonly known as blue oak, is a drought-tolerant deciduous oak tree native to California’s interior woodlands and foothills.
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B.
Zelkova
Zelkova is a small genus of deciduous trees in the elm family, valued as ornamentals and for bonsai, and native to parts of Europe and Asia.
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C.
Ulmus
Ulmus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as elms, widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and valued for their distinctive vase-shaped form and use in landscaping and timber.
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D.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
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E.
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.
- 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: Quercus wislizeni Target entity description: Quercus wislizeni is an evergreen oak tree species native to California, commonly found in the Sierra Nevada foothills and surrounding regions.
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A.
Quercus douglasii
Quercus douglasii, commonly known as blue oak, is a drought-tolerant deciduous oak tree native to California’s interior woodlands and foothills.
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B.
Zelkova
Zelkova is a small genus of deciduous trees in the elm family, valued as ornamentals and for bonsai, and native to parts of Europe and Asia.
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C.
Ulmus
Ulmus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as elms, widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and valued for their distinctive vase-shaped form and use in landscaping and timber.
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D.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
angiosperm
ⓘ
dicot ⓘ evergreen tree ⓘ species of oak ⓘ vascular plant ⓘ woody plant ⓘ |
| authority |
DC.
ⓘ
surface form:
A.DC.
|
| barkColor | dark gray ⓘ |
| barkTexture | rough ⓘ |
| belongsToSection |
Quercus
ⓘ
surface form:
Quercus section Lobatae
|
| binomialName | Quercus wislizeni self-link ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName | interior live oak ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | least concern ⓘ |
| distribution |
Central California
ⓘ
Northern California ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
food source for wildlife
ⓘ
provides habitat for birds and mammals ⓘ |
| endemicTo |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| evergreen | true ⓘ |
| family |
oak family (Fagaceae)
ⓘ
surface form:
Fagaceae
|
| flowerType | unisexual ⓘ |
| fruitType | nut ⓘ |
| genus | Quercus ⓘ |
| habitat |
chaparral
ⓘ
foothill woodlands ⓘ oak woodland ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafMargin | entire or spiny-toothed ⓘ |
| leafType | evergreen ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Cascade Range foothills in California ⓘ Coastal Ranges ⓘ
surface form:
Coast Ranges of California
Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| order | Fagales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| plantGrowthForm | tree ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | acorn ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tolerates |
dry soils
ⓘ
summer drought ⓘ |
| typicalHeight | 5–20 meters ⓘ |
| usedFor |
firewood
ⓘ
ornamental planting ⓘ |
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: Quercus wislizeni Description of subject: Quercus wislizeni is an evergreen oak tree species native to California, commonly found in the Sierra Nevada foothills and surrounding regions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.