Ceiba
E431954
Ceiba is a genus of large tropical trees, including the iconic kapok tree, known for their towering trunks, buttress roots, and ecological and cultural importance in tropical America and West Africa.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ceiba pentandra | 5 |
| Ceiba canonical | 3 |
| Bombax ceiba | 1 |
| Ceiba aesculifolia | 1 |
| Ceiba chodatii | 1 |
| Ceiba samauma | 1 |
| Ceiba speciosa | 1 |
| Guatemala (as Ceiba pentandra, the ceiba tree) | 1 |
| silk-cotton tree (ceiba) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4333107 — 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: Ceiba Context triple: [Malvaceae, containsGenus, Ceiba]
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A.
Croton
Croton was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy, renowned for its athletic achievements and as the home of the philosopher Pythagoras.
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B.
Coccoloba
Coccoloba is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, best known for species like sea grape that grow in tropical and subtropical coastal regions.
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C.
La Ceiba
La Ceiba is a prominent coastal city in northern Honduras known for its Caribbean port, vibrant nightlife, and annual carnival celebrations.
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D.
Figtree
Figtree is a residential suburb of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia, known for its shopping centre and proximity to both the Illawarra escarpment and the city centre.
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E.
Jaqueira
Jaqueira is a neighborhood in Recife, Brazil, known for its large urban park and residential character.
- 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: Ceiba Target entity description: Ceiba is a genus of large tropical trees, including the iconic kapok tree, known for their towering trunks, buttress roots, and ecological and cultural importance in tropical America and West Africa.
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A.
Croton
Croton was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy, renowned for its athletic achievements and as the home of the philosopher Pythagoras.
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B.
Coccoloba
Coccoloba is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, best known for species like sea grape that grow in tropical and subtropical coastal regions.
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C.
La Ceiba
La Ceiba is a prominent coastal city in northern Honduras known for its Caribbean port, vibrant nightlife, and annual carnival celebrations.
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D.
Figtree
Figtree is a residential suburb of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia, known for its shopping centre and proximity to both the Illawarra escarpment and the city centre.
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E.
Jaqueira
Jaqueira is a neighborhood in Recife, Brazil, known for its large urban park and residential character.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
associated with world tree or axis mundi symbolism
ⓘ
sacred tree in many indigenous American cultures ⓘ |
| describedIn | botanical literature of the 18th–19th centuries ⓘ |
| dispersedBy | wind ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
emergent canopy tree in tropical forests
ⓘ
habitat for epiphytes ⓘ nesting site for birds and bats ⓘ |
| family | Malvaceae ⓘ |
| fiberUsedFor |
lifejacket buoyant filling
ⓘ
stuffing mattresses ⓘ stuffing pillows ⓘ |
| growthForm | large tree ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
buttress roots
ⓘ
capsules filled with silky fibers ⓘ deciduous foliage in dry season ⓘ large showy flowers ⓘ massive straight trunk ⓘ spiny or prickly trunk in some species ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
kapok trees
ⓘ
silk-cotton trees ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Ceiba aesculifolia
ⓘ
linked to:
Ceiba
Ceiba chodatii ⓘ
linked to:
Ceiba
Ceiba pentandra ⓘ
linked to:
Ceiba
Ceiba samauma ⓘ
linked to:
Ceiba
Ceiba speciosa ⓘ
linked to:
Ceiba
|
| introducedTo |
South Asia
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Taíno word "ceiba" ⓘ |
| nationalSymbolOf |
Guatemala (as Ceiba pentandra, the ceiba tree)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ceiba
|
| nativeTo |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ South America ⓘ West Africa ⓘ tropical America ⓘ |
| order | Malvales ⓘ |
| pollinatedBy |
bats
ⓘ
birds ⓘ insects ⓘ |
| produces | kapok fiber ⓘ |
| subfamily | Bombacoideae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Ceiba pentandra
ⓘ
linked to:
Ceiba
|
| typicalHeight | up to 60–70 meters ⓘ |
| woodUsedFor |
canoe construction
ⓘ
lightweight carvings ⓘ |
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: Ceiba Description of subject: Ceiba is a genus of large tropical trees, including the iconic kapok tree, known for their towering trunks, buttress roots, and ecological and cultural importance in tropical America and West Africa.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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