Eastern redbud
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The Eastern redbud is a small deciduous tree native to eastern North America, celebrated for its early spring display of bright pink blossoms along bare branches.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cercis canadensis | 2 |
| Eastern redbud canonical | 2 |
| American redbud | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T455797 — 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: Eastern redbud Context triple: [Oklahoma, stateTree, Eastern redbud]
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A.
Hibiscus syriacus
Hibiscus syriacus is a hardy flowering shrub, commonly known as the rose of Sharon, celebrated for its showy blooms and cultural significance, particularly in East Asia.
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B.
Prunus
Prunus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs that includes cherries, plums, peaches, apricots, and almonds, many of which are important fruit and nut crops.
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C.
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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D.
Morus
Morus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, valued for their sweet, edible fruits and use in silkworm cultivation.
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E.
Ulmus minor
Ulmus minor is a species of elm tree native to Europe and western Asia, commonly known as the field elm and valued for its hard timber 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: Eastern redbud Target entity description: The Eastern redbud is a small deciduous tree native to eastern North America, celebrated for its early spring display of bright pink blossoms along bare branches.
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A.
Hibiscus syriacus
Hibiscus syriacus is a hardy flowering shrub, commonly known as the rose of Sharon, celebrated for its showy blooms and cultural significance, particularly in East Asia.
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B.
Prunus
Prunus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs that includes cherries, plums, peaches, apricots, and almonds, many of which are important fruit and nut crops.
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C.
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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D.
Morus
Morus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, valued for their sweet, edible fruits and use in silkworm cultivation.
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E.
Ulmus minor
Ulmus minor is a species of elm tree native to Europe and western Asia, commonly known as the field elm and valued for its hard timber and ornamental use.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
angiosperm
ⓘ
deciduous plant ⓘ tree ⓘ woody plant ⓘ |
| attracts |
bees
ⓘ
butterflies ⓘ |
| barkColor | dark gray ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Eastern redbud
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cercis canadensis
|
| commonName |
Eastern redbud
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
American redbud
Eastern redbud ⓘ |
| family | Fabaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
magenta
ⓘ
pink ⓘ |
| floweringAge | 3–5 years ⓘ |
| floweringBeforeLeafOut | true ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | early spring ⓘ |
| fruitType |
legume
ⓘ
pod ⓘ |
| genus | Cercis ⓘ |
| growthForm |
large shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ |
| hardinessZone |
USDA zone 4
ⓘ
USDA zone 5 ⓘ USDA zone 6 ⓘ USDA zone 7 ⓘ USDA zone 8 ⓘ USDA zone 9 ⓘ |
| introducedTo | Europe ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| landscapeUse |
ornamental tree
ⓘ
specimen tree ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | deciduous ⓘ |
| leafShape | heart-shaped ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaf ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Canada
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
eastern North America ⓘ |
| order | Fabales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| shadeTolerance | partial shade ⓘ |
| soilPHPreference | neutral to alkaline ⓘ |
| soilPreference | well-drained soil ⓘ |
| sunRequirement | full sun ⓘ |
| symbolism | state tree of Oklahoma ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| typicalCrownSpread | 25–35 feet ⓘ |
| typicalHeight |
20–30 feet
ⓘ
6–9 meters ⓘ |
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: Eastern redbud Description of subject: The Eastern redbud is a small deciduous tree native to eastern North America, celebrated for its early spring display of bright pink blossoms along bare branches.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Oklahoma
this entity surface form:
Cercis canadensis
this entity surface form:
American redbud
this entity surface form:
Cercis canadensis