Acer palmatum
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Acer palmatum is a small, ornamental deciduous tree native to East Asia, prized for its finely divided leaves and vibrant seasonal foliage colors.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acer palmatum canonical | 1 |
| Japanese maples | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6205090 — 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: Acer palmatum Context triple: [Sapindaceae, includesSpecies, Acer palmatum]
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A.
Sciadopitys
Sciadopitys is a unique, ancient conifer genus best known for the Japanese umbrella pine, a slow-growing ornamental tree endemic to Japan.
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B.
Kerria japonica
Kerria japonica is a deciduous flowering shrub in the rose family, valued in gardens for its bright yellow, pom-pom-like spring blossoms.
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C.
Nyssa
Nyssa is a companion of the Fifth Doctor in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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D.
Broussonetia
Broussonetia is a small genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the mulberry family, best known for the paper mulberry used traditionally for making paper and cloth.
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E.
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.
- 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: Acer palmatum Target entity description: Acer palmatum is a small, ornamental deciduous tree native to East Asia, prized for its finely divided leaves and vibrant seasonal foliage colors.
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A.
Sciadopitys
Sciadopitys is a unique, ancient conifer genus best known for the Japanese umbrella pine, a slow-growing ornamental tree endemic to Japan.
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B.
Kerria japonica
Kerria japonica is a deciduous flowering shrub in the rose family, valued in gardens for its bright yellow, pom-pom-like spring blossoms.
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C.
Nyssa
Nyssa is a companion of the Fifth Doctor in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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D.
Broussonetia
Broussonetia is a small genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the mulberry family, best known for the paper mulberry used traditionally for making paper and cloth.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deciduous tree
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ornamental plant ⓘ species of tree ⓘ |
| branchingPattern | opposite branching ⓘ |
| commonName | Japanese maple ⓘ |
| cultivatedAs |
bonsai subject
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container plant ⓘ garden tree ⓘ |
| describedIn | 18th century ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Carl Peter Thunberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Sapindaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerColor | reddish ⓘ |
| fruitType | samara ⓘ |
| genus | Acer ⓘ |
| growthRate | slow to moderate ⓘ |
| hardinessZone |
USDA zone 5
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USDA zone 6 ⓘ USDA zone 7 ⓘ USDA zone 8 ⓘ |
| hasCultivars | numerous named cultivars ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafColorSeasonal |
green in spring
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orange in autumn ⓘ red in autumn ⓘ yellow in autumn ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | deciduous ⓘ |
| leafType | palmately lobed leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
China
NERFINISHED
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East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Sapindales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| shadeTolerance | partial shade tolerant ⓘ |
| soilPreference |
slightly acidic soil
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well-drained soil ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| typicalCrownShape |
rounded crown
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spreading crown ⓘ |
| typicalHeight |
20–33 feet
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6–10 meters ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Japanese gardens
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landscape design ⓘ ornamental horticulture ⓘ |
| valuedFor |
autumn color
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finely divided leaves ⓘ ornamental foliage ⓘ |
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: Acer palmatum Description of subject: Acer palmatum is a small, ornamental deciduous tree native to East Asia, prized for its finely divided leaves and vibrant seasonal foliage colors.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Japanese maples