Skimmia
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Skimmia is a small, evergreen, shade-tolerant shrub widely grown in gardens for its fragrant flowers and colorful berries.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Skimmia canonical | 1 |
| Skimmia anquetilia | 1 |
| Skimmia japonica | 1 |
| Skimmia japonica 'Fragrans' | 1 |
| Skimmia japonica 'Nymans' | 1 |
| Skimmia japonica 'Rubella' | 1 |
| Skimmia reevesiana | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6242989 — 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: Skimmia Context triple: [Rutaceae, includesGenus, Skimmia]
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A.
Photinia
Photinia is a genus of evergreen and deciduous shrubs and small trees, commonly grown as ornamental hedges for their glossy foliage and bright red new leaves.
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B.
Berberis
Berberis is a large genus of spiny, often ornamental shrubs commonly known as barberries, valued for their colorful berries and foliage.
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C.
Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster is a genus of ornamental shrubs and small trees known for their attractive foliage, white or pink flowers, and bright red or orange berry-like fruits commonly used in landscaping.
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D.
Nandina
Nandina is a small, ornamental evergreen shrub, often called heavenly bamboo, valued for its colorful foliage and bright red berries in gardens and landscapes.
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E.
Gaultheria
Gaultheria is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the heath family known for their aromatic foliage and often brightly colored, berry-like fruits.
- 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: Skimmia Target entity description: Skimmia is a small, evergreen, shade-tolerant shrub widely grown in gardens for its fragrant flowers and colorful berries.
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A.
Photinia
Photinia is a genus of evergreen and deciduous shrubs and small trees, commonly grown as ornamental hedges for their glossy foliage and bright red new leaves.
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B.
Berberis
Berberis is a large genus of spiny, often ornamental shrubs commonly known as barberries, valued for their colorful berries and foliage.
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C.
Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster is a genus of ornamental shrubs and small trees known for their attractive foliage, white or pink flowers, and bright red or orange berry-like fruits commonly used in landscaping.
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D.
Nandina
Nandina is a small, ornamental evergreen shrub, often called heavenly bamboo, valued for its colorful foliage and bright red berries in gardens and landscapes.
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E.
Gaultheria
Gaultheria is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the heath family known for their aromatic foliage and often brightly colored, berry-like fruits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
evergreen shrub
ⓘ
ornamental plant ⓘ plant genus ⓘ |
| attracts | pollinators ⓘ |
| berryColor |
pink
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonUse |
foundation planting
ⓘ
ornamental hedging ⓘ |
| cultivatedFor |
colorful berries
ⓘ
fragrant flowers ⓘ ornamental foliage ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| family | Rutaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
cream
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| flowerScent | fragrant ⓘ |
| foliageColor | dark green ⓘ |
| foliageType | leathery leaves ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry ⓘ |
| growthForm | shrub ⓘ |
| hardiness | frost-tolerant ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| landscapeRole |
shade garden plant
ⓘ
winter-interest plant ⓘ |
| leafType | evergreen ⓘ |
| lightRequirement |
full shade
ⓘ
partial shade ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
East Asia
ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| notableCultivar |
Skimmia japonica 'Fragrans'
ⓘ
linked to:
Skimmia
Skimmia japonica 'Nymans' ⓘ
linked to:
Skimmia
Skimmia japonica 'Rubella' ⓘ
linked to:
Skimmia
|
| notableSpecies |
Skimmia anquetilia
ⓘ
linked to:
Skimmia
Skimmia japonica ⓘ
linked to:
Skimmia
Skimmia reevesiana ⓘ
linked to:
Skimmia
|
| order | Sapindales ⓘ |
| plantHeight | small shrub ⓘ |
| reproductiveType | dioecious ⓘ |
| shadeTolerance | shade-tolerant ⓘ |
| soilPreference |
acidic soil
ⓘ
moist well-drained soil ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedAs |
container plant
ⓘ
garden shrub ⓘ |
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: Skimmia Description of subject: Skimmia is a small, evergreen, shade-tolerant shrub widely grown in gardens for its fragrant flowers and colorful berries.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Skimmia
linked to: Skimmia
linked to: Skimmia
linked to: Skimmia
linked to: Skimmia
linked to: Skimmia