giant sequoia
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The giant sequoia is an enormous, long-lived coniferous tree species native to California’s Sierra Nevada, renowned for being among the largest and most massive trees on Earth.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sequoiadendron giganteum | 29 |
| Sequoiadendron | 12 |
| giant sequoia canonical | 4 |
| giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) | 3 |
| Sequoia | 2 |
| Sierra redwood | 1 |
| giant sequoias | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12304 — 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.
Target entity: giant sequoia Context triple: [Yosemite National Park, notableTreeSpecies, giant sequoia]
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California redwood
The California redwood is a towering, long-lived coniferous tree native to the coastal and mountainous regions of California, renowned for being among the tallest and largest trees on Earth.
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Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park is a U.S. national park in the southern Sierra Nevada renowned for its giant sequoia trees, including the General Sherman Tree, one of the largest trees on Earth.
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American elm
The American elm is a large, deciduous North American tree species historically prized for its vase-shaped form and use as a prominent shade and street tree.
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D.
de Forest
de Forest is a surname most notably associated with Lee de Forest, an American inventor and early pioneer of radio and electronic communication.
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Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is a renowned U.S. national park in the Sierra Nevada mountains, famous for its dramatic granite cliffs, waterfalls, giant sequoias, and diverse wilderness.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: giant sequoia Target entity description: The giant sequoia is an enormous, long-lived coniferous tree species native to California’s Sierra Nevada, renowned for being among the largest and most massive trees on Earth.
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A.
California redwood
The California redwood is a towering, long-lived coniferous tree native to the coastal and mountainous regions of California, renowned for being among the tallest and largest trees on Earth.
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B.
Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park is a U.S. national park in the southern Sierra Nevada renowned for its giant sequoia trees, including the General Sherman Tree, one of the largest trees on Earth.
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C.
American elm
The American elm is a large, deciduous North American tree species historically prized for its vase-shaped form and use as a prominent shade and street tree.
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D.
de Forest
de Forest is a surname most notably associated with Lee de Forest, an American inventor and early pioneer of radio and electronic communication.
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E.
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is a renowned U.S. national park in the Sierra Nevada mountains, famous for its dramatic granite cliffs, waterfalls, giant sequoias, and diverse wilderness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conifer
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evergreen plant ⓘ tree species ⓘ vascular plant ⓘ |
| barkCharacteristic | fibrous ⓘ |
| barkColor | reddish-brown ⓘ |
| barkThickness | up to about 60 centimeters ⓘ |
| binomialName |
giant sequoia
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sequoiadendron giganteum
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| commonName |
giant sequoia
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sierra redwood
giant redwood ⓘ giant sequoia self-link ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Endangered ⓘ |
| crownShape | broad conical crown ⓘ |
| endemicTo |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
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| family | Cupressaceae ⓘ |
| fireAdaptation |
cones that may open after heat exposure
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thick bark resistant to low-intensity fire ⓘ |
| genus |
giant sequoia
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sequoiadendron
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| growthForm | massive single-stemmed tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
montane coniferous forest
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west slope of the Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | evergreen ⓘ |
| leafType | scale-like leaves ⓘ |
| longevity | over 3000 years in some individuals ⓘ |
| maximumHeight | about 95 meters ⓘ |
| maximumTrunkDiameter | about 8 meters at breast height ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Sierra Nevada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| notableFor |
being among the most massive trees on Earth
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very large trunk volume ⓘ |
| order | Pinales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | wind pollination ⓘ |
| protectedIn |
Giant Sequoia National Monument
ⓘ
Kings Canyon National Park ⓘ Sequoia National Park ⓘ Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | woody cones ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | wind-dispersed seeds ⓘ |
| symbolOf | natural heritage of California ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
climate change
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drought stress ⓘ high-severity wildfire ⓘ |
| typicalElevationRange | 1400–2400 meters ⓘ |
| typicalHeight | 50–85 meters ⓘ |
| typicalLifespan | several hundred to a few thousand years ⓘ |
| woodUse | limited commercial use due to brittle wood and conservation concerns ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: giant sequoia Description of subject: The giant sequoia is an enormous, long-lived coniferous tree species native to California’s Sierra Nevada, renowned for being among the largest and most massive trees on Earth.
Referenced by (52)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.