Physocarpus
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Physocarpus is a small genus of deciduous flowering shrubs, commonly known as ninebark, valued in horticulture for their attractive peeling bark, clustered blooms, and colorful foliage.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Physocarpus canonical | 1 |
| Physocarpus alternans | 1 |
| Physocarpus capitatus | 1 |
| Physocarpus monogynus | 1 |
| Physocarpus opulifolius | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T442942 — 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: Physocarpus Context triple: [Rosaceae, hasMemberGenus, Physocarpus]
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A.
Sorbus
Sorbus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs, commonly known as rowans or whitebeams, valued for their ornamental foliage, flowers, and berry-like fruits.
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B.
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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C.
Spiraea
Spiraea is a genus of flowering shrubs known for their clusters of small, showy blossoms and common use in ornamental landscaping.
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D.
Crataegus
Crataegus is a genus of shrubs and small trees commonly known as hawthorns, valued for their white or pink blossoms, red fruits, and use in ornamental planting and traditional medicine.
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E.
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.
- 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: Physocarpus Target entity description: Physocarpus is a small genus of deciduous flowering shrubs, commonly known as ninebark, valued in horticulture for their attractive peeling bark, clustered blooms, and colorful foliage.
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A.
Sorbus
Sorbus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs, commonly known as rowans or whitebeams, valued for their ornamental foliage, flowers, and berry-like fruits.
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B.
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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C.
Spiraea
Spiraea is a genus of flowering shrubs known for their clusters of small, showy blossoms and common use in ornamental landscaping.
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D.
Crataegus
Crataegus is a genus of shrubs and small trees commonly known as hawthorns, valued for their white or pink blossoms, red fruits, and use in ornamental planting and traditional medicine.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| attracts | pollinating insects ⓘ |
| barkFeature | exfoliating bark ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Amygdaloideae ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | ninebark ⓘ |
| cultivatedAs | ornamental shrub ⓘ |
| describedBy | Thomas Nuttall ⓘ |
| family | Rosaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pinkish white
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| flowerType | flowering shrub ⓘ |
| foliageColor |
bronze
ⓘ
golden ⓘ green ⓘ purple ⓘ |
| fruitType | dry inflated follicle ⓘ |
| genusAuthor | Thomas Nuttall ⓘ |
| growthHabit | multi-stemmed shrub ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
clustered flowers
ⓘ
colorful foliage ⓘ peeling bark ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Physocarpus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Physocarpus alternans
Physocarpus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Physocarpus capitatus
Physocarpus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Physocarpus monogynus
Physocarpus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Physocarpus opulifolius
|
| hasUse |
garden shrub
ⓘ
landscape plant ⓘ |
| inflorescenceType | clusters ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | deciduous ⓘ |
| nativeTo | North America ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| plantGrowthForm | shrub ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | flower ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates |
a range of soil conditions
ⓘ
urban conditions ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
rocky slopes
ⓘ
stream banks ⓘ woodland edges ⓘ |
| usedIn |
foundation plantings
ⓘ
hedges ⓘ |
| valuedFor | ornamental horticulture ⓘ |
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: Physocarpus Description of subject: Physocarpus is a small genus of deciduous flowering shrubs, commonly known as ninebark, valued in horticulture for their attractive peeling bark, clustered blooms, and colorful foliage.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Physocarpus opulifolius
this entity surface form:
Physocarpus monogynus
this entity surface form:
Physocarpus alternans
this entity surface form:
Physocarpus capitatus