Corylus
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Corylus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs commonly known as hazels, valued for their edible nuts and ornamental foliage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Corylus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12961702 — 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: Corylus Context triple: [Betulaceae, includesGenus, Corylus]
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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.
Alnus
Alnus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs commonly known as alders, often found in moist or riparian habitats in temperate regions.
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C.
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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D.
Reynoutria
Reynoutria is a genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, best known for invasive species such as Japanese knotweed.
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E.
Pyrus betulifolia
Pyrus betulifolia is a species of pear tree native to East Asia, commonly used as a hardy rootstock for cultivated pear varieties.
- 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: Corylus Target entity description: Corylus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs commonly known as hazels, valued for their edible nuts and ornamental 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.
Alnus
Alnus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs commonly known as alders, often found in moist or riparian habitats in temperate regions.
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C.
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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D.
Reynoutria
Reynoutria is a genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, best known for invasive species such as Japanese knotweed.
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E.
Pyrus betulifolia
Pyrus betulifolia is a species of pear tree native to East Asia, commonly used as a hardy rootstock for cultivated pear varieties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName |
hazel
ⓘ
hazels ⓘ |
| cultivatedFor |
edible seeds
ⓘ
landscape planting ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of deciduous trees and shrubs ⓘ |
| economicUse |
nut production
ⓘ
ornamental horticulture ⓘ |
| family | Betulaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionAuthor | Carl Linnaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1753 ⓘ |
| flowerType | catkin ⓘ |
| fruitType | nut ⓘ |
| growthForm |
deciduous shrub
ⓘ
deciduous tree ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Corylus americana
ⓘ
Corylus avellana NERFINISHED ⓘ Corylus chinensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Corylus colurna ⓘ Corylus cornuta NERFINISHED ⓘ Corylus ferox NERFINISHED ⓘ Corylus heterophylla NERFINISHED ⓘ Corylus jacquemontii ⓘ Corylus maxima NERFINISHED ⓘ Corylus sieboldiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafMargin | serrated ⓘ |
| leafType | broadleaf ⓘ |
| nativeTo | temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| nutEnclosedBy | involucre of leafy bracts ⓘ |
| order | Fagales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| produces |
filberts
ⓘ
hazelnuts ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | monoecious ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Corylus avellana ⓘ |
| valuedFor |
edible nuts
ⓘ
ornamental foliage ⓘ |
| woodUse |
tool handles
ⓘ
wattle and hurdle making ⓘ |
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: Corylus Description of subject: Corylus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs commonly known as hazels, valued for their edible nuts and ornamental foliage.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.