Paliurus
E119159
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paliurus canonical | 2 |
| Paliurus spina-christi | 2 |
| Paliurus hemsleyanus | 1 |
| Paliurus ramosissimus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T682102 — 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: Paliurus Context triple: [Rhamnaceae, hasMember, Paliurus]
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A.
Paradichrostachys
Paradichrostachys is a little-known flowering plant genus in the small family Dirachmaceae, native to arid regions of the Horn of Africa.
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B.
Girardinia
Girardinia is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants known for their fibrous stems and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
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C.
Hesperocnide
Hesperocnide is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants native to western North America and belonging to the nettle family.
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D.
Dorstenia
Dorstenia is a genus of unusual, often low-growing tropical plants known for their distinctive, flattened, star- or disk-shaped inflorescences.
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E.
Hunnemannia
Hunnemannia is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, known for its ornamental, bright yellow, poppy-like blooms.
- 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: Paliurus Target entity description: Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
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A.
Paradichrostachys
Paradichrostachys is a little-known flowering plant genus in the small family Dirachmaceae, native to arid regions of the Horn of Africa.
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B.
Girardinia
Girardinia is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants known for their fibrous stems and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
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C.
Hesperocnide
Hesperocnide is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants native to western North America and belonging to the nettle family.
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D.
Dorstenia
Dorstenia is a genus of unusual, often low-growing tropical plants known for their distinctive, flattened, star- or disk-shaped inflorescences.
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E.
Hunnemannia
Hunnemannia is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, known for its ornamental, bright yellow, poppy-like blooms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| climatePreference |
subtropical
ⓘ
warm temperate ⓘ |
| commonName | Christ’s thorn ⓘ |
| defenseMechanism | spines deter herbivores ⓘ |
| describedBy | Philip Miller ⓘ |
| distributionStatus | native to Old World ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | component of Mediterranean scrub ⓘ |
| family | Rhamnaceae ⓘ |
| familyCommonName | buckthorn family ⓘ |
| flowerColor | yellowish ⓘ |
| flowerSex | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | dry disc-like schizocarp ⓘ |
| growthForm |
small tree
ⓘ
thorny shrub ⓘ |
| habitat |
dry slopes
ⓘ
open woodlands ⓘ scrublands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
armed with sharp spines
ⓘ
deciduous ⓘ disc-shaped fruits ⓘ small trees ⓘ spiny shrubs ⓘ winged fruits ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Paliurus australis
ⓘ
Paliurus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Paliurus hemsleyanus
Paliurus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Paliurus ramosissimus
Paliurus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Paliurus spina-christi
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Central Asia
ⓘ
Mediterranean region ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
surface form:
Western Asia
subtropical Eurasia ⓘ warm temperate Eurasia ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | wind-dispersed fruits ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
field boundaries
ⓘ
fuelwood ⓘ hedges ⓘ |
| woodCharacteristic | hard wood ⓘ |
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: Paliurus Description of subject: Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Paliurus spina-christi
this entity surface form:
Paliurus hemsleyanus
this entity surface form:
Paliurus ramosissimus
this entity surface form:
Paliurus spina-christi