Nara yae-zakura cherry blossom
E126730
The Nara yae-zakura cherry blossom is a distinctive double-flowered cherry tree variety celebrated in Japan for its lush, layered petals and strong association with Nara’s historical and cultural heritage.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nara yae-zakura cherry blossom canonical | 1 |
| Prunus × kanzakura | 1 |
| yae-zakura | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1067486 — 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: Nara yae-zakura cherry blossom Context triple: [Nara Prefecture, hasPrefecturalFlower, Nara yae-zakura cherry blossom]
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A.
Camellia
Camellia is a genus of evergreen flowering shrubs and trees known for their showy, rose-like blooms and glossy leaves, widely cultivated as ornamental plants.
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B.
Hanami
Hanami is a lightweight, modular Ruby web framework focused on simplicity, performance, and clear architecture for building web applications.
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C.
Fukiage Garden
Fukiage Garden is a secluded, wooded area within the Tokyo Imperial Palace grounds, known as the residence of the Emperor of Japan and a protected natural sanctuary.
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D.
Namba Marui
Namba Marui is a major Marui department store and shopping complex located in Osaka’s bustling Namba district, known for its fashion, dining, and entertainment options.
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E.
Nishinomaru Garden
Nishinomaru Garden is a scenic landscaped garden within the Osaka Castle grounds, known for its expansive lawns, cherry blossoms, and panoramic views of the castle keep.
- 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: Nara yae-zakura cherry blossom Target entity description: The Nara yae-zakura cherry blossom is a distinctive double-flowered cherry tree variety celebrated in Japan for its lush, layered petals and strong association with Nara’s historical and cultural heritage.
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A.
Camellia
Camellia is a genus of evergreen flowering shrubs and trees known for their showy, rose-like blooms and glossy leaves, widely cultivated as ornamental plants.
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B.
Hanami
Hanami is a lightweight, modular Ruby web framework focused on simplicity, performance, and clear architecture for building web applications.
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C.
Fukiage Garden
Fukiage Garden is a secluded, wooded area within the Tokyo Imperial Palace grounds, known as the residence of the Emperor of Japan and a protected natural sanctuary.
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D.
Namba Marui
Namba Marui is a major Marui department store and shopping complex located in Osaka’s bustling Namba district, known for its fashion, dining, and entertainment options.
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E.
Nishinomaru Garden
Nishinomaru Garden is a scenic landscaped garden within the Osaka Castle grounds, known for its expansive lawns, cherry blossoms, and panoramic views of the castle keep.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cherry tree cultivar
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double-flowered cherry blossom variety ⓘ ornamental cherry tree ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Nara Prefecture
NERFINISHED
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Nara ⓘ
surface form:
Nara, Japan
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| celebratedIn | cherry blossom viewing (hanami) season in Nara ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| hasBloomingUse | scenic viewing ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
symbol of Nara’s cultural heritage
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symbol of Nara’s historical heritage ⓘ |
| hasFlowerCharacteristic |
layered petals
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lush petals ⓘ |
| hasFlowerType | sakura ⓘ |
| hasGenus | Prunus ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| hasNameElement |
Nara
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Nara yae-zakura cherry blossom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
yae-zakura
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| hasNotableFeature |
dense clusters of blossoms
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ornamental value ⓘ |
| hasPetalType | double ⓘ |
| hasSymbolism | beauty of historical landscapes in Nara ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith | traditional Japanese cherry blossom appreciation ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | local tourism promotion in Nara ⓘ |
| usedAs |
ornamental tree in gardens
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ornamental tree in parks ⓘ |
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: Nara yae-zakura cherry blossom Description of subject: The Nara yae-zakura cherry blossom is a distinctive double-flowered cherry tree variety celebrated in Japan for its lush, layered petals and strong association with Nara’s historical and cultural heritage.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Prunus × kanzakura
Nara yae-zakura cherry blossom
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hasNameElement
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Nara yae-zakura cherry blossom
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
yae-zakura