Parkinsonia florida
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Parkinsonia florida is a small, drought-tolerant desert tree native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, known for its green bark and profuse yellow spring blossoms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Parkinsonia florida canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1141093 — 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: Parkinsonia florida Context triple: [Palo verde, hasScientificName, Parkinsonia florida]
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A.
Lantana
Lantana is a 2001 Australian psychological drama film directed by Ray Lawrence, acclaimed for its intricate, interwoven narrative about relationships, trust, and betrayal.
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B.
Sabal palmetto
Sabal palmetto, commonly known as the cabbage palmetto, is a palm tree native to the southeastern United States and the Caribbean, recognized as an iconic symbol of coastal landscapes in that region.
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C.
Paliurus
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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D.
Romneya coulteri
Romneya coulteri, commonly known as the Matilija poppy, is a striking California native perennial plant prized for its large white crepe-papery flowers with bright yellow centers.
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E.
Sageretia
Sageretia is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, often used in bonsai, known for their small leaves and colorful, peeling bark.
- 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: Parkinsonia florida Target entity description: Parkinsonia florida is a small, drought-tolerant desert tree native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, known for its green bark and profuse yellow spring blossoms.
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A.
Lantana
Lantana is a 2001 Australian psychological drama film directed by Ray Lawrence, acclaimed for its intricate, interwoven narrative about relationships, trust, and betrayal.
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B.
Sabal palmetto
Sabal palmetto, commonly known as the cabbage palmetto, is a palm tree native to the southeastern United States and the Caribbean, recognized as an iconic symbol of coastal landscapes in that region.
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C.
Paliurus
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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D.
Romneya coulteri
Romneya coulteri, commonly known as the Matilija poppy, is a striking California native perennial plant prized for its large white crepe-papery flowers with bright yellow centers.
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E.
Sageretia
Sageretia is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, often used in bonsai, known for their small leaves and colorful, peeling bark.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flowering plant
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plant species ⓘ tree ⓘ |
| adaptation | drought-deciduous foliage ⓘ |
| attracts | pollinators ⓘ |
| authority | (Benth. ex A.Gray) S.Watson ⓘ |
| barkColor | green ⓘ |
| binomialName | Parkinsonia florida self-link ⓘ |
| branchCharacteristic | spiny branches ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| climatePreference | hot desert climate ⓘ |
| commonName |
Arizona palo verde
ⓘ
blue palo verde ⓘ |
| distribution |
deserts of Arizona
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deserts of southeastern California ⓘ Northwestern Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
northwestern Mexico
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| ecologicalRole |
nurse plant for desert seedlings
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provides wildlife habitat ⓘ |
| family | Fabaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | yellow ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | spring ⓘ |
| flowerType | pea-like flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | legume pod ⓘ |
| genus | Parkinsonia ⓘ |
| habitat |
Sonoran Desert
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arid landscapes ⓘ desert washes ⓘ |
| height | approximately 5–10 meters ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType |
bipinnate leaves
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deciduous ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Arizona
ⓘ
Baja California ⓘ
surface form:
Baja California, Mexico
California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
Nevada ⓘ Sonora, Mexico ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ |
| order | Fabales ⓘ |
| photosynthesis | stems and bark perform photosynthesis ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| pollinatedBy | bees ⓘ |
| soilPreference | well-drained soils ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tolerates |
drought
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high temperatures ⓘ |
| usedAs |
ornamental tree
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shade tree ⓘ |
| 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: Parkinsonia florida Description of subject: Parkinsonia florida is a small, drought-tolerant desert tree native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, known for its green bark and profuse yellow spring blossoms.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.