Cinnamomum
E254957
Cinnamomum is a genus of aromatic evergreen trees and shrubs in the laurel family that includes economically important species such as cinnamon and camphor.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cinnamomum canonical | 2 |
| Cinnamomum verum | 2 |
| Cinnamomum burmannii | 1 |
| Cinnamomum cassia | 1 |
| Cinnamomum glaucescens | 1 |
| Cinnamomum loureiroi | 1 |
| Cinnamomum osmophloeum | 1 |
| Cinnamomum tamala | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2284873 — 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: Cinnamomum Context triple: [Camphor tree, genus, Cinnamomum]
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A.
Semecarpus
Semecarpus is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs in the cashew family, many species of which produce highly irritating sap that can cause severe allergic skin reactions.
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B.
Combretocarpus
Combretocarpus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees known for their occurrence in Southeast Asian rainforests and distinctive wood.
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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.
Pterocarpus
Pterocarpus is a genus of tropical leguminous trees known for their valuable hardwoods, including species that produce padauk and African rosewood.
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E.
Hovenia
Hovenia is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs, best known for the Japanese raisin tree (Hovenia dulcis), valued for its sweet, edible fruit stalks and use in traditional medicine.
- 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: Cinnamomum Target entity description: Cinnamomum is a genus of aromatic evergreen trees and shrubs in the laurel family that includes economically important species such as cinnamon and camphor.
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A.
Semecarpus
Semecarpus is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs in the cashew family, many species of which produce highly irritating sap that can cause severe allergic skin reactions.
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B.
Combretocarpus
Combretocarpus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees known for their occurrence in Southeast Asian rainforests and distinctive wood.
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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.
Pterocarpus
Pterocarpus is a genus of tropical leguminous trees known for their valuable hardwoods, including species that produce padauk and African rosewood.
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E.
Hovenia
Hovenia is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs, best known for the Japanese raisin tree (Hovenia dulcis), valued for its sweet, edible fruit stalks and use in traditional medicine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
angiosperms
ⓘ
eudicots ⓘ magnoliids ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
camphor
ⓘ
cinnamaldehyde ⓘ eugenol ⓘ |
| describedAs | aromatic evergreen trees and shrubs ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
source of culinary cinnamon
ⓘ
source of industrial camphor ⓘ |
| family | Lauraceae ⓘ |
| hasBarkUse |
flavoring agent
ⓘ
traditional medicine ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | cinnamon trees ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Cinnamomum
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cinnamomum burmannii
Camphor tree ⓘ
surface form:
Cinnamomum camphora
Cinnamomum cassia ⓘ Cinnamomum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cinnamomum glaucescens
Cinnamomum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cinnamomum loureiroi
Cinnamomum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cinnamomum osmophloeum
Cinnamomum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cinnamomum tamala
Cinnamomum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cinnamomum verum
|
| hasUse |
essential oil production
ⓘ
medicinal applications ⓘ perfumery ⓘ spice production ⓘ timber ⓘ |
| isA |
aromatic plant genus
ⓘ
evergreen shrub genus ⓘ evergreen tree genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | evergreen ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
surface form:
Australasia
subtropical regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| order | Laurales ⓘ |
| partOf | laurel family ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| plantType |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| produces |
camphor
ⓘ
cinnamon bark ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Cinnamomum Description of subject: Cinnamomum is a genus of aromatic evergreen trees and shrubs in the laurel family that includes economically important species such as cinnamon and camphor.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cinnamomum verum
this entity surface form:
Cinnamomum cassia
this entity surface form:
Cinnamomum verum
this entity surface form:
Cinnamomum burmannii
this entity surface form:
Cinnamomum loureiroi
this entity surface form:
Cinnamomum tamala
this entity surface form:
Cinnamomum osmophloeum
this entity surface form:
Cinnamomum glaucescens