Bo tree
E281280
The Bo tree is the sacred fig tree under which Siddhartha Gautama is believed to have attained enlightenment, making it a central symbol in Buddhism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bo tree canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2610179 — 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: Bo tree Context triple: [Bodhi tree, hasCommonName, Bo tree]
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A.
Figtree
Figtree is a residential suburb of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia, known for its shopping centre and proximity to both the Illawarra escarpment and the city centre.
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B.
Gray Tree
Gray Tree is a 1911 Cubist-influenced painting by Piet Mondrian that marks a key step in his progression toward abstraction.
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C.
The President Tree
The President Tree is one of the largest and oldest known giant sequoia trees in California’s Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park.
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D.
Franklin Tree
Franklin Tree is a notable giant sequoia located in the Giant Forest of California’s Sequoia National Park.
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E.
Birch
Birch is a masculine given name most notably borne by American politician Birch Bayh, a long-serving U.S. senator from Indiana.
- 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: Bo tree Target entity description: The Bo tree is the sacred fig tree under which Siddhartha Gautama is believed to have attained enlightenment, making it a central symbol in Buddhism.
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A.
Figtree
Figtree is a residential suburb of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia, known for its shopping centre and proximity to both the Illawarra escarpment and the city centre.
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B.
Gray Tree
Gray Tree is a 1911 Cubist-influenced painting by Piet Mondrian that marks a key step in his progression toward abstraction.
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C.
The President Tree
The President Tree is one of the largest and oldest known giant sequoia trees in California’s Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park.
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D.
Franklin Tree
Franklin Tree is a notable giant sequoia located in the Giant Forest of California’s Sequoia National Park.
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E.
Birch
Birch is a masculine given name most notably borne by American politician Birch Bayh, a long-serving U.S. senator from Indiana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist symbol
ⓘ
Ficus religiosa ⓘ fig tree ⓘ religious symbol ⓘ sacred tree ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Buddhist art
ⓘ
Buddhist iconography ⓘ Buddhist literature ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Buddha’s enlightenment ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Shakyamuni Buddha
ⓘ
surface form:
Gautama Buddha
Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form:
Siddhartha Gautama
|
| cultivatedIn |
Buddhist temples
ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bo-tree
ⓘ
Bodhi tree ⓘ Tree of Enlightenment ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificanceIn |
Bhutan
ⓘ
Cambodia ⓘ India ⓘ Laos ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Thailand ⓘ |
| hasParticularSpecimen |
Mahabodhi Temple complex
ⓘ
surface form:
Bodhi Tree at Bodh Gaya
Sri Maha Bodhi ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
evergreen
ⓘ
heart-shaped leaves ⓘ long-lived ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Bodhi tree
ⓘ
surface form:
Ficus religiosa
|
| isSacredTo |
Buddhism
ⓘ
surface form:
Buddhists
Hindus ⓘ |
| locatedInTradition |
Mahayana
ⓘ
surface form:
Mahayana Buddhism
Theravada ⓘ
surface form:
Theravada Buddhism
Vajrayana ⓘ
surface form:
Vajrayana Buddhism
|
| nativeTo |
India
ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
awakening
ⓘ
enlightenment ⓘ spiritual liberation ⓘ wisdom ⓘ |
| usedIn |
meditation practices
ⓘ
offerings ⓘ religious rituals ⓘ |
| veneratedBy |
Buddhism
ⓘ
surface form:
Buddhists
pilgrims ⓘ |
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: Bo tree Description of subject: The Bo tree is the sacred fig tree under which Siddhartha Gautama is believed to have attained enlightenment, making it a central symbol in Buddhism.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.