Holoptelea
E29646
Holoptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees native to parts of Africa and Asia, commonly known for species like Holoptelea integrifolia used in traditional medicine and as shade trees.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holoptelea canonical | 3 |
| Holoptelea grandis | 1 |
| Holoptelea integrifolia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T222692 — 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: Holoptelea Context triple: [Ulmaceae, includes, Holoptelea]
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A.
Hemiptelea
Hemiptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees in the elm family, known for its hardy, spiny species native to East Asia.
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B.
Hunnemannia
Hunnemannia is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, known for its ornamental, bright yellow, poppy-like blooms.
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C.
Widdringtonia
Widdringtonia is a small genus of African coniferous trees commonly known as African cypresses, valued for their durable timber and ecological importance.
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D.
Tetraclinis
Tetraclinis is a small genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family, best known for the species Tetraclinis articulata, commonly called the sandarac or Barbary thuja.
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E.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
- 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: Holoptelea Target entity description: Holoptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees native to parts of Africa and Asia, commonly known for species like Holoptelea integrifolia used in traditional medicine and as shade trees.
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A.
Hemiptelea
Hemiptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees in the elm family, known for its hardy, spiny species native to East Asia.
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B.
Hunnemannia
Hunnemannia is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, known for its ornamental, bright yellow, poppy-like blooms.
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C.
Widdringtonia
Widdringtonia is a small genus of African coniferous trees commonly known as African cypresses, valued for their durable timber and ecological importance.
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D.
Tetraclinis
Tetraclinis is a small genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family, best known for the species Tetraclinis articulata, commonly called the sandarac or Barbary thuja.
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E.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ plant species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| barkUsedFor | traditional remedies ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | holoptelea trees ⓘ |
| family |
Ulmaceae
ⓘ
Ulmaceae ⓘ Ulmaceae ⓘ |
| genus |
Holoptelea
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
Holoptelea self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| growthForm |
deciduous tree
ⓘ
deciduous tree ⓘ large deciduous tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
dry deciduous forests
ⓘ
tropical Africa ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bark
ⓘ
leaves ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Holoptelea
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Holoptelea grandis
Holoptelea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Holoptelea integrifolia
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | deciduous ⓘ |
| leafType | broadleaf ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ South Asia ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
Southeast Asia ⓘ parts of Africa ⓘ |
| order |
Rosales
ⓘ
Rosales ⓘ |
| reproductiveType | flowering plant ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ species ⓘ |
| usedFor |
shade
ⓘ
shade ⓘ timber ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Ayurvedic medicine
ⓘ
traditional medicine ⓘ |
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: Holoptelea Description of subject: Holoptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees native to parts of Africa and Asia, commonly known for species like Holoptelea integrifolia used in traditional medicine and as shade trees.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Holoptelea integrifolia
this entity surface form:
Holoptelea grandis
subject surface form:
Holoptelea integrifolia
subject surface form:
Holoptelea grandis