Ulmus glabra
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Ulmus glabra, commonly known as the wych elm or Scots elm, is a large deciduous tree native to Europe and western Asia, valued for its broad crown, rough leaves, and historical use in timber and landscaping.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ulmus glabra canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T222717 — 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: Ulmus glabra Context triple: [Ulmaceae, hasNotableMember, Ulmus glabra]
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A.
Ulmus minor
Ulmus minor is a species of elm tree native to Europe and western Asia, commonly known as the field elm and valued for its hard timber and ornamental use.
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B.
Ulmus
Ulmus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as elms, widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and valued for their distinctive vase-shaped form and use in landscaping and timber.
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C.
Ulmus laevis
Ulmus laevis, commonly known as the European white elm, is a deciduous tree species native to Europe, recognized for its pale bark, tolerance of wet soils, and importance in riparian woodlands.
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D.
Zelkova
Zelkova is a small genus of deciduous trees in the elm family, valued as ornamentals and for bonsai, and native to parts of Europe and Asia.
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E.
Morus
Morus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, valued for their sweet, edible fruits and use in silkworm cultivation.
- 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: Ulmus glabra Target entity description: Ulmus glabra, commonly known as the wych elm or Scots elm, is a large deciduous tree native to Europe and western Asia, valued for its broad crown, rough leaves, and historical use in timber and landscaping.
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A.
Ulmus minor
Ulmus minor is a species of elm tree native to Europe and western Asia, commonly known as the field elm and valued for its hard timber and ornamental use.
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B.
Ulmus
Ulmus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as elms, widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and valued for their distinctive vase-shaped form and use in landscaping and timber.
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C.
Ulmus laevis
Ulmus laevis, commonly known as the European white elm, is a deciduous tree species native to Europe, recognized for its pale bark, tolerance of wet soils, and importance in riparian woodlands.
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D.
Zelkova
Zelkova is a small genus of deciduous trees in the elm family, valued as ornamentals and for bonsai, and native to parts of Europe and Asia.
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E.
Morus
Morus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, valued for their sweet, edible fruits and use in silkworm cultivation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deciduous tree
ⓘ
elm ⓘ tree species ⓘ |
| affectedBy | Dutch elm disease ⓘ |
| barkColor | grey-brown ⓘ |
| commonName |
Scots elm
ⓘ
wych elm ⓘ |
| crownShape | broad crown ⓘ |
| deciduous | true ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
British Isles
ⓘ
Caucasus ⓘ
surface form:
Caucasus region
Central Europe ⓘ Scandinavia ⓘ |
| family | Ulmaceae ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | early spring ⓘ |
| fruitType | samara ⓘ |
| genus | Ulmus ⓘ |
| growthForm | large tree ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafMargin | serrated ⓘ |
| leafTexture | rough leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | deciduous ⓘ |
| lifespan | long-lived tree ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Europe
ⓘ
western Asia ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tolerates | cold climates ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
moist soils
ⓘ
ravines ⓘ river valleys ⓘ |
| typicalHeight | 30–40 m ⓘ |
| usedFor |
landscaping
ⓘ
timber ⓘ |
| usedIn |
avenue planting
ⓘ
park planting ⓘ |
| valuedFor |
broad crown
ⓘ
ornamental use ⓘ rough leaves ⓘ timber ⓘ |
| woodProperty |
coarse-grained
ⓘ
tough ⓘ |
| woodUsedFor |
furniture
ⓘ
tool handles ⓘ wheel hubs ⓘ |
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: Ulmus glabra Description of subject: Ulmus glabra, commonly known as the wych elm or Scots elm, is a large deciduous tree native to Europe and western Asia, valued for its broad crown, rough leaves, and historical use in timber and landscaping.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.