Chrysolepis
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Chrysolepis is a small genus of evergreen trees and shrubs native to western North America, commonly known as chinquapins, that produce spiny burrs containing edible nuts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chrysolepis canonical | 1 |
| Notholithocarpus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3019048 — 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: Chrysolepis Context triple: [Fagaceae, includesGenus, Chrysolepis]
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A.
Quercus douglasii
Quercus douglasii, commonly known as blue oak, is a drought-tolerant deciduous oak tree native to California’s interior woodlands and foothills.
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B.
Ceanothus
Ceanothus is a genus of North American shrubs and small trees known for their dense clusters of blue, white, or purple flowers and use in ornamental landscaping and habitat restoration.
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C.
Quercus wislizeni
Quercus wislizeni is an evergreen oak tree species native to California, commonly found in the Sierra Nevada foothills and surrounding regions.
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D.
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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E.
Widdringtonia
Widdringtonia is a small genus of African coniferous trees commonly known as African cypresses, valued for their durable timber and ecological importance.
- 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: Chrysolepis Target entity description: Chrysolepis is a small genus of evergreen trees and shrubs native to western North America, commonly known as chinquapins, that produce spiny burrs containing edible nuts.
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A.
Quercus douglasii
Quercus douglasii, commonly known as blue oak, is a drought-tolerant deciduous oak tree native to California’s interior woodlands and foothills.
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B.
Ceanothus
Ceanothus is a genus of North American shrubs and small trees known for their dense clusters of blue, white, or purple flowers and use in ornamental landscaping and habitat restoration.
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C.
Quercus wislizeni
Quercus wislizeni is an evergreen oak tree species native to California, commonly found in the Sierra Nevada foothills and surrounding regions.
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D.
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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E.
Widdringtonia
Widdringtonia is a small genus of African coniferous trees commonly known as African cypresses, valued for their durable timber and ecological importance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| distribution |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Oregon ⓘ Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Coast of North America
Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington (state)
|
| family |
oak family (Fagaceae)
ⓘ
surface form:
Fagaceae
|
| fruitEnclosure | spiny cupule ⓘ |
| fruitType | nut ⓘ |
| growthForm |
evergreen shrub
ⓘ
evergreen tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
chaparral
ⓘ
montane forests ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
chinkapin
ⓘ
chinquapin ⓘ |
| hasUse | food (nuts) ⓘ |
| isFloweringPlant | true ⓘ |
| isWoody | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | evergreen ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| nativeTo | western North America ⓘ |
| order | Fagales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| pollination | wind pollination ⓘ |
| produces |
edible nuts
ⓘ
spiny burrs ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Castanea
ⓘ
Quercus ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| woodType | hardwood ⓘ |
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: Chrysolepis Description of subject: Chrysolepis is a small genus of evergreen trees and shrubs native to western North America, commonly known as chinquapins, that produce spiny burrs containing edible nuts.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fagaceae
this entity surface form:
Notholithocarpus
subject surface form:
Fagaceae