Quercus alba
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Quercus alba is the white oak, a long-lived North American hardwood tree valued for its strong, durable timber and ecological importance in eastern forests.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Quercus alba canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3019054 — 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: Quercus alba Context triple: [Fagaceae, notableMember, Quercus alba]
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A.
Quercus
Quercus is a large genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as oaks, widespread in the Northern Hemisphere and ecologically important for their hardwood and acorn production.
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B.
Fagus
Fagus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as beeches, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere and valued for their hardwood and ornamental use.
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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.
Northern red oak
The Northern red oak is a large, fast-growing hardwood tree native to eastern North America, valued for its strong timber, attractive reddish-brown wood, and brilliant red fall foliage.
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E.
Sugar maple
The sugar maple is a large, long-lived North American hardwood tree renowned for its brilliant fall foliage and as the primary source of maple syrup.
- 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: Quercus alba Target entity description: Quercus alba is the white oak, a long-lived North American hardwood tree valued for its strong, durable timber and ecological importance in eastern forests.
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A.
Quercus
Quercus is a large genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as oaks, widespread in the Northern Hemisphere and ecologically important for their hardwood and acorn production.
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B.
Fagus
Fagus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as beeches, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere and valued for their hardwood and ornamental use.
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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.
Northern red oak
The Northern red oak is a large, fast-growing hardwood tree native to eastern North America, valued for its strong timber, attractive reddish-brown wood, and brilliant red fall foliage.
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E.
Sugar maple
The sugar maple is a large, long-lived North American hardwood tree renowned for its brilliant fall foliage and as the primary source of maple syrup.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deciduous tree
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hardwood tree ⓘ species of tree ⓘ |
| acornMaturationTime | one growing season ⓘ |
| barkColor | light gray ⓘ |
| barkTexture | scaly ⓘ |
| binomialAuthority |
Carl Linnaeus
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surface form:
Linnaeus
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| binomialName | Quercus alba self-link ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName | white oak ⓘ |
| contributesTo | forest biodiversity ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
canopy tree in eastern deciduous forests
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mast producer for wildlife ⓘ |
| family |
oak family (Fagaceae)
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surface form:
Fagaceae
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| flowerType | monoecious ⓘ |
| foundIn | eastern forests of North America ⓘ |
| genus | Quercus ⓘ |
| habitat |
mixed hardwood forests
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upland forests ⓘ |
| hasGrowthForm | large tree ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | deciduous ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| lightRequirement | full sun ⓘ |
| longevity | long-lived ⓘ |
| maximumHeight |
about 100 feet
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about 30 meters ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
North America
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eastern United States ⓘ |
| order | Fagales ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| produces | acorns ⓘ |
| soilPreference | well-drained soils ⓘ |
| supports | wildlife including birds and mammals ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tolerates |
cold winters
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moderate drought ⓘ |
| typicalLifespan | several hundred years ⓘ |
| woodProperty |
durable
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strong ⓘ |
| woodType | hardwood ⓘ |
| woodUse |
barrel making
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construction timber ⓘ flooring ⓘ furniture ⓘ |
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: Quercus alba Description of subject: Quercus alba is the white oak, a long-lived North American hardwood tree valued for its strong, durable timber and ecological importance in eastern forests.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fagaceae