Mahonia
E381571
Mahonia is a genus of evergreen shrubs known for their holly-like leaves, yellow flowers, and blue-black berries, commonly used as ornamental plants in gardens.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahonia canonical | 1 |
| Mahonia aquifolium | 1 |
| Mahonia bealei | 1 |
| Mahonia japonica | 1 |
| Mahonia nervosa | 1 |
| Mahonia repens | 1 |
| Oregon grape | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3724732 — 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: Mahonia Context triple: [Berberidaceae, includesGenus, Mahonia]
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A.
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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B.
Chrysolepis
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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C.
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, commonly known as oleasters or silverberries, valued for their hardiness, silvery foliage, and often edible, nutrient-rich fruits.
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D.
Schinus
Schinus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs commonly known for species like the Peruvian pepper tree, some of which produce pink peppercorns used as a spice.
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E.
Cercis
Cercis is a genus of small deciduous trees and shrubs in the pea family, known for their early spring display of pink to magenta blossoms that often appear on bare branches before the leaves.
- 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: Mahonia Target entity description: Mahonia is a genus of evergreen shrubs known for their holly-like leaves, yellow flowers, and blue-black berries, commonly used as ornamental plants in gardens.
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A.
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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B.
Chrysolepis
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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C.
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, commonly known as oleasters or silverberries, valued for their hardiness, silvery foliage, and often edible, nutrient-rich fruits.
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D.
Schinus
Schinus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs commonly known for species like the Peruvian pepper tree, some of which produce pink peppercorns used as a spice.
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E.
Cercis
Cercis is a genus of small deciduous trees and shrubs in the pea family, known for their early spring display of pink to magenta blossoms that often appear on bare branches before the leaves.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| attracts | pollinators ⓘ |
| barkColor | brown ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Ranunculales ⓘ |
| containsCompound | berberine ⓘ |
| evergreen | true ⓘ |
| family | Berberidaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | yellow ⓘ |
| floweringSeason |
early spring
ⓘ
late winter ⓘ |
| fruitColor | blue-black ⓘ |
| fruitDispersedBy | birds ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry ⓘ |
| growthForm | shrub ⓘ |
| hasEvergreenFoliage | true ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Mahonia aquifolium
ⓘ
Mahonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mahonia bealei
Mahonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mahonia japonica
Mahonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mahonia nervosa
Mahonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mahonia repens
|
| hasSynonym |
Berberis
ⓘ
surface form:
Berberis (in some taxonomic treatments)
|
| hasThornsOrSpines | true ⓘ |
| isCultivated | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafMorphology | pinnate ⓘ |
| leafShape | holly-like ⓘ |
| leafType | evergreen ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
East Asia
ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| order | Ranunculales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollinatedBy | insects ⓘ |
| propagatedBy |
seed
ⓘ
semi-ripe cuttings ⓘ |
| shadeTolerance | high ⓘ |
| soilPreference |
moderately fertile soil
ⓘ
well-drained soil ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates |
shade
ⓘ
urban pollution ⓘ |
| usedAs | ornamental plant ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ground cover (some species)
ⓘ
hedging ⓘ |
| usedIn | gardens ⓘ |
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: Mahonia Description of subject: Mahonia is a genus of evergreen shrubs known for their holly-like leaves, yellow flowers, and blue-black berries, commonly used as ornamental plants in gardens.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mahonia aquifolium
this entity surface form:
Oregon grape
this entity surface form:
Mahonia nervosa
this entity surface form:
Mahonia repens
this entity surface form:
Mahonia japonica
this entity surface form:
Mahonia bealei