Eisenhower Tree (removed)
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The Eisenhower Tree was a famous, strategically placed loblolly pine on the 17th hole at Augusta National Golf Club, long associated with President Dwight D. Eisenhower before being removed after storm damage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eisenhower Tree (removed) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6106411 — 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: Eisenhower Tree (removed) Context triple: [Augusta National Golf Club, hasFeature, Eisenhower Tree (removed)]
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A.
Franklin Tree
Franklin Tree is a notable giant sequoia located in the Giant Forest of California’s Sequoia National Park.
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B.
Lincoln Tree
Lincoln Tree is a massive giant sequoia located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in California.
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C.
General Grant Tree
The General Grant Tree is a giant sequoia in California renowned as one of the largest and oldest living trees on Earth and honored as the United States’ National Christmas Tree.
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D.
General Sherman Tree
The General Sherman Tree is a giant sequoia in California renowned as the largest tree in the world by volume and a major natural landmark.
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E.
Emancipation Oak
Emancipation Oak is a historic live oak tree in Hampton, Virginia, famed as the site where formerly enslaved people first heard the Emancipation Proclamation read in the South.
- 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: Eisenhower Tree (removed) Target entity description: The Eisenhower Tree was a famous, strategically placed loblolly pine on the 17th hole at Augusta National Golf Club, long associated with President Dwight D. Eisenhower before being removed after storm damage.
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A.
Franklin Tree
Franklin Tree is a notable giant sequoia located in the Giant Forest of California’s Sequoia National Park.
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B.
Lincoln Tree
Lincoln Tree is a massive giant sequoia located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in California.
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C.
General Grant Tree
The General Grant Tree is a giant sequoia in California renowned as one of the largest and oldest living trees on Earth and honored as the United States’ National Christmas Tree.
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D.
General Sherman Tree
The General Sherman Tree is a giant sequoia in California renowned as the largest tree in the world by volume and a major natural landmark.
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E.
Emancipation Oak
Emancipation Oak is a historic live oak tree in Hampton, Virginia, famed as the site where formerly enslaved people first heard the Emancipation Proclamation read in the South.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
landmark
ⓘ
loblolly pine ⓘ tree ⓘ |
| ageAtRemoval | approximately 100 to 125 years ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Dwight D. Eisenhower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
famous individual tree
ⓘ
golf course feature ⓘ |
| commonName | loblolly pine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| courseContext | home of the Masters Tournament ⓘ |
| courseHolePar | par 4 (17th hole) ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
iconic feature of the Masters Tournament coverage
ⓘ
symbol of Augusta National’s history ⓘ |
| environmentalEvent | February 2014 ice storm in Georgia ⓘ |
| eraOfProminence | mid-20th century to early 21st century ⓘ |
| gainedNameDuring | Eisenhower presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | approximately 65 feet ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | subject of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s request to remove it ⓘ |
| impactOnPlay |
forced players to shape tee shots
ⓘ
penalized drives hit too far left ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
17th hole at Augusta National Golf Club
ⓘ
Augusta National Golf Club NERFINISHED ⓘ Augusta, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive coverage upon removal in 2014 ⓘ |
| memorializedBy | commemorative plaque at Augusta National Golf Club ⓘ |
| memorializedIn |
Masters Tournament commentary
ⓘ
golf literature ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Dwight D. Eisenhower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
interfering with Dwight D. Eisenhower’s drives
ⓘ
prominent feature on the 17th hole ⓘ |
| notableVisitorAssociation | U.S. presidents NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | left side of the 17th fairway ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Augusta National Golf Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | course design of Augusta National Golf Club ⓘ |
| reasonForRemoval | extensive storm damage ⓘ |
| removedAfter | ice storm damage ⓘ |
| removedBy | Augusta National Golf Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| removedInYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| requestToRemoveAt | Augusta National Golf Club members meeting ⓘ |
| requestToRemoveBy | Dwight D. Eisenhower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| species | Pinus taeda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sportContext | golf ⓘ |
| status | removed ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
influenced tee shots for right-handed golfers
ⓘ
obstacle on 17th fairway ⓘ |
| visibleIn | television broadcasts of the Masters Tournament ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristic | broad canopy over left side of fairway ⓘ |
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: Eisenhower Tree (removed) Description of subject: The Eisenhower Tree was a famous, strategically placed loblolly pine on the 17th hole at Augusta National Golf Club, long associated with President Dwight D. Eisenhower before being removed after storm damage.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.