Elaeagnus
E92438
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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elaeagnus canonical | 2 |
| Elaeagnus angustifolia | 2 |
| Elaeagnus multiflora | 1 |
| Elaeagnus pungens | 1 |
| Elaeagnus umbellata | 1 |
| Shepherdia argentea | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T714763 — 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: Elaeagnus Context triple: [Elaeagnaceae, hasTypeGenus, Elaeagnus]
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A.
Broussonetia
Broussonetia is a small genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the mulberry family, best known for the paper mulberry used traditionally for making paper and cloth.
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B.
Sorbus
Sorbus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs, commonly known as rowans or whitebeams, valued for their ornamental foliage, flowers, and berry-like fruits.
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C.
Physocarpus
Physocarpus is a small genus of deciduous flowering shrubs, commonly known as ninebark, valued in horticulture for their attractive peeling bark, clustered blooms, and colorful foliage.
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D.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
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E.
Hovenia
Hovenia is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs, best known for the Japanese raisin tree (Hovenia dulcis), valued for its sweet, edible fruit stalks and use in traditional medicine.
- 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: Elaeagnus Target entity description: 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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A.
Broussonetia
Broussonetia is a small genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the mulberry family, best known for the paper mulberry used traditionally for making paper and cloth.
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B.
Sorbus
Sorbus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs, commonly known as rowans or whitebeams, valued for their ornamental foliage, flowers, and berry-like fruits.
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C.
Physocarpus
Physocarpus is a small genus of deciduous flowering shrubs, commonly known as ninebark, valued in horticulture for their attractive peeling bark, clustered blooms, and colorful foliage.
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D.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
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E.
Hovenia
Hovenia is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs, best known for the Japanese raisin tree (Hovenia dulcis), valued for its sweet, edible fruit stalks and use in traditional medicine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName |
oleasters
ⓘ
silverberries ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of flowering shrubs and small trees ⓘ |
| distribution |
introduced in North America
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native to parts of Europe ⓘ native to temperate and subtropical regions of Asia ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
nitrogen fixation
ⓘ
soil improvement ⓘ wildlife food source ⓘ |
| family | Elaeagnaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | usually creamy-white flowers ⓘ |
| flowerScent | often fragrant flowers ⓘ |
| flowerType | inconspicuous flowers ⓘ |
| fruitColor | often red or orange fruits ⓘ |
| fruitType | drupe-like fruits ⓘ |
| fruitUse |
edible fresh
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used for jams and jellies ⓘ used for traditional medicine ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
hardy
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nitrogen-fixing roots ⓘ nutrient-rich fruits ⓘ often edible fruits ⓘ silvery foliage ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafSurface | silvery scales ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Elaeagnus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Elaeagnus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Elaeagnus multiflora
Elaeagnus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Elaeagnus pungens
Elaeagnus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Elaeagnus umbellata
|
| nutritionalProperty |
high in antioxidants
ⓘ
high in vitamins ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction |
by seed
ⓘ
by vegetative propagation ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerance |
drought tolerant
ⓘ
salt tolerant ⓘ tolerant of poor soils ⓘ |
| usedFor |
erosion control
ⓘ
hedges ⓘ ornamental planting ⓘ windbreaks ⓘ |
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: Elaeagnus Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Elaeagnus angustifolia
this entity surface form:
Shepherdia argentea
this entity surface form:
Elaeagnus angustifolia
this entity surface form:
Elaeagnus umbellata
this entity surface form:
Elaeagnus multiflora
this entity surface form:
Elaeagnus pungens