Decodon
E1039632
Decodon is a small genus of aquatic or semi-aquatic flowering plants in the loosestrife family, known for species like Decodon verticillatus that inhabit wetlands and marshy areas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Decodon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13396002 — 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: Decodon Context triple: [Lythraceae, includesGenus, Decodon]
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A.
Deino
Deino is one of the three Graeae in Greek mythology, ancient sea-daimones who shared a single eye and tooth among them and served as prophetic guardians.
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B.
Artelia
Artelia is a feminine given name, notably borne by Artelia Roney Duke, an American philanthropist and tobacco heiress.
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C.
Isodice
Isodice was an Athenian noblewoman of the 5th century BCE, known primarily as the wife of the prominent statesman and general Cimon.
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D.
Decaë
Decaë is a French surname most notably borne by Henri Decaë, an influential 20th-century cinematographer associated with the French New Wave.
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E.
Digod
Digod is a small town located in the Kota district of the Indian state of Rajasthan.
- 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: Decodon Target entity description: Decodon is a small genus of aquatic or semi-aquatic flowering plants in the loosestrife family, known for species like Decodon verticillatus that inhabit wetlands and marshy areas.
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A.
Deino
Deino is one of the three Graeae in Greek mythology, ancient sea-daimones who shared a single eye and tooth among them and served as prophetic guardians.
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B.
Artelia
Artelia is a feminine given name, notably borne by Artelia Roney Duke, an American philanthropist and tobacco heiress.
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C.
Isodice
Isodice was an Athenian noblewoman of the 5th century BCE, known primarily as the wife of the prominent statesman and general Cimon.
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D.
Decaë
Decaë is a French surname most notably borne by Henri Decaë, an influential 20th-century cinematographer associated with the French New Wave.
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E.
Digod
Digod is a small town located in the Kota district of the Indian state of Rajasthan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
angiosperms
ⓘ
eudicots ⓘ rosids ⓘ |
| commonName |
swamp loosestrife
ⓘ
waterwillow ⓘ |
| containsTaxon | Decodon verticillatus ⓘ |
| describedBy | botanists studying Lythraceae ⓘ |
| distribution | North America ⓘ |
| ecologicalPreference |
aquatic
ⓘ
semi-aquatic ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | wetland plant ⓘ |
| etymologyNote | name refers to floral or structural features involving the number ten ⓘ |
| family |
Lythraceae
ⓘ
Lythraceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
purple ⓘ |
| floweringPlant | true ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| genus | Decodon ⓘ |
| growthForm |
herbaceous plant
ⓘ
perennial herb ⓘ |
| habitat |
marshes
ⓘ
marshes ⓘ pond margins ⓘ shallow freshwater bodies ⓘ swamps ⓘ wetlands ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| hasFlower | yes ⓘ |
| hasLeafArrangement | opposite or whorled ⓘ |
| hasLeafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Greek word "deka" (ten) ⓘ |
| nativeRange | eastern North America ⓘ |
| order | Myrtales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination |
insect-pollinated
ⓘ
insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via flowers ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | water-dispersed seeds ⓘ |
| subfamily | Lythroideae ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ |
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: Decodon Description of subject: Decodon is a small genus of aquatic or semi-aquatic flowering plants in the loosestrife family, known for species like Decodon verticillatus that inhabit wetlands and marshy areas.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.