Soleirolia
E109549
Soleirolia is a small genus of delicate, mat-forming flowering plants best known for the ornamental houseplant commonly called baby’s tears.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Soleirolia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T674390 — 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: Soleirolia Context triple: [Cannabaceae, containsGenus, Soleirolia]
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A.
Laportea
Laportea is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family known for its stinging hairs and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
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B.
Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
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C.
Touchardia
Touchardia is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to Hawaii and known for its shrubby, nettle-like species.
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D.
Pinguicula
Pinguicula is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly known as butterworts, that capture and digest insects using sticky, glandular leaves.
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E.
Hesperocnide
Hesperocnide is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants native to western North America and belonging to the nettle family.
- 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: Soleirolia Target entity description: Soleirolia is a small genus of delicate, mat-forming flowering plants best known for the ornamental houseplant commonly called baby’s tears.
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A.
Laportea
Laportea is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family known for its stinging hairs and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
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B.
Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
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C.
Touchardia
Touchardia is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to Hawaii and known for its shrubby, nettle-like species.
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D.
Pinguicula
Pinguicula is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly known as butterworts, that capture and digest insects using sticky, glandular leaves.
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E.
Hesperocnide
Hesperocnide is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants native to western North America and belonging to the nettle family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| canBeInvasive | yes (in suitable climates) ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| cultivationNote |
sensitive to drying out
ⓘ
tolerates regular trimming ⓘ |
| describedAs |
delicate
ⓘ
mat-forming ⓘ |
| family | Urticaceae ⓘ |
| flowering | produces small pale flowers ⓘ |
| flowerType | small inconspicuous flowers ⓘ |
| growthForm | mat-forming ⓘ |
| growthHabit | creeping ⓘ |
| habitat |
damp walls
ⓘ
pot culture indoors ⓘ shaded rock gardens ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
Irish moss (common name, but not taxonomically accurate)
ⓘ
angel’s tears ⓘ baby’s tears ⓘ mind-your-own-business ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | evergreen in mild climates ⓘ |
| leafType | small leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Corsica
ⓘ
Mediterranean region ⓘ Sardinia ⓘ |
| notableSpecies | Soleirolia soleirolii ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| preferredLight |
bright indirect light
ⓘ
partial shade ⓘ |
| preferredSoil |
moist soil
ⓘ
well-drained soil ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
division
ⓘ
stem cuttings ⓘ |
| reproduction |
by seed
ⓘ
vegetative spread ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Soleirolia soleirolii ⓘ |
| usedAs |
ground cover
ⓘ
houseplant ⓘ ornamental plant ⓘ |
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: Soleirolia Description of subject: Soleirolia is a small genus of delicate, mat-forming flowering plants best known for the ornamental houseplant commonly called baby’s tears.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.