Withering
E121331
Withering is a surname most notably associated with William Withering, the 18th-century English physician and botanist who pioneered the medical use of digitalis from the foxglove plant.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Withering canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1056613 — 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: Withering Context triple: [William Withering, familyName, Withering]
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A.
Nausinous
Nausinous is a minor figure in Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the sons of the nymph Calypso and the hero Odysseus.
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B.
Jaded
"Jaded" is a song by the American rock band Insomniac.
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C.
Nasty
"Nasty" is a 1986 hit single by Janet Jackson, known for its assertive lyrics, pioneering new jack swing sound, and iconic "nasty boys" refrain.
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D.
Vicious
Vicious is a British sitcom starring Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen as a long-term gay couple navigating their acerbic yet affectionate relationship in London.
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E.
Cold
"Cold" is a song by GOOD Music, best known for its collaboration between Kanye West and DJ Khaled that blends braggadocious lyrics with a hard-hitting, minimalist beat.
- 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: Withering Target entity description: Withering is a surname most notably associated with William Withering, the 18th-century English physician and botanist who pioneered the medical use of digitalis from the foxglove plant.
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A.
Nausinous
Nausinous is a minor figure in Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the sons of the nymph Calypso and the hero Odysseus.
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B.
Jaded
"Jaded" is a song by the American rock band Insomniac.
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C.
Nasty
"Nasty" is a 1986 hit single by Janet Jackson, known for its assertive lyrics, pioneering new jack swing sound, and iconic "nasty boys" refrain.
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D.
Vicious
Vicious is a British sitcom starring Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen as a long-term gay couple navigating their acerbic yet affectionate relationship in London.
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E.
Cold
"Cold" is a song by GOOD Music, best known for its collaboration between Kanye West and DJ Khaled that blends braggadocious lyrics with a hard-hitting, minimalist beat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
botanist
ⓘ
family name ⓘ human ⓘ physician ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Birmingham ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
cardiology
ⓘ
pharmacology ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
botany
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medicine ⓘ |
| hasNotableHistoricalAssociationWith |
botany in the 18th century
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medical use of digitalis ⓘ |
| knownFor |
pioneering medical use of digitalis
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research on foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ |
| notableBearer | William Withering ⓘ |
| notableWork | An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses ⓘ |
| occupation |
botanist
ⓘ
physician ⓘ |
| studied |
Digitalis purpurea
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medicinal plants ⓘ |
| usedForTreatmentOf | dropsy (edema) ⓘ |
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: Withering Description of subject: Withering is a surname most notably associated with William Withering, the 18th-century English physician and botanist who pioneered the medical use of digitalis from the foxglove plant.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.