Polygonanthus
E131169
Polygonanthus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees native to South America, known for its occurrence in wet forest habitats.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polygonanthus canonical | 1 |
| Polygonanthus amazonicus | 1 |
| Polygonanthus punctulatus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T774985 — 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: Polygonanthus Context triple: [Anisophylleaceae, hasMember, Polygonanthus]
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A.
Elatostema
Elatostema is a genus of mostly shade-loving, herbaceous flowering plants commonly found in moist, tropical and subtropical forest understories.
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B.
Pilea
Pilea is a large genus of mostly tropical, herbaceous flowering plants commonly grown as ornamental houseplants for their attractive foliage.
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C.
Soleirolia
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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D.
Rhinecanthus
Rhinecanthus is a genus of brightly colored triggerfishes found in tropical Indo-Pacific reefs, known for their distinctive patterns and angular body shapes.
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E.
Ampelocera
Ampelocera is a small genus of flowering trees in the elm family Ulmaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
- 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: Polygonanthus Target entity description: Polygonanthus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees native to South America, known for its occurrence in wet forest habitats.
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A.
Elatostema
Elatostema is a genus of mostly shade-loving, herbaceous flowering plants commonly found in moist, tropical and subtropical forest understories.
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B.
Pilea
Pilea is a large genus of mostly tropical, herbaceous flowering plants commonly grown as ornamental houseplants for their attractive foliage.
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C.
Soleirolia
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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D.
Rhinecanthus
Rhinecanthus is a genus of brightly colored triggerfishes found in tropical Indo-Pacific reefs, known for their distinctive patterns and angular body shapes.
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E.
Ampelocera
Ampelocera is a small genus of flowering trees in the elm family Ulmaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| describedBy | Adolpho Ducke ⓘ |
| family | Chrysobalanaceae ⓘ |
| foundInBiome | tropical rainforest biome ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Amazon Basin
ⓘ
northern Brazil ⓘ
linked to:
North Region of Brazil
|
| growthForm | evergreen tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
rainforest
ⓘ
tropical wet forests ⓘ |
| hasFlower | yes ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Polygonanthus amazonicus
ⓘ
linked to:
Polygonanthus
Polygonanthus punctulatus ⓘ
linked to:
Polygonanthus
|
| isWoody | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| lifeForm | tree ⓘ |
| namedBy | Adolpho Ducke ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Brazil
ⓘ
South America ⓘ |
| order | Malpighiales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 photosynthesis ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Polygonanthus Description of subject: Polygonanthus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees native to South America, known for its occurrence in wet forest habitats.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Polygonanthus
linked to: Polygonanthus