Platystemon
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Platystemon is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, best known for the creamcups (Platystemon californicus) native to western North America.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Platystemon canonical | 1 |
| Platystemon californicus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T139428 — 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: Platystemon Context triple: [Papaveraceae, includesGenus, Platystemon]
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A.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
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B.
Hunnemannia
Hunnemannia is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, known for its ornamental, bright yellow, poppy-like blooms.
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C.
Lupinus
Lupinus is a large genus of flowering plants in the legume family, commonly known as lupines, noted for their tall, colorful flower spikes and nitrogen-fixing ability.
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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.
Argemone
Argemone is a genus of prickly poppy plants known for their spiny foliage and showy, often yellow or white flowers, native mainly to 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: Platystemon Target entity description: Platystemon is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, best known for the creamcups (Platystemon californicus) native to western North America.
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A.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
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B.
Hunnemannia
Hunnemannia is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, known for its ornamental, bright yellow, poppy-like blooms.
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C.
Lupinus
Lupinus is a large genus of flowering plants in the legume family, commonly known as lupines, noted for their tall, colorful flower spikes and nitrogen-fixing ability.
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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.
Argemone
Argemone is a genus of prickly poppy plants known for their spiny foliage and showy, often yellow or white flowers, native mainly to the Americas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ taxon ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup |
flowering plants
ⓘ
flowering plants ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName |
creamcups
ⓘ
creamcups ⓘ |
| describedAs | small genus of flowering plants ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| family |
Papaveraceae
ⓘ
Papaveraceae ⓘ |
| genus | Platystemon ⓘ |
| growthForm |
annual herb
ⓘ
herbaceous plants ⓘ |
| habitat |
chaparral
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ grasslands ⓘ open slopes ⓘ open woodlands ⓘ |
| hasFlowerColor |
cream
ⓘ
cream ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Platystemon californicus
ⓘ
linked to:
Platystemon
|
| kingdom |
Plantae
ⓘ
Plantae ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Baja California
ⓘ
California ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Mexico ⓘ Oregon ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
western North America ⓘ |
| order | Ranunculales ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Platystemon californicus ⓘ |
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: Platystemon Description of subject: Platystemon is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, best known for the creamcups (Platystemon californicus) native to western North America.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Platystemon