Cynara
E221242
Cynara is a genus of thistle-like flowering plants best known for including the cultivated artichoke.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cynara cardunculus | 3 |
| Cynara scolymus | 2 |
| Cynara canonical | 1 |
| Cynara algarbiensis | 1 |
| Cynara auranitica | 1 |
| Cynara baetica | 1 |
| Cynara cornigera | 1 |
| Cynara cyrenaica | 1 |
| Cynara humilis | 1 |
| Cynara linearifolia | 1 |
| Cynara makrisii | 1 |
| Cynara tournefortii | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1982077 — 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: Cynara Context triple: [Asteraceae, includesGenus, Cynara]
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A.
Artemisia
"Artemisia" is a 17th-century painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Ferdinand Bol, depicting the classical figure Artemisia in a dramatic, Baroque style.
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B.
Senecio
Senecio is a famous 1922 abstract painting by Paul Klee depicting a stylized, mask-like human face composed of geometric shapes and bold colors.
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C.
Onobrychis
Onobrychis is a genus of flowering legumes commonly known as sainfoins, valued as forage plants in temperate regions.
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D.
Lathyrus
Lathyrus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, best known for species like the ornamental sweet pea.
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E.
Aloysia
Aloysia is a feminine given name, historically used in European contexts and closely related to the name Louise.
- 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: Cynara Target entity description: Cynara is a genus of thistle-like flowering plants best known for including the cultivated artichoke.
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A.
Artemisia
"Artemisia" is a 17th-century painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Ferdinand Bol, depicting the classical figure Artemisia in a dramatic, Baroque style.
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B.
Senecio
Senecio is a famous 1922 abstract painting by Paul Klee depicting a stylized, mask-like human face composed of geometric shapes and bold colors.
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C.
Onobrychis
Onobrychis is a genus of flowering legumes commonly known as sainfoins, valued as forage plants in temperate regions.
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D.
Lathyrus
Lathyrus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, best known for species like the ornamental sweet pea.
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E.
Aloysia
Aloysia is a feminine given name, historically used in European contexts and closely related to the name Louise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Asterids ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| containsSpeciesUsedForFood | true ⓘ |
| containsSpeciesUsedInTraditionalMedicine | true ⓘ |
| describedIn | Linnaean taxonomy ⓘ |
| economicUse |
forage plant
ⓘ
oil production ⓘ ornamental plant ⓘ vegetable crop ⓘ |
| family | Asteraceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | purple ⓘ |
| growthForm | perennial herb ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
artichoke thistles
ⓘ
cynara ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Cynara algarbiensis
ⓘ
linked to:
Cynara
Cynara auranitica ⓘ
linked to:
Cynara
Cynara baetica ⓘ
linked to:
Cynara
Cynara cardunculus ⓘ
linked to:
Cynara
Cynara cornigera ⓘ
linked to:
Cynara
Cynara cyrenaica ⓘ
linked to:
Cynara
Cynara humilis ⓘ
linked to:
Cynara
Cynara linearifolia ⓘ
linked to:
Cynara
Cynara makrisii ⓘ
linked to:
Cynara
Cynara scolymus ⓘ
linked to:
Cynara
Cynara scolymus var. scolymus ⓘ Cynara syriaca ⓘ Cynara tournefortii ⓘ
linked to:
Cynara
|
| inflorescenceType | capitulum ⓘ |
| isBestKnownFor | including the cultivated artichoke ⓘ |
| isFloweringPlantGenus | true ⓘ |
| isThistleLike | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | spiny leaves ⓘ |
| namedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Mediterranean region
ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ Southern Europe ⓘ Southwestern Asia ⓘ
linked to:
Middle East
|
| order | Asterales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| subfamily | Carduoideae ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | genus ⓘ |
| tribe | Cardueae ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Cynara cardunculus
ⓘ
linked to:
Cynara
|
| yearDescribed | 1753 ⓘ |
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: Cynara Description of subject: Cynara is a genus of thistle-like flowering plants best known for including the cultivated artichoke.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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