Tagetes
E221243
Tagetes is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as marigolds, valued for their bright ornamental blooms and use in traditional medicine and pest control.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tagetes canonical | 1 |
| Tagetes erecta | 1 |
| Tagetes minuta | 1 |
| Tagetes tenuifolia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1982078 — 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: Tagetes Context triple: [Asteraceae, includesGenus, Tagetes]
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A.
Mirabilis
Mirabilis is an Israeli software company best known for creating the pioneering instant messaging service ICQ in the 1990s.
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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.
Marigold
Marigold is a feminine given name most commonly associated with the bright yellow-orange flower and occasionally used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
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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E.
Jacinto
Jacinto is the cruel caretaker and primary antagonist in Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror film "The Devil’s Backbone."
- 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: Tagetes Target entity description: Tagetes is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as marigolds, valued for their bright ornamental blooms and use in traditional medicine and pest control.
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A.
Mirabilis
Mirabilis is an Israeli software company best known for creating the pioneering instant messaging service ICQ in the 1990s.
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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.
Marigold
Marigold is a feminine given name most commonly associated with the bright yellow-orange flower and occasionally used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
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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E.
Jacinto
Jacinto is the cruel caretaker and primary antagonist in Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror film "The Devil’s Backbone."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| attracts |
bees
ⓘ
butterflies ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Asterids ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | marigolds ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
essential oils
ⓘ
lutein ⓘ thiophenes ⓘ |
| cultivatedFor |
colorful displays
ⓘ
garden borders ⓘ ornamental flowers ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| family | Asteraceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
orange
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
annual growth habit
ⓘ
herbaceous habit ⓘ strong scent ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Tagetes erecta
ⓘ
linked to:
Tagetes
Tagetes minuta ⓘ
linked to:
Tagetes
Tagetes patula ⓘ Tagetes tenuifolia ⓘ
linked to:
Tagetes
|
| introducedTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Europe ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central America
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| order | Asterales ⓘ |
| pollinatedBy | insects ⓘ |
| repels |
nematodes
ⓘ
some insect pests ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedAs |
companion plant
ⓘ
medicinal plant ⓘ ornamental plant ⓘ |
| usedFor |
bedding plantings
ⓘ
border plantings ⓘ pest control ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cosmetics
ⓘ
dye production ⓘ funerary rituals ⓘ religious ceremonies ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
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: Tagetes Description of subject: Tagetes is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as marigolds, valued for their bright ornamental blooms and use in traditional medicine and pest control.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tagetes
linked to: Tagetes
linked to: Tagetes