Polygonum
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Polygonum is a genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, Polygonaceae, that includes many herbaceous species commonly found in temperate regions.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polygonum canonical | 5 |
| Polygonum erectum | 2 |
| Persicaria | 1 |
| Persicaria hydropiper | 1 |
| Polygonum amphibium | 1 |
| Polygonum arenastrum | 1 |
| Polygonum aviculare | 1 |
| Polygonum convolvulus | 1 |
| Polygonum cuspidatum | 1 |
| Polygonum douglasii | 1 |
| Polygonum hydropiper | 1 |
| Polygonum lapathifolium | 1 |
| Polygonum persicaria | 1 |
| Polygonum sagittatum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2524290 — 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: Polygonum Context triple: [Polygonaceae, typeGenus, Polygonum]
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A.
Aphananthe
Aphananthe is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs known for their hard wood and occurrence in warm temperate to tropical regions.
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B.
Pipturus
Pipturus is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle order known for its shrubby species, some of which produce fibrous bark and small edible fruits.
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C.
Boehmeria
Boehmeria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known for species like ramie, which are cultivated for their strong, fibrous stems used in textile production.
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D.
Poikilospermum
Poikilospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, comprising mostly tropical climbing or scrambling shrubs and small trees.
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E.
Platystemon
Platystemon is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, best known for the creamcups (Platystemon californicus) native to western North America.
- 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: Polygonum Target entity description: Polygonum is a genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, Polygonaceae, that includes many herbaceous species commonly found in temperate regions.
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A.
Aphananthe
Aphananthe is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs known for their hard wood and occurrence in warm temperate to tropical regions.
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B.
Pipturus
Pipturus is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle order known for its shrubby species, some of which produce fibrous bark and small edible fruits.
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C.
Boehmeria
Boehmeria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known for species like ramie, which are cultivated for their strong, fibrous stems used in textile production.
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D.
Poikilospermum
Poikilospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, comprising mostly tropical climbing or scrambling shrubs and small trees.
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E.
Platystemon
Platystemon is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, best known for the creamcups (Platystemon californicus) native to western North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | core eudicots ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName |
knotgrass
ⓘ
knotweed ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature |
ochrea at leaf nodes
ⓘ
swollen nodes on stems ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| etymology | from Greek 'poly' (many) and 'gony' (knee or joint) ⓘ |
| family | Polygonaceae ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| flowerType | small flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | achene ⓘ |
| habitat |
disturbed soils
ⓘ
meadows ⓘ riverbanks ⓘ roadsides ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Polygonum amphibium
ⓘ
linked to:
Polygonum
Polygonum arenastrum ⓘ
linked to:
Polygonum
Polygonum aviculare ⓘ
linked to:
Polygonum
Polygonum bistorta ⓘ
linked to:
Bistorta
Polygonum convolvulus ⓘ
linked to:
Polygonum
Polygonum cuspidatum ⓘ
linked to:
Polygonum
Polygonum douglasii ⓘ
linked to:
Polygonum
Polygonum erectum ⓘ
linked to:
Polygonum
Polygonum hydropiper ⓘ
linked to:
Polygonum
Polygonum lapathifolium ⓘ
linked to:
Polygonum
Polygonum persicaria ⓘ
linked to:
Polygonum
Polygonum ramosissimum ⓘ Polygonum sagittatum ⓘ
linked to:
Polygonum
|
| hasWeedySpecies | true ⓘ |
| inflorescenceType |
racemes
ⓘ
spikes ⓘ |
| isA |
angiosperm genus
ⓘ
eudicot genus ⓘ flowering plant genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| namedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| nativeTo | temperate regions ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalGrowthForm | herbaceous plant ⓘ |
| usedFor |
forage
ⓘ
traditional medicine ⓘ |
| 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: Polygonum Description of subject: Polygonum is a genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, Polygonaceae, that includes many herbaceous species commonly found in temperate regions.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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