Iris germanica
E285079
Iris germanica is a perennial flowering plant commonly known as the bearded iris, prized in gardens for its showy, multicolored blooms and sword-like foliage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Iris germanica canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2645975 — 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: Iris germanica Context triple: [Liliopsida, includesSpecies, Iris germanica]
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A.
Silene
Silene is the legendary city or region traditionally depicted as the setting of the Saint George and the Dragon story in medieval Christian lore.
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B.
Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
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C.
Glaucium
Glaucium is a small genus of flowering plants commonly known as horned poppies, characterized by their brightly colored, poppy-like flowers and elongated seed pods.
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D.
Papaver rhoeas
Papaver rhoeas is the common red poppy, a wildflower native to Eurasia and North Africa, widely recognized as a symbol of remembrance for war casualties.
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E.
Hesperis
Hesperis is a figure from Greek mythology, often associated with the evening or the West and sometimes linked to the Hesperides, the nymphs of the evening and golden light.
- 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: Iris germanica Target entity description: Iris germanica is a perennial flowering plant commonly known as the bearded iris, prized in gardens for its showy, multicolored blooms and sword-like foliage.
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A.
Silene
Silene is the legendary city or region traditionally depicted as the setting of the Saint George and the Dragon story in medieval Christian lore.
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B.
Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
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C.
Glaucium
Glaucium is a small genus of flowering plants commonly known as horned poppies, characterized by their brightly colored, poppy-like flowers and elongated seed pods.
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D.
Papaver rhoeas
Papaver rhoeas is the common red poppy, a wildflower native to Eurasia and North Africa, widely recognized as a symbol of remembrance for war casualties.
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E.
Hesperis
Hesperis is a figure from Greek mythology, often associated with the evening or the West and sometimes linked to the Hesperides, the nymphs of the evening and golden light.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ornamental plant
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perennial plant ⓘ species of flowering plant ⓘ |
| commonName | bearded iris ⓘ |
| cultivationUse |
border plant
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cut flower ⓘ garden ornamental ⓘ |
| diseaseSusceptibility |
leaf spot
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rhizome rot ⓘ |
| distinctiveFeature |
bearded falls
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multicolored blooms ⓘ |
| divisionFrequency | every 3–5 years ⓘ |
| family | Iridaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
bi-colored
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blue ⓘ purple ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| floweringSeason |
early summer
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spring ⓘ |
| flowerType | showy flowers ⓘ |
| foliageDescription | glaucous green ⓘ |
| fragrance | often fragrant flowers ⓘ |
| gardenValue | prized for showy flowers ⓘ |
| genus | Iris ⓘ |
| growthForm | rhizomatous ⓘ |
| hardiness | frost hardy ⓘ |
| inflorescence | erect flowering stalks ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | basal fan ⓘ |
| leafType | sword-like leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| maintenance | low to moderate ⓘ |
| nativeStatus |
cultivated worldwide
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widely naturalized in Europe ⓘ |
| order | Asparagales ⓘ |
| origin | likely hybrid origin ⓘ |
| pestSusceptibility | iris borer ⓘ |
| plantHeight | 60–90 cm ⓘ |
| plantType | herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
division of rhizomes
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seed ⓘ |
| rootType | rhizome ⓘ |
| soilPreference |
moderately fertile soil
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well-drained soil ⓘ |
| sunExposure | full sun ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| waterRequirement | moderate ⓘ |
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: Iris germanica Description of subject: Iris germanica is a perennial flowering plant commonly known as the bearded iris, prized in gardens for its showy, multicolored blooms and sword-like foliage.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.