Aldrovanda
E291098
Aldrovanda is a genus of aquatic carnivorous plants, commonly known as waterwheel plants, that capture small aquatic organisms using snap-trap mechanisms.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aldrovanda vesiculosa | 2 |
| Aldrovanda canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2661181 — 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: Aldrovanda Context triple: [Droseraceae, hasGenus, Aldrovanda]
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A.
Drosera
Drosera is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly known as sundews, that capture and digest insects using sticky, glandular leaves.
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B.
Genlisea
Genlisea is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly called corkscrew plants, that capture and digest small organisms using specialized underground leaf traps.
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C.
Dionaea muscipula
Dionaea muscipula, commonly known as the Venus flytrap, is a small carnivorous plant native to subtropical wetlands of the United States that captures and digests insects with its specialized jaw-like leaf traps.
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D.
Drymaea
Drymaea was an ancient Greek city-state located in the region of Phocis, known from classical historical and geographical accounts.
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E.
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.
- 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: Aldrovanda Target entity description: Aldrovanda is a genus of aquatic carnivorous plants, commonly known as waterwheel plants, that capture small aquatic organisms using snap-trap mechanisms.
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A.
Drosera
Drosera is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly known as sundews, that capture and digest insects using sticky, glandular leaves.
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B.
Genlisea
Genlisea is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly called corkscrew plants, that capture and digest small organisms using specialized underground leaf traps.
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C.
Dionaea muscipula
Dionaea muscipula, commonly known as the Venus flytrap, is a small carnivorous plant native to subtropical wetlands of the United States that captures and digests insects with its specialized jaw-like leaf traps.
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D.
Drymaea
Drymaea was an ancient Greek city-state located in the region of Phocis, known from classical historical and geographical accounts.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carnivorous plant genus
ⓘ
plant genus ⓘ |
| commonName | waterwheel plants ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | threatened in many regions ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1753 ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Australia ⓘ Eurasia ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | control of aquatic invertebrate populations ⓘ |
| environmentPreference |
nutrient-poor waters
ⓘ
slightly acidic waters ⓘ |
| family | Droseraceae ⓘ |
| flowerPosition | emergent above water surface ⓘ |
| growthForm | free-floating ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
shallow ponds ⓘ slow-moving waters ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | whorled ⓘ |
| leafFunction |
insect-trapping
ⓘ
photosynthesis ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| lifestyle | aquatic ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ulisse Aldrovandi ⓘ |
| nutrientAcquisition | prey digestion ⓘ |
| nutritionType | carnivorous ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticOrganism | true ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| prey |
aquatic crustaceans
ⓘ
mosquito larvae ⓘ small aquatic invertebrates ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Dionaea muscipula ⓘ |
| reproduction |
sexual reproduction via flowers
ⓘ
vegetative propagation ⓘ |
| rootPresence | rootless ⓘ |
| sharesTrapTypeWith |
Venus flytrap
ⓘ
linked to:
Dionaea muscipula
|
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trapActivation | rapid movement ⓘ |
| trapTrigger | sensitive hairs ⓘ |
| trapType | snap-trap ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Aldrovanda vesiculosa
ⓘ
linked to:
Aldrovanda
|
| uses |
ornamental aquatic plant
ⓘ
research on plant movement ⓘ |
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: Aldrovanda Description of subject: Aldrovanda is a genus of aquatic carnivorous plants, commonly known as waterwheel plants, that capture small aquatic organisms using snap-trap mechanisms.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Aldrovanda
linked to: Aldrovanda