Myosurus
E383059
Myosurus is a small genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family, commonly known as mousetail for their slender, tail-like flower spikes.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Myosurus canonical | 3 |
| Myosurus apetalus | 1 |
| Myosurus aristatus | 1 |
| Myosurus cupulatus | 1 |
| Myosurus minimus | 1 |
| Myosurus sessilis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3705114 — 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: Myosurus Context triple: [Ranunculaceae, containsGenus, Myosurus]
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A.
Elatostema
Elatostema is a genus of mostly shade-loving, herbaceous flowering plants commonly found in moist, tropical and subtropical forest understories.
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B.
Laportea
Laportea is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family known for its stinging hairs and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
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C.
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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D.
Mopsuestia
Mopsuestia was an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey), known as an important early Christian and Byzantine center.
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E.
Fenestraria
Fenestraria is a small genus of South African succulent plants, commonly called "baby toes," known for their translucent, window-like leaf tips adapted to intense sunlight.
- 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: Myosurus Target entity description: Myosurus is a small genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family, commonly known as mousetail for their slender, tail-like flower spikes.
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A.
Elatostema
Elatostema is a genus of mostly shade-loving, herbaceous flowering plants commonly found in moist, tropical and subtropical forest understories.
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B.
Laportea
Laportea is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family known for its stinging hairs and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
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C.
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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D.
Mopsuestia
Mopsuestia was an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey), known as an important early Christian and Byzantine center.
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E.
Fenestraria
Fenestraria is a small genus of South African succulent plants, commonly called "baby toes," known for their translucent, window-like leaf tips adapted to intense sunlight.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
plant genus ⓘ species ⓘ species ⓘ species ⓘ |
| belongsTo | buttercup family ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName |
mousetail
ⓘ
tiny mousetail ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan in temperate zones ⓘ |
| etymology | from Greek for mouse tail ⓘ |
| family | Ranunculaceae ⓘ |
| fruitType | achene ⓘ |
| genus | Myosurus ⓘ |
| growthForm | rosette-forming herbs ⓘ |
| habitat |
moist habitats
ⓘ
seasonally wet areas ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
slender tail-like flower spikes
ⓘ
small annual herbs ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Myosurus apetalus
ⓘ
linked to:
Myosurus
Myosurus aristatus ⓘ
linked to:
Myosurus
Myosurus cupulatus ⓘ
linked to:
Myosurus
Myosurus minimus ⓘ
linked to:
Myosurus
Myosurus sessilis ⓘ
linked to:
Myosurus
|
| isA | flowering plant genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | narrow linear leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | annual ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Eurasia
ⓘ
North America ⓘ South America ⓘ temperate regions ⓘ |
| order | Ranunculales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | elongated receptacle bearing numerous achenes ⓘ |
| scientificName | Myosurus ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Myosurus Description of subject: Myosurus is a small genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family, commonly known as mousetail for their slender, tail-like flower spikes.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Myosurus
linked to: Myosurus
linked to: Myosurus
linked to: Myosurus
linked to: Myosurus