Oryza sativa
E39749
Oryza sativa is the domesticated Asian rice species that serves as a staple food crop for over half of the world’s population.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oryza sativa canonical | 16 |
| Oryza sativa indica | 3 |
| Oryza sativa subsp. indica | 2 |
| Rice | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T308737 — 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: Oryza sativa Context triple: [International Rice Research Institute, primaryCrop, Oryza sativa]
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A.
Taro
Taro is a common Japanese male given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" or similar traditional connotations.
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B.
Tebu
Tebu is a Saharan ethnic group and language community primarily inhabiting parts of southern Libya, Chad, and Niger.
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C.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
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D.
Chía
Chía is a municipality in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia, known for its rapid urban growth and proximity to the capital city, Bogotá.
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E.
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, natural fiber harvested from the seed pods of cotton plants and widely used in textiles and clothing.
- 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: Oryza sativa Target entity description: Oryza sativa is the domesticated Asian rice species that serves as a staple food crop for over half of the world’s population.
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A.
Taro
Taro is a common Japanese male given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" or similar traditional connotations.
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B.
Tebu
Tebu is a Saharan ethnic group and language community primarily inhabiting parts of southern Libya, Chad, and Niger.
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C.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
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D.
Chía
Chía is a municipality in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia, known for its rapid urban growth and proximity to the capital city, Bogotá.
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E.
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, natural fiber harvested from the seed pods of cotton plants and widely used in textiles and clothing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cereal crop
ⓘ
domesticated species ⓘ plant species ⓘ |
| authority |
Linnaeus
ⓘ
linked to:
Carl Linnaeus
|
| belongsToSubfamily | Ehrhartoideae ⓘ |
| binomialName | Oryza sativa ⓘ |
| carbohydrateContent | high starch content ⓘ |
| centerOfDomestication |
China
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ |
| chromosomeNumber | 24 ⓘ |
| class | Liliopsida ⓘ |
| climatePreference |
subtropical
ⓘ
tropical ⓘ |
| commonName |
Asian rice
ⓘ
rice ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| domesticatedFrom | wild Oryza species ⓘ |
| domesticationTrait |
increased grain size
ⓘ
non-shattering spikelets ⓘ |
| economicImportance | major global food crop ⓘ |
| family | Poaceae ⓘ |
| genomeSize | approximately 430 megabase pairs ⓘ |
| genus | Oryza ⓘ |
| grainType | caryopsis ⓘ |
| growsIn |
irrigated lowlands
ⓘ
paddy fields ⓘ rainfed uplands ⓘ |
| hasVariety |
aromatic rice
ⓘ
aus rice ⓘ glutinous rice ⓘ indica rice ⓘ japonica rice ⓘ |
| improvedBy | Green Revolution breeding programs ⓘ |
| isModelOrganism | yes ⓘ |
| isStapleFoodFor | over half of the world population ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| majorProducerCountry |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
China ⓘ India ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| nativeTo | Asia ⓘ |
| order | Poales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| ploidy | diploid ⓘ |
| pollination | mainly self-pollinated ⓘ |
| primaryProduct | rice grain ⓘ |
| primaryUse | human food ⓘ |
| proteinContent | about 7 percent of grain weight ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | human-mediated ⓘ |
| subspecies |
Oryza sativa subsp. indica
ⓘ
linked to:
Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa subsp. japonica ⓘ |
| susceptibleTo |
bacterial leaf blight
ⓘ
brown planthopper ⓘ rice blast disease ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedInResearchField |
crop improvement
ⓘ
plant genetics ⓘ plant molecular biology ⓘ |
| 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: Oryza sativa Description of subject: Oryza sativa is the domesticated Asian rice species that serves as a staple food crop for over half of the world’s population.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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IR8 rice variety
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IR36 rice variety
subject linked to:
IR36 rice variety
linked to: Oryza sativa
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IR64 rice variety
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IR64 rice variety
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