Obetia tenax
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Obetia tenax is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family (Urticaceae), native to parts of Africa and known for its stinging hairs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Obetia tenax canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3864151 — 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: Obetia tenax Context triple: [Obetia, hasSpecies, Obetia tenax]
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A.
Obetia radula
Obetia radula is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to parts of Africa and known for its stinging hairs.
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B.
Philortyx fasciatus
Philortyx fasciatus, commonly known as the banded quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird native to Mexico and the type species of the genus Philortyx.
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C.
Penelope bridgesi
Penelope bridgesi is a species of guan, a medium-sized arboreal game bird in the family Cracidae native to Neotropical forests.
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D.
Penelope dabbenei
Penelope dabbenei is a species of guan, a large arboreal game bird in the family Cracidae native to South American forests.
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E.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
- 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: Obetia tenax Target entity description: Obetia tenax is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family (Urticaceae), native to parts of Africa and known for its stinging hairs.
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A.
Obetia radula
Obetia radula is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to parts of Africa and known for its stinging hairs.
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B.
Philortyx fasciatus
Philortyx fasciatus, commonly known as the banded quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird native to Mexico and the type species of the genus Philortyx.
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C.
Penelope bridgesi
Penelope bridgesi is a species of guan, a medium-sized arboreal game bird in the family Cracidae native to Neotropical forests.
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D.
Penelope dabbenei
Penelope dabbenei is a species of guan, a large arboreal game bird in the family Cracidae native to South American forests.
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E.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
species of flowering plant
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | flowering plants ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| defenseMechanism | stinging trichomes ⓘ |
| distribution | subtropical regions of Africa ⓘ |
| family | Urticaceae ⓘ |
| genus | Obetia ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
dry woodland
ⓘ
rocky slopes ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
dioecious
ⓘ
has stinging hairs ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | stinging nettle tree ⓘ |
| hasFlower | inconspicuous flowers ⓘ |
| hasPart | stinging hairs on leaves and stems ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafMargin | toothed margin ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ eastern Africa ⓘ
linked to:
East Africa
southern Africa ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Africa
|
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproductiveSystem | separate male and female plants ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fiber
ⓘ
traditional medicine ⓘ |
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: Obetia tenax Description of subject: Obetia tenax is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family (Urticaceae), native to parts of Africa and known for its stinging hairs.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.