IR36 rice variety
E40197
IR36 rice variety is a high-yielding, early-maturing, and pest-resistant rice cultivar that became one of the world’s most widely planted “Green Revolution” rice varieties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IR36 rice variety canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T308719 — 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: IR36 rice variety Context triple: [International Rice Research Institute, developed, IR36 rice variety]
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A.
IR8 rice variety
IR8 rice variety is a high-yielding semi-dwarf rice strain that sparked the Green Revolution in Asia by dramatically increasing rice production.
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B.
Oryza sativa
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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C.
International Rice Research Institute
The International Rice Research Institute is a leading agricultural research organization that played a pivotal role in the Green Revolution by developing high-yielding rice varieties and advancing rice production technologies worldwide.
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D.
Yam Dwitiya
Yam Dwitiya is a Hindu festival, observed on the second day of the bright fortnight of Kartik, that celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters through the worship of the god Yama and his sister Yamuna.
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E.
Taro
Taro is a common Japanese male given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" or similar traditional connotations.
- 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: IR36 rice variety Target entity description: IR36 rice variety is a high-yielding, early-maturing, and pest-resistant rice cultivar that became one of the world’s most widely planted “Green Revolution” rice varieties.
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A.
IR8 rice variety
IR8 rice variety is a high-yielding semi-dwarf rice strain that sparked the Green Revolution in Asia by dramatically increasing rice production.
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B.
Oryza sativa
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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C.
International Rice Research Institute
The International Rice Research Institute is a leading agricultural research organization that played a pivotal role in the Green Revolution by developing high-yielding rice varieties and advancing rice production technologies worldwide.
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D.
Yam Dwitiya
Yam Dwitiya is a Hindu festival, observed on the second day of the bright fortnight of Kartik, that celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters through the worship of the god Yama and his sister Yamuna.
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E.
Taro
Taro is a common Japanese male given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" or similar traditional connotations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Green Revolution rice variety
ⓘ
cultivar ⓘ rice variety ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Green Revolution in rice
ⓘ
linked to:
Green Revolution
|
| cropSpecies | Oryza sativa ⓘ |
| developedAt |
IRRI
ⓘ
linked to:
International Rice Research Institute
|
| developedBy | International Rice Research Institute ⓘ |
| developedFor |
irrigated lowland ecosystems
ⓘ
tropical Asia ⓘ |
| developedFrom | multiple IRRI breeding lines ⓘ |
| grainQuality |
good cooking quality
ⓘ
intermediate amylose content ⓘ |
| grainType | long grain ⓘ |
| hasBreeder |
Gurdev Khush
ⓘ
IRRI breeding team ⓘ |
| hasScientificName | IR36 ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
disease resistance
ⓘ
early maturity ⓘ high harvest index ⓘ high yield ⓘ lodging resistance ⓘ pest resistance ⓘ photoperiod insensitivity ⓘ semi-dwarf plant type ⓘ short stature ⓘ wide adaptability ⓘ |
| impactOn |
food security in developing countries
ⓘ
rice yields in Asia ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| maturityDuration |
about 105 days
ⓘ
around 3.5 months ⓘ |
| releasedBy | International Rice Research Institute ⓘ |
| replacedVariety | IR8 ⓘ |
| resistantTo |
bacterial leaf blight
ⓘ
blast disease ⓘ brown planthopper ⓘ green leafhopper ⓘ tungro virus ⓘ |
| subspecies |
Oryza sativa indica
ⓘ
linked to:
Oryza sativa
|
| usedAsParentIn | subsequent IRRI breeding programs ⓘ |
| wasOneOf | world’s most widely planted rice varieties ⓘ |
| widelyGrownIn |
Asia
ⓘ
China ⓘ India ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Philippines ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| yieldPotential | high ⓘ |
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: IR36 rice variety Description of subject: IR36 rice variety is a high-yielding, early-maturing, and pest-resistant rice cultivar that became one of the world’s most widely planted “Green Revolution” rice varieties.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Khush