Sinapis alba
E421747
Sinapis alba is a flowering plant species commonly known as white or yellow mustard, cultivated for its pungent seeds used as a spice and condiment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sinapis alba canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4231825 — 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: Sinapis alba Context triple: [Brassicaceae, hasCropSpecies, Sinapis alba]
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A.
Lactuca
Lactuca is a genus of flowering plants best known for including cultivated lettuce, an important leafy vegetable grown worldwide.
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B.
Taraxacum
Taraxacum is a genus of flowering plants best known for the common dandelions, widespread weeds with yellow flower heads and distinctive wind-dispersed seed heads.
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C.
Cichorium
Cichorium is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family that includes species such as chicory and endive, commonly used as leafy vegetables and coffee substitutes.
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D.
Senecio
Senecio is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants that includes ragworts and groundsels, many of which are known for their bright yellow flower heads and sometimes toxic properties.
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E.
Senecio
Senecio is a famous 1922 abstract painting by Paul Klee depicting a stylized, mask-like human face composed of geometric shapes and bold colors.
- 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: Sinapis alba Target entity description: Sinapis alba is a flowering plant species commonly known as white or yellow mustard, cultivated for its pungent seeds used as a spice and condiment.
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A.
Lactuca
Lactuca is a genus of flowering plants best known for including cultivated lettuce, an important leafy vegetable grown worldwide.
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B.
Taraxacum
Taraxacum is a genus of flowering plants best known for the common dandelions, widespread weeds with yellow flower heads and distinctive wind-dispersed seed heads.
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C.
Cichorium
Cichorium is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family that includes species such as chicory and endive, commonly used as leafy vegetables and coffee substitutes.
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D.
Senecio
Senecio is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants that includes ragworts and groundsels, many of which are known for their bright yellow flower heads and sometimes toxic properties.
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E.
Senecio
Senecio is a famous 1922 abstract painting by Paul Klee depicting a stylized, mask-like human face composed of geometric shapes and bold colors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
angiosperm
ⓘ
flowering plant ⓘ mustard plant ⓘ plant species ⓘ |
| authority |
Linnaeus
ⓘ
linked to:
Carl Linnaeus
|
| belongsToClade |
eudicots
ⓘ
linked to:
Eudicots
rosids ⓘ |
| binomialName | Sinapis alba ⓘ |
| commonName |
light mustard
ⓘ
white mustard ⓘ yellow mustard ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
glucosinolates
ⓘ
sinalbin ⓘ |
| cultivatedAs |
cover crop
ⓘ
green manure ⓘ spice crop ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| describedIn | Species Plantarum ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
culinary spice
ⓘ
oilseed crop ⓘ |
| family | Brassicaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | yellow ⓘ |
| flowerType | four-petaled flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | silique ⓘ |
| genus | Sinapis ⓘ |
| growthForm | annual herb ⓘ |
| inflorescenceType | raceme ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Australia
ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | lobed leaves ⓘ |
| lightRequirement | full sun ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Mediterranean region
ⓘ
linked to:
Mediterranean Basin
North Africa ⓘ Western Asia ⓘ |
| order | Brassicales ⓘ |
| plantHeight | up to about 1 meter ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| pungencySource | enzymatic breakdown of glucosinolates ⓘ |
| seedColor | pale yellow ⓘ |
| seedUse |
condiment
ⓘ
mustard production ⓘ spice ⓘ |
| soilPreference | well-drained soils ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedFor |
flavoring meats
ⓘ
oil production ⓘ pickling spices ⓘ table mustard ⓘ |
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: Sinapis alba Description of subject: Sinapis alba is a flowering plant species commonly known as white or yellow mustard, cultivated for its pungent seeds used as a spice and condiment.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.