Brassica oleracea
E423663
Brassica oleracea is a species of leafy vegetable that includes many common cultivars such as cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, and kohlrabi.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brassica oleracea canonical | 3 |
| Brassica oleracea L. | 1 |
| Brassica oleracea species | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4231820 — 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: Brassica oleracea Context triple: [Brassicaceae, hasCropSpecies, Brassica oleracea]
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A.
Brassica
Brassica is a genus of plants in the mustard family that includes many important vegetable and oilseed crops such as cabbage, broccoli, kale, and canola.
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B.
Brassica rapa
Brassica rapa is a plant species in the mustard family that includes important crops such as turnips, bok choy, and napa cabbage.
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C.
Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea is the leafy green flowering plant commonly known as spinach, widely cultivated and consumed as a nutritious vegetable rich in vitamins and minerals.
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D.
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the mustard or cabbage family, that includes many important crops such as cabbage, broccoli, and canola.
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E.
Lactuca
Lactuca is a genus of flowering plants best known for including cultivated lettuce, an important leafy vegetable grown worldwide.
- 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: Brassica oleracea Target entity description: Brassica oleracea is a species of leafy vegetable that includes many common cultivars such as cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, and kohlrabi.
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A.
Brassica
Brassica is a genus of plants in the mustard family that includes many important vegetable and oilseed crops such as cabbage, broccoli, kale, and canola.
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B.
Brassica rapa
Brassica rapa is a plant species in the mustard family that includes important crops such as turnips, bok choy, and napa cabbage.
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C.
Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea is the leafy green flowering plant commonly known as spinach, widely cultivated and consumed as a nutritious vegetable rich in vitamins and minerals.
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D.
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the mustard or cabbage family, that includes many important crops such as cabbage, broccoli, and canola.
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E.
Lactuca
Lactuca is a genus of flowering plants best known for including cultivated lettuce, an important leafy vegetable grown worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
leafy vegetable
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
angiosperms
ⓘ
eudicots ⓘ rosids ⓘ |
| chromosomeNumber | 2n=18 ⓘ |
| commonName | wild cabbage ⓘ |
| containsCompound | glucosinolates ⓘ |
| containsNutrient |
dietary fiber
ⓘ
vitamin C ⓘ vitamin K ⓘ |
| cultivationStatus | widely cultivated worldwide ⓘ |
| economicUse |
animal fodder
ⓘ
human nutrition ⓘ |
| ediblePart |
flower bud
ⓘ
leaf ⓘ stem ⓘ |
| family | Brassicaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | yellow ⓘ |
| genus | Brassica ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous plant ⓘ |
| hasCultivarGroup |
Brussels sprouts
ⓘ
Chinese kale ⓘ Savoy cabbage ⓘ broccoli ⓘ cabbage ⓘ cauliflower ⓘ kale ⓘ kohlrabi ⓘ |
| hasLeafType | broadleaf ⓘ |
| hasSynonym |
Brassica oleracea L.
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linked to:
Brassica oleracea
|
| isCultivatedFor |
edible flower buds
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edible inflorescences ⓘ edible leaves ⓘ edible stems ⓘ |
| isModelFor | studies of domestication and diversification in crops ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | biennial ⓘ |
| nativeHabitat | limestone sea cliffs ⓘ |
| nativeTo | coastal southern and western Europe ⓘ |
| order | Brassicales ⓘ |
| photosynthesisPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | cross-pollinating ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedAs |
food crop
ⓘ
vegetable ⓘ |
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: Brassica oleracea Description of subject: Brassica oleracea is a species of leafy vegetable that includes many common cultivars such as cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, and kohlrabi.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Brassica oleracea