Aegle
E578189
Aegle is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, best known for species like the bael tree that bear aromatic, edible fruits and have traditional medicinal uses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aegle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6242986 — 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: Aegle Context triple: [Rutaceae, includesGenus, Aegle]
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A.
Aegle
Aegle is a figure from Greek mythology, often identified as one of the Hesperides, the nymphs associated with a blissful garden at the western edge of the world.
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B.
Aegiale
Aegiale is a figure from Greek mythology, known as one of the Heliades, the daughters of the sun god Helios.
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C.
Scidrus
Scidrus was an ancient Greek colonial settlement in southern Italy associated with the wealthy city of Sybaris.
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D.
Shimea
Shimea is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of King David’s brothers.
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E.
Phule
Phule is the surname of a prominent Indian social reformist family best known for pioneers like Savitribai and Jyotirao Phule, who fought against caste and gender discrimination in the 19th century.
- 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: Aegle Target entity description: Aegle is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, best known for species like the bael tree that bear aromatic, edible fruits and have traditional medicinal uses.
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A.
Aegle
Aegle is a figure from Greek mythology, often identified as one of the Hesperides, the nymphs associated with a blissful garden at the western edge of the world.
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B.
Aegiale
Aegiale is a figure from Greek mythology, known as one of the Heliades, the daughters of the sun god Helios.
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C.
Scidrus
Scidrus was an ancient Greek colonial settlement in southern Italy associated with the wealthy city of Sybaris.
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D.
Shimea
Shimea is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of King David’s brothers.
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E.
Phule
Phule is the surname of a prominent Indian social reformist family best known for pioneers like Savitribai and Jyotirao Phule, who fought against caste and gender discrimination in the 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | citrus group ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| culturalSignificanceIn |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| describedAs | flowering plants genus ⓘ |
| economicUse |
fruit production
ⓘ
medicinal plant trade ⓘ timber and fuelwood ⓘ |
| family | Rutaceae ⓘ |
| familyCommonName | citrus family ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| hasAromaticPart | fruit rind ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | bael genus ⓘ |
| hasEdiblePart |
fruit juice
ⓘ
fruit pulp ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpeciesCommonName |
Bengal quince
ⓘ
bael tree ⓘ golden apple ⓘ stone apple ⓘ |
| hasSpecies | Aegle marmelos ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | deciduous ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| order | Sapindales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| produces |
aromatic fruits
ⓘ
edible fruits ⓘ |
| subfamily | Aurantioideae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tribe |
Aurantieae
ⓘ
linked to:
Aurantioideae
|
| typeSpecies | Aegle marmelos ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ayurvedic medicine
ⓘ
religious offerings ⓘ 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: Aegle Description of subject: Aegle is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, best known for species like the bael tree that bear aromatic, edible fruits and have traditional medicinal uses.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.