Potentilla
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Potentilla is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as cinquefoils, characterized by their typically five-petaled flowers and widespread distribution in temperate regions.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Potentilla canonical | 8 |
| Potentilla anserina | 2 |
| Potentilla argentea | 1 |
| Potentilla erecta | 1 |
| Potentilla fruticosa | 1 |
| Potentilla norvegica | 1 |
| Potentilla reptans | 1 |
| Potentilla simplex | 1 |
| Potentilla wulfeniana | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T442931 — 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: Potentilla Context triple: [Rosaceae, hasMemberGenus, Potentilla]
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A.
Rubus
Rubus is a large genus of flowering plants in the rose family that includes raspberries, blackberries, and many related bramble fruits.
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B.
Fragaria
Fragaria is a genus of flowering plants best known for producing strawberries, including both wild and cultivated species.
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C.
Lupinus
Lupinus is a large genus of flowering plants in the legume family, commonly known as lupines, noted for their tall, colorful flower spikes and nitrogen-fixing ability.
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D.
Papaver rhoeas
Papaver rhoeas is the common red poppy, a wildflower native to Eurasia and North Africa, widely recognized as a symbol of remembrance for war casualties.
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E.
Urtica
Urtica is a genus of herbaceous plants best known for its stinging nettles, which have tiny hairs that can irritate the skin.
- 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: Potentilla Target entity description: Potentilla is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as cinquefoils, characterized by their typically five-petaled flowers and widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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A.
Rubus
Rubus is a large genus of flowering plants in the rose family that includes raspberries, blackberries, and many related bramble fruits.
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B.
Fragaria
Fragaria is a genus of flowering plants best known for producing strawberries, including both wild and cultivated species.
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C.
Lupinus
Lupinus is a large genus of flowering plants in the legume family, commonly known as lupines, noted for their tall, colorful flower spikes and nitrogen-fixing ability.
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D.
Papaver rhoeas
Papaver rhoeas is the common red poppy, a wildflower native to Eurasia and North Africa, widely recognized as a symbol of remembrance for war casualties.
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E.
Urtica
Urtica is a genus of herbaceous plants best known for its stinging nettles, which have tiny hairs that can irritate the skin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Rosoideae ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName |
cinquefoils
ⓘ
five-fingers ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| describedIn | Species Plantarum ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1753 ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy |
palmate or pinnate leaves
ⓘ
typically five-petaled flowers ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan in temperate regions ⓘ |
| etymology | Latin diminutive of potens meaning powerful ⓘ |
| family | Rosaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| flowerType | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| fruitType | aggregate of achenes ⓘ |
| growthForm |
annual herb
ⓘ
herbaceous perennial ⓘ subshrub ⓘ |
| habitat |
alpine areas
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ meadows ⓘ rocky slopes ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Potentilla anserina
ⓘ
linked to:
Potentilla
Potentilla argentea ⓘ
linked to:
Potentilla
Potentilla erecta ⓘ
linked to:
Potentilla
Potentilla fruticosa ⓘ
linked to:
Potentilla
Potentilla norvegica ⓘ
linked to:
Potentilla
Potentilla palustris ⓘ Potentilla reptans ⓘ Potentilla simplex ⓘ
linked to:
Potentilla
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType |
palmately compound
ⓘ
pinnately compound ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Northern Hemisphere
ⓘ
boreal regions ⓘ temperate regions ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalPetalNumber | 5 ⓘ |
| usedAs |
groundcover
ⓘ
ornamental plant ⓘ |
| usedFor | 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: Potentilla Description of subject: Potentilla is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as cinquefoils, characterized by their typically five-petaled flowers and widespread distribution in temperate regions.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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