Sorghum bicolor
E743211
Sorghum bicolor is a major cereal crop species grown worldwide for grain, forage, and biofuel, notable for its drought tolerance and importance in food and feed production.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sorghum bicolor canonical | 1 |
| grain sorghum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8548755 — 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: Sorghum bicolor Context triple: [Poaceae, includes, Sorghum bicolor]
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A.
Zea mays
Zea mays is the domesticated cereal crop commonly known as maize or corn, widely cultivated worldwide for food, feed, and industrial uses.
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B.
Pennisetum glaucum
Pennisetum glaucum, commonly known as pearl millet, is a hardy cereal crop widely cultivated in arid and semi-arid regions for its nutritious grain and forage.
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C.
Zea
Zea is the former name of Kea, an island in the Cyclades archipelago of Greece known for its traditional villages and scenic landscapes.
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D.
Secale cereale
Secale cereale, commonly known as rye, is a cereal grain cultivated for food, animal feed, and as a cover crop, especially in cooler climates.
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E.
Oryza glaberrima
Oryza glaberrima is the African species of rice domesticated in West Africa, known for its resilience to local stresses but generally lower yields compared to Asian rice (Oryza sativa).
- 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: Sorghum bicolor Target entity description: Sorghum bicolor is a major cereal crop species grown worldwide for grain, forage, and biofuel, notable for its drought tolerance and importance in food and feed production.
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A.
Zea mays
Zea mays is the domesticated cereal crop commonly known as maize or corn, widely cultivated worldwide for food, feed, and industrial uses.
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B.
Pennisetum glaucum
Pennisetum glaucum, commonly known as pearl millet, is a hardy cereal crop widely cultivated in arid and semi-arid regions for its nutritious grain and forage.
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C.
Zea
Zea is the former name of Kea, an island in the Cyclades archipelago of Greece known for its traditional villages and scenic landscapes.
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D.
Secale cereale
Secale cereale, commonly known as rye, is a cereal grain cultivated for food, animal feed, and as a cover crop, especially in cooler climates.
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E.
Oryza glaberrima
Oryza glaberrima is the African species of rice domesticated in West Africa, known for its resilience to local stresses but generally lower yields compared to Asian rice (Oryza sativa).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual grass
ⓘ
cereal crop ⓘ plant species ⓘ |
| breedingUse |
model for C4 grasses
ⓘ
source of drought tolerance genes ⓘ |
| centerOfDiversity | Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ |
| chromosomeNumber2n | 20 ⓘ |
| class | Liliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName |
grain sorghum
ⓘ
linked to:
Sorghum bicolor
great millet ⓘ milo ⓘ sorghum ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1753 ⓘ |
| family | Poaceae ⓘ |
| genomeSequenced | true ⓘ |
| genus |
Sorghum
ⓘ
linked to:
Millet
|
| grainColor |
black
ⓘ
brown ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| grownIn |
semi-arid regions
ⓘ
subtropical regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| growthHabit | tillering grass ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
C4 photosynthesis
ⓘ
drought tolerance ⓘ heat tolerance ⓘ |
| isStapleFoodIn |
parts of Africa
ⓘ
parts of Asia ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | annual ⓘ |
| majorProducerCountry |
Ethiopia
ⓘ
India ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Sudan ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| nativeTo | Africa ⓘ |
| order | Poales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C4 ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| plantHeight | 1–4 meters ⓘ |
| ploidy | diploid ⓘ |
| pollination | mainly self-pollinated ⓘ |
| primaryProduct | sorghum grain ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tolerates |
high temperature
ⓘ
low soil fertility ⓘ water scarcity ⓘ |
| usedFor |
animal feed
ⓘ
biofuel production ⓘ forage ⓘ grain production ⓘ human food ⓘ silage ⓘ |
| usedToProduce |
beer
ⓘ
ethanol biofuel ⓘ flatbread ⓘ porridge ⓘ syrup ⓘ |
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: Sorghum bicolor Description of subject: Sorghum bicolor is a major cereal crop species grown worldwide for grain, forage, and biofuel, notable for its drought tolerance and importance in food and feed production.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sorghum bicolor