Ophiopogon
E822116
Ophiopogon is a genus of grass-like, evergreen perennial plants commonly used as ornamental groundcovers in gardens.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ophiopogon canonical | 2 |
| Ophiopogon japonicus | 2 |
| Liriope | 1 |
| Ophiopogon planiscapus | 1 |
| Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9799833 — 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: Ophiopogon Context triple: [Asparagaceae, includesGenus, Ophiopogon]
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A.
Liriope
Liriope is a naiad (freshwater nymph) in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of the beautiful youth Narcissus.
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B.
Aphananthe
Aphananthe is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs known for their hard wood and occurrence in warm temperate to tropical regions.
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C.
Pipturus
Pipturus is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle order known for its shrubby species, some of which produce fibrous bark and small edible fruits.
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D.
Leersia
Leersia is a genus of grasses commonly known as cutgrasses, found in wet habitats worldwide and related to rice.
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E.
Diphylleia
Diphylleia is a small genus of herbaceous flowering plants known for their distinctive large leaves and translucent “skeleton” petals when wet, native to temperate woodland regions.
- 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: Ophiopogon Target entity description: Ophiopogon is a genus of grass-like, evergreen perennial plants commonly used as ornamental groundcovers in gardens.
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A.
Liriope
Liriope is a naiad (freshwater nymph) in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of the beautiful youth Narcissus.
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B.
Aphananthe
Aphananthe is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs known for their hard wood and occurrence in warm temperate to tropical regions.
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C.
Pipturus
Pipturus is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle order known for its shrubby species, some of which produce fibrous bark and small edible fruits.
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D.
Leersia
Leersia is a genus of grasses commonly known as cutgrasses, found in wet habitats worldwide and related to rice.
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E.
Diphylleia
Diphylleia is a small genus of herbaceous flowering plants known for their distinctive large leaves and translucent “skeleton” petals when wet, native to temperate woodland regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| authority | Ker Gawl. ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Monocots ⓘ
linked to:
Liliopsida
|
| commonName |
mondo grass
ⓘ
monkey grass ⓘ snake’s beard ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of grass-like evergreen perennials ⓘ |
| family | Asparagaceae ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1807 ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
lavender
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| fruitColor |
blue
ⓘ
violet ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry ⓘ |
| growthForm | evergreen perennial ⓘ |
| habit |
clump-forming
ⓘ
tufted ⓘ |
| hardiness | frost tolerant (varies by species) ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | grass-like linear leaves ⓘ |
| maintenanceLevel | low maintenance ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
China
ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ Himalayas ⓘ Japan ⓘ Korea ⓘ |
| notableCultivar |
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
ⓘ
linked to:
Ophiopogon
|
| notableSpecies |
Ophiopogon japonicus
ⓘ
linked to:
Ophiopogon
Ophiopogon planiscapus ⓘ
linked to:
Ophiopogon
|
| order | Asparagales ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
division
ⓘ
seed ⓘ |
| rootType |
fibrous roots
ⓘ
tuberous roots ⓘ |
| shadeTolerance |
full shade
ⓘ
partial shade ⓘ |
| soilPreference |
humus-rich soil
ⓘ
well-drained soil ⓘ |
| subfamily | Nolinoideae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Ophiopogon japonicus
ⓘ
linked to:
Ophiopogon
|
| usedAs | ornamental groundcover ⓘ |
| usedIn |
borders
ⓘ
container plantings ⓘ garden landscaping ⓘ rock gardens ⓘ |
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: Ophiopogon Description of subject: Ophiopogon is a genus of grass-like, evergreen perennial plants commonly used as ornamental groundcovers in gardens.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ophiopogon
linked to: Ophiopogon
linked to: Ophiopogon
linked to: Ophiopogon
linked to: Ophiopogon