Pilea
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Pilea is a large genus of mostly tropical, herbaceous flowering plants commonly grown as ornamental houseplants for their attractive foliage.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pilea canonical | 4 |
| Pilea peperomioides | 2 |
| Pilea cadierei | 1 |
| Pilea involucrata | 1 |
| Pilea microphylla | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T674377 — 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: Pilea Context triple: [Cannabaceae, containsGenus, Pilea]
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A.
Schlumbergera
Schlumbergera is a small genus of epiphytic cacti best known for popular holiday houseplants such as the Christmas cactus, prized for their segmented stems and brightly colored winter blooms.
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B.
Ampelocera
Ampelocera is a small genus of flowering trees in the elm family Ulmaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
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C.
Rhipsalis
Rhipsalis is a genus of epiphytic, often pendulous cacti native mainly to tropical rainforests, commonly grown as ornamental houseplants for their distinctive trailing stems.
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D.
Dorstenia
Dorstenia is a genus of unusual, often low-growing tropical plants known for their distinctive, flattened, star- or disk-shaped inflorescences.
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E.
Ficus
Ficus is a large genus of woody plants, including figs and rubber trees, known for their distinctive fruits and often used as ornamental and indoor plants.
- 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: Pilea Target entity description: Pilea is a large genus of mostly tropical, herbaceous flowering plants commonly grown as ornamental houseplants for their attractive foliage.
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A.
Schlumbergera
Schlumbergera is a small genus of epiphytic cacti best known for popular holiday houseplants such as the Christmas cactus, prized for their segmented stems and brightly colored winter blooms.
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B.
Ampelocera
Ampelocera is a small genus of flowering trees in the elm family Ulmaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
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C.
Rhipsalis
Rhipsalis is a genus of epiphytic, often pendulous cacti native mainly to tropical rainforests, commonly grown as ornamental houseplants for their distinctive trailing stems.
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D.
Dorstenia
Dorstenia is a genus of unusual, often low-growing tropical plants known for their distinctive, flattened, star- or disk-shaped inflorescences.
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E.
Ficus
Ficus is a large genus of woody plants, including figs and rubber trees, known for their distinctive fruits and often used as ornamental and indoor plants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | pilea ⓘ |
| cultivationUse |
container plant
ⓘ
indoor plant ⓘ ornamental foliage plant ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide in cultivation ⓘ |
| economicUse | ornamental horticulture ⓘ |
| family | Urticaceae ⓘ |
| familyCommonName | nettle family ⓘ |
| flowerShowiness | inconspicuous ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous ⓘ |
| hasAttractiveFoliage | true ⓘ |
| hasFlower | true ⓘ |
| isFloweringPlant | true ⓘ |
| isHerbaceous | true ⓘ |
| isHouseplant | true ⓘ |
| isOrnamentalPlant | true ⓘ |
| isTropical | mostly true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| lightRequirement | bright indirect light ⓘ |
| nativeHabitat |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Pilea cadierei
ⓘ
linked to:
Pilea
Pilea involucrata ⓘ
linked to:
Pilea
Pilea microphylla ⓘ
linked to:
Pilea
Pilea peperomioides ⓘ
linked to:
Pilea
|
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| ornamentalFeature |
compact growth habit (in some species)
ⓘ
textured leaves (in some species) ⓘ variegated foliage (in some species) ⓘ |
| pollination | primarily wind-pollinated (family characteristic) ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
division
ⓘ
stem cuttings ⓘ |
| reproductiveType | angiosperm ⓘ |
| soilRequirement | well-draining potting mix ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerance | low light tolerant (varies by species) ⓘ |
| waterRequirement | moderate watering ⓘ |
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: Pilea Description of subject: Pilea is a large genus of mostly tropical, herbaceous flowering plants commonly grown as ornamental houseplants for their attractive foliage.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
nettle family
subject linked to:
nettle family
linked to: Pilea
linked to: Pilea
linked to: Pilea
linked to: Pilea
linked to: Pilea