Impatiens
E1000153
Impatiens is a large genus of flowering plants, commonly known as touch-me-nots or busy Lizzies, prized for their colorful ornamental blooms and explosive seed dispersal.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Impatiens canonical | 2 |
| Impatiens balsamina | 2 |
| Impatiens capensis | 2 |
| Impatiens glandulifera | 2 |
| Impatiens walleriana | 2 |
| Impatiens niamniamensis | 1 |
| Impatiens noli-tangere | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12728542 — 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: Impatiens Context triple: [Ericales, includesGenus, Impatiens]
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A.
Begonia
Begonia is a large genus of ornamental flowering plants known for their colorful, asymmetrical leaves and showy blooms, widely cultivated as houseplants and garden plants.
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B.
Hibiscus
Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants known for its large, colorful blossoms commonly used in ornamental gardening and herbal teas.
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C.
Antigonon
Antigonon is a small genus of flowering vines in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, commonly known for ornamental species like coral vine.
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D.
Cleoboea
Cleoboea is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily through genealogical references connecting her to other mythic characters.
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E.
Schizanthus
Schizanthus is a small genus of ornamental flowering plants, often called butterfly or poor man’s orchid, known for their brightly colored, intricately patterned blooms.
- 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: Impatiens Target entity description: Impatiens is a large genus of flowering plants, commonly known as touch-me-nots or busy Lizzies, prized for their colorful ornamental blooms and explosive seed dispersal.
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A.
Begonia
Begonia is a large genus of ornamental flowering plants known for their colorful, asymmetrical leaves and showy blooms, widely cultivated as houseplants and garden plants.
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B.
Hibiscus
Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants known for its large, colorful blossoms commonly used in ornamental gardening and herbal teas.
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C.
Antigonon
Antigonon is a small genus of flowering vines in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, commonly known for ornamental species like coral vine.
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D.
Cleoboea
Cleoboea is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily through genealogical references connecting her to other mythic characters.
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E.
Schizanthus
Schizanthus is a small genus of ornamental flowering plants, often called butterfly or poor man’s orchid, known for their brightly colored, intricately patterned blooms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName |
balsam
ⓘ
busy Lizzie ⓘ impatiens ⓘ touch-me-not ⓘ |
| describedAs | large genus of flowering plants ⓘ |
| economicUse | ornamental horticulture ⓘ |
| family | Balsaminaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
bicolored
ⓘ
orange ⓘ pink ⓘ purple ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| growthForm |
herbaceous annual
ⓘ
herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| habitat |
forest understory
ⓘ
moist shaded habitats ⓘ stream banks ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
alternate leaves
ⓘ
explosive dehiscent seed capsules ⓘ explosive seed dispersal ⓘ fleshy stems ⓘ ornamental flowering plants ⓘ simple leaves ⓘ spurred flowers ⓘ succulent stems ⓘ zygomorphic flowers ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | Latin word "impatiens" meaning "impatient" ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| lightRequirement |
full shade
ⓘ
partial shade ⓘ |
| nameRefersTo | sudden bursting of ripe seed pods ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Old World tropics ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Impatiens balsamina
ⓘ
linked to:
Impatiens
Impatiens capensis ⓘ
linked to:
Impatiens
Impatiens glandulifera ⓘ
linked to:
Impatiens
Impatiens noli-tangere ⓘ
linked to:
Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana ⓘ
linked to:
Impatiens
|
| order | Ericales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| pollinator |
bees
ⓘ
butterflies ⓘ hummingbirds ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
cuttings
ⓘ
seed ⓘ |
| reproduction |
by seeds
ⓘ
vegetative propagation possible ⓘ |
| soilRequirement | moist well-drained soil ⓘ |
| susceptibleTo | downy mildew ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates | high humidity ⓘ |
| usedAs | ornamental plant ⓘ |
| usedIn |
bedding plantings
ⓘ
container gardening ⓘ shade 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: Impatiens Description of subject: Impatiens is a large genus of flowering plants, commonly known as touch-me-nots or busy Lizzies, prized for their colorful ornamental blooms and explosive seed dispersal.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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