Polemonium
E1000536
Polemonium is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as Jacob’s ladder, valued for their pinnate leaves and clusters of blue, purple, or white bell-shaped flowers often grown in temperate gardens.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polemonium canonical | 3 |
| Polemonium caeruleum | 2 |
| Polemonium pulcherrimum | 1 |
| Polemonium reptans | 1 |
| Polemonium viscosum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12728546 — 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: Polemonium Context triple: [Ericales, includesGenus, Polemonium]
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A.
Campanula
Campanula is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as bellflowers, characterized by their bell-shaped blooms and widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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B.
Myosotis
Myosotis is a genus of small flowering plants commonly known as forget-me-nots, recognized for their delicate blue, pink, or white five-petaled blooms.
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C.
Delphinium
Delphinium is a genus of tall, showy flowering plants known for their striking spikes of blue, purple, or white blossoms commonly grown in ornamental gardens.
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D.
Dianthus
Dianthus is a genus of flowering plants known for their fragrant, often pink or white, frilled-petal blooms commonly called carnations or pinks.
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E.
Lythrum
Lythrum is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as loosestrifes, which includes several wetland species such as the invasive purple loosestrife.
- 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: Polemonium Target entity description: Polemonium is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as Jacob’s ladder, valued for their pinnate leaves and clusters of blue, purple, or white bell-shaped flowers often grown in temperate gardens.
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A.
Campanula
Campanula is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as bellflowers, characterized by their bell-shaped blooms and widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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B.
Myosotis
Myosotis is a genus of small flowering plants commonly known as forget-me-nots, recognized for their delicate blue, pink, or white five-petaled blooms.
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C.
Delphinium
Delphinium is a genus of tall, showy flowering plants known for their striking spikes of blue, purple, or white blossoms commonly grown in ornamental gardens.
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D.
Dianthus
Dianthus is a genus of flowering plants known for their fragrant, often pink or white, frilled-petal blooms commonly called carnations or pinks.
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E.
Lythrum
Lythrum is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as loosestrifes, which includes several wetland species such as the invasive purple loosestrife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| attracts |
bees
ⓘ
butterflies ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Asterids ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName |
Jacob’s ladder
ⓘ
Jacob’s-ladder ⓘ |
| cultivatedIn | temperate gardens ⓘ |
| etymology | named after the Greek philosopher Polemon of Athens (traditional attribution) ⓘ |
| family | Polemoniaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
blue
ⓘ
purple ⓘ white ⓘ |
| floweringSeason |
early summer
ⓘ
spring ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| habitat |
meadows
ⓘ
mountain slopes ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
bell-shaped flowers
ⓘ
pinnate leaves ⓘ |
| hasUse |
cottage garden plant
ⓘ
ornamental border plant ⓘ |
| inflorescenceType | clusters ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafType | compound ⓘ |
| lightPreference |
full sun
ⓘ
partial shade ⓘ |
| nativeTo | temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Polemonium caeruleum
ⓘ
linked to:
Polemonium
Polemonium pulcherrimum ⓘ
linked to:
Polemonium
Polemonium reptans ⓘ
linked to:
Polemonium
Polemonium viscosum ⓘ
linked to:
Polemonium
|
| order | Ericales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction |
by division
ⓘ
by seed ⓘ |
| sensitiveTo |
drought
ⓘ
heat ⓘ |
| soilPreference | moist soil ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates | cool climates ⓘ |
| usedAs | ornamental plant ⓘ |
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: Polemonium Description of subject: Polemonium is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as Jacob’s ladder, valued for their pinnate leaves and clusters of blue, purple, or white bell-shaped flowers often grown in temperate gardens.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Polemonium
linked to: Polemonium
linked to: Polemonium
linked to: Polemonium
linked to: Polemonium