Comptonia
E1039604
Comptonia is a small genus of aromatic, nitrogen-fixing shrubs in the bayberry family, best known for the sweetfern (Comptonia peregrina) native to eastern North America.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Comptonia canonical | 2 |
| Comptonia peregrina | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13395686 — 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: Comptonia Context triple: [Myricaceae, includesGenus, Comptonia]
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A.
Kalmia
Kalmia is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the heath family known for their attractive, often pink or white, cup-shaped flowers and ornamental use in gardens.
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B.
Nemacaulis
Nemacaulis is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, native to arid regions of western North America.
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C.
Jeffersonia
Jeffersonia is a small genus of perennial flowering plants, commonly known as twinleaf, native to eastern North America and parts of East Asia and valued as ornamental woodland wildflowers.
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D.
Chrysolepis
Chrysolepis is a small genus of evergreen trees and shrubs native to western North America, commonly known as chinquapins, that produce spiny burrs containing edible nuts.
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E.
Nuttallia
Nuttallia is a biological genus named in honor of the 19th-century English botanist and zoologist Thomas Nuttall.
- 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: Comptonia Target entity description: Comptonia is a small genus of aromatic, nitrogen-fixing shrubs in the bayberry family, best known for the sweetfern (Comptonia peregrina) native to eastern North America.
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A.
Kalmia
Kalmia is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the heath family known for their attractive, often pink or white, cup-shaped flowers and ornamental use in gardens.
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B.
Nemacaulis
Nemacaulis is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, native to arid regions of western North America.
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C.
Jeffersonia
Jeffersonia is a small genus of perennial flowering plants, commonly known as twinleaf, native to eastern North America and parts of East Asia and valued as ornamental woodland wildflowers.
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D.
Chrysolepis
Chrysolepis is a small genus of evergreen trees and shrubs native to western North America, commonly known as chinquapins, that produce spiny burrs containing edible nuts.
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E.
Nuttallia
Nuttallia is a biological genus named in honor of the 19th-century English botanist and zoologist Thomas Nuttall.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName |
sweetfern
ⓘ
sweetfern genus ⓘ |
| describedAs | small genus of aromatic nitrogen-fixing shrubs ⓘ |
| division | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
pioneer species
ⓘ
soil nitrogen enrichment ⓘ |
| family |
Myricaceae
ⓘ
Myricaceae ⓘ |
| genus | Comptonia ⓘ |
| growthForm |
deciduous shrub
ⓘ
shrub ⓘ |
| habitat |
barrens
ⓘ
dry acidic soils ⓘ dry acidic soils ⓘ open woodlands ⓘ pine barrens ⓘ sandy soils ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Comptonia peregrina
ⓘ
linked to:
Comptonia
|
| isAromatic | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafAroma |
resinous
ⓘ
sweet aromatic scent ⓘ |
| leafMorphology | deeply lobed leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | deciduous ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
North America
ⓘ
eastern North America ⓘ |
| nitrogenFixing |
true
ⓘ
true ⓘ |
| order | Fagales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | clonal by rhizomes ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Comptonia peregrina
ⓘ
linked to:
Comptonia
|
| usedFor |
fragrant foliage in teas
ⓘ
herbal tea ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
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: Comptonia Description of subject: Comptonia is a small genus of aromatic, nitrogen-fixing shrubs in the bayberry family, best known for the sweetfern (Comptonia peregrina) native to eastern North America.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Comptonia
linked to: Comptonia