Boisduvalia
E1039624
Boisduvalia is a small genus of flowering plants in the evening primrose family, native to western North America and known for its herbaceous species with showy blooms.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boisduvalia canonical | 1 |
| Boisduvalia arizonica | 1 |
| Boisduvalia densiflora | 1 |
| Boisduvalia glabella | 1 |
| Boisduvalia stricta | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13395950 — 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: Boisduvalia Context triple: [Onagraceae, includesGenus, Boisduvalia]
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A.
Polygonanthus
Polygonanthus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees native to South America, known for its occurrence in wet forest habitats.
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B.
Acastus
Acastus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of King Pelias of Iolcus and one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece.
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C.
Clivia
Clivia is a genus of evergreen flowering plants native to southern Africa, prized as shade-tolerant ornamentals for their strap-like leaves and clusters of bright orange, red, or yellow flowers.
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D.
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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E.
Rhodelia
Rhodelia is an unincorporated rural community located in Meade County, Kentucky, United States.
- 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: Boisduvalia Target entity description: Boisduvalia is a small genus of flowering plants in the evening primrose family, native to western North America and known for its herbaceous species with showy blooms.
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A.
Polygonanthus
Polygonanthus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees native to South America, known for its occurrence in wet forest habitats.
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B.
Acastus
Acastus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of King Pelias of Iolcus and one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece.
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C.
Clivia
Clivia is a genus of evergreen flowering plants native to southern Africa, prized as shade-tolerant ornamentals for their strap-like leaves and clusters of bright orange, red, or yellow flowers.
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D.
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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E.
Rhodelia
Rhodelia is an unincorporated rural community located in Meade County, Kentucky, United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | evening primrose family ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | boisduvalia ⓘ |
| family | Onagraceae ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous ⓘ |
| habitat |
disturbed sites
ⓘ
open habitats ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
flowering plants
ⓘ
showy flowers ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Boisduvalia arizonica
ⓘ
linked to:
Boisduvalia
Boisduvalia densiflora ⓘ
linked to:
Boisduvalia
Boisduvalia glabella ⓘ
linked to:
Boisduvalia
Boisduvalia stricta ⓘ
linked to:
Boisduvalia
|
| isPartOf | Onagraceae genera ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| lifeCycle |
annual
ⓘ
perennial ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jean Baptiste Boisduval ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
western North America ⓘ |
| order | Myrtales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | by seeds ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Boisduvalia Description of subject: Boisduvalia is a small genus of flowering plants in the evening primrose family, native to western North America and known for its herbaceous species with showy blooms.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Boisduvalia
linked to: Boisduvalia
linked to: Boisduvalia
linked to: Boisduvalia