Ammannia
E1039630
Ammannia is a genus of aquatic and semi-aquatic flowering plants commonly found in wetlands and shallow waters worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ammannia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13396000 — 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: Ammannia Context triple: [Lythraceae, includesGenus, Ammannia]
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A.
Caesonia
Caesonia is a Roman cognomen (family name) used by women of the gens Atia in ancient Rome.
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B.
Statilia
Statilia is an ancient Roman feminine praenomen (given name) most notably borne by the empress Statilia Messalina, wife of Emperor Nero.
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C.
Eraclea
Eraclea is a small coastal town in northeastern Italy known for its beaches along the Adriatic Sea and its proximity to Venice.
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D.
Marcané
Marcané is a locality within Cueto Municipality in Holguín Province, Cuba, known primarily as a small rural community.
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E.
Erminia
Erminia is a compassionate and conflicted princess in Torquato Tasso’s epic poem "Gerusalemme liberata," known for her unrequited love for the Christian knight Tancredi and her dramatic flight from the battlefield.
- 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: Ammannia Target entity description: Ammannia is a genus of aquatic and semi-aquatic flowering plants commonly found in wetlands and shallow waters worldwide.
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A.
Caesonia
Caesonia is a Roman cognomen (family name) used by women of the gens Atia in ancient Rome.
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B.
Statilia
Statilia is an ancient Roman feminine praenomen (given name) most notably borne by the empress Statilia Messalina, wife of Emperor Nero.
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C.
Eraclea
Eraclea is a small coastal town in northeastern Italy known for its beaches along the Adriatic Sea and its proximity to Venice.
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D.
Marcané
Marcané is a locality within Cueto Municipality in Holguín Province, Cuba, known primarily as a small rural community.
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E.
Erminia
Erminia is a compassionate and conflicted princess in Torquato Tasso’s epic poem "Gerusalemme liberata," known for her unrequited love for the Christian knight Tancredi and her dramatic flight from the battlefield.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Asterids ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | ammannia ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
temperate regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
aquatic vegetation component
ⓘ
habitat for aquatic invertebrates ⓘ |
| family | Lythraceae ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
purple ⓘ reddish ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | radial symmetry ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Africa
ⓘ
Americas ⓘ Asia ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous plant ⓘ |
| habitat |
marshes
ⓘ
rice fields ⓘ shallow freshwater bodies ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
aquatic
ⓘ
flowering plant ⓘ semi-aquatic ⓘ |
| hasSeed | small seeds ⓘ |
| includedInPublication | Species Plantarum ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Johann Ammann ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Ammannia auriculata
ⓘ
Ammannia coccinea ⓘ Ammannia gracilis ⓘ Ammannia senegalensis ⓘ |
| order | Myrtales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination |
insect-pollinated
ⓘ
self-pollination possible ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via flowers ⓘ |
| rootType | fibrous roots ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates |
periodic flooding
ⓘ
waterlogged soils ⓘ |
| usedAs | aquarium plant ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1753 ⓘ |
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: Ammannia Description of subject: Ammannia is a genus of aquatic and semi-aquatic flowering plants commonly found in wetlands and shallow waters worldwide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.