Taraxia
E1040790
Taraxia is a small genus of flowering plants in the evening primrose family, native to western North America and known for its showy, often yellow blossoms.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taraxia canonical | 1 |
| Taraxia breviflora | 1 |
| Taraxia ovata | 1 |
| Taraxia subacaulis | 1 |
| Taraxia tanacetifolia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13395954 — 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: Taraxia Context triple: [Onagraceae, includesGenus, Taraxia]
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A.
Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
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B.
Picconia
Picconia is a small genus of flowering plants in the olive family, comprising evergreen trees and shrubs native to Macaronesian regions such as the Canary Islands and Madeira.
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C.
Elaeum
Elaeum is a mountain located near the ancient town of Phigaleia in the region of Arcadia, Greece.
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D.
Picrasma
Picrasma is a small genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and use in traditional medicine.
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E.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
- 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: Taraxia Target entity description: Taraxia is a small genus of flowering plants in the evening primrose family, native to western North America and known for its showy, often yellow blossoms.
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A.
Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
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B.
Picconia
Picconia is a small genus of flowering plants in the olive family, comprising evergreen trees and shrubs native to Macaronesian regions such as the Canary Islands and Madeira.
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C.
Elaeum
Elaeum is a mountain located near the ancient town of Phigaleia in the region of Arcadia, Greece.
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D.
Picrasma
Picrasma is a small genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and use in traditional medicine.
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E.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| attracts |
bees
ⓘ
butterflies ⓘ other pollinating insects ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Onagraceae subfamily Onagroideae
ⓘ
linked to:
Onagraceae
|
| belongsToGroup | evening primrose family ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | taraxia ⓘ |
| describedIn | botanical literature on Onagraceae ⓘ |
| distribution |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California (state)
Great Basin region ⓘ
linked to:
Great Basin
Pacific Northwest ⓘ western United States ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | forb in native plant communities ⓘ |
| family | Onagraceae ⓘ |
| floweringTime |
early summer
ⓘ
spring ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | radial symmetry ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous plant ⓘ |
| habitat |
dry meadows
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ open habitats ⓘ sagebrush steppe ⓘ |
| hasFlowerColor |
showy blossoms
ⓘ
yellow ⓘ |
| hasScientificNameAuthorship | (various authors depending on species) ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Taraxia breviflora
ⓘ
linked to:
Taraxia
Taraxia ovata ⓘ
linked to:
Taraxia
Taraxia subacaulis ⓘ
linked to:
Taraxia
Taraxia tanacetifolia ⓘ
linked to:
Taraxia
|
| hasType | flowering plant ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Onagraceae genera
ⓘ
linked to:
Onagraceae
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| lifeCycle |
annual
ⓘ
perennial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
North America
ⓘ
western North America ⓘ |
| order | Myrtales ⓘ |
| petalNumber | four ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 photosynthesis ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| seedDispersal |
by animals
ⓘ
by gravity ⓘ |
| taxonRank | 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: Taraxia Description of subject: Taraxia is a small genus of flowering plants in the evening primrose family, native to western North America and known for its showy, often yellow blossoms.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Taraxia
linked to: Taraxia
linked to: Taraxia
linked to: Taraxia