Chelidonium
E16664
Chelidonium is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as celandines, recognized for their yellow latex and traditional medicinal uses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chelidonium canonical | 2 |
| Chelidonium majus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T139418 — 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: Chelidonium Context triple: [Papaveraceae, includesGenus, Chelidonium]
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A.
Lupinus
Lupinus is a large genus of flowering plants in the legume family, commonly known as lupines, noted for their tall, colorful flower spikes and nitrogen-fixing ability.
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B.
Urtica
Urtica is a genus of herbaceous plants best known for its stinging nettles, which have tiny hairs that can irritate the skin.
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C.
California poppy
The California poppy is a brightly colored, orange-gold wildflower native to western North America, widely recognized for its silky petals and drought tolerance.
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D.
Lupinus subcarnosus
Lupinus subcarnosus is a species of lupine native to Texas, notable as one of the iconic bluebonnet wildflowers associated with the state's spring landscapes.
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E.
Black-eyed Susan
Black-eyed Susan is a bright yellow, daisy-like wildflower with a dark central cone, commonly found across North America and widely used in gardens and natural landscapes.
- 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: Chelidonium Target entity description: Chelidonium is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as celandines, recognized for their yellow latex and traditional medicinal uses.
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A.
Lupinus
Lupinus is a large genus of flowering plants in the legume family, commonly known as lupines, noted for their tall, colorful flower spikes and nitrogen-fixing ability.
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B.
Urtica
Urtica is a genus of herbaceous plants best known for its stinging nettles, which have tiny hairs that can irritate the skin.
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C.
California poppy
The California poppy is a brightly colored, orange-gold wildflower native to western North America, widely recognized for its silky petals and drought tolerance.
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D.
Lupinus subcarnosus
Lupinus subcarnosus is a species of lupine native to Texas, notable as one of the iconic bluebonnet wildflowers associated with the state's spring landscapes.
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E.
Black-eyed Susan
Black-eyed Susan is a bright yellow, daisy-like wildflower with a dark central cone, commonly found across North America and widely used in gardens and natural landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
herbal medicine
ⓘ
homeopathy ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily |
Papaveraceae
ⓘ
surface form:
Papaveroideae
|
| class |
Eudicots
ⓘ
surface form:
Magnoliopsida
|
| commonName | celandines ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
berberine
ⓘ
chelidonine ⓘ coptisine ⓘ isoquinoline alkaloids ⓘ sanguinarine ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| describedIn | Species Plantarum ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1753 ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| family | Papaveraceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | yellow ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| genusName | Chelidonium self-link ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| habitat |
disturbed ground
ⓘ
roadsides ⓘ woodland edges ⓘ |
| hasLatexColor | yellow ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Chelidonium asiaticum
ⓘ
Chelidonium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Chelidonium majus
|
| introducedTo | North America ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | lobed leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ Europe ⓘ |
| order | Ranunculales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | four-petaled flowers ⓘ |
| sapCharacteristic | acrid yellow latex ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | by ants (myrmecochory) ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| toxicity | potentially toxic if ingested in large amounts ⓘ |
| traditionalUse |
medicinal plant
ⓘ
topical treatment of warts ⓘ treatment of digestive complaints ⓘ treatment of liver disorders ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Chelidonium majus ⓘ |
| 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: Chelidonium Description of subject: Chelidonium is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as celandines, recognized for their yellow latex and traditional medicinal uses.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chelidonium majus