Millettia
E215222
Millettia is a genus of flowering legumes in the pea family, known for its woody climbers and trees often valued for timber, ornament, and traditional uses.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Millettia canonical | 1 |
| Millettia ferruginea | 1 |
| Millettia laurentii | 1 |
| Millettia pinnata | 1 |
| Millettia thonningii | 1 |
| millettia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1891617 — 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: Millettia Context triple: [Faboideae, includesGenus, Millettia]
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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.
Sesbania
Sesbania is a genus of fast-growing, often nitrogen-fixing leguminous plants commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions and used for green manure, fodder, and ornamental purposes.
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C.
Semecarpus
Semecarpus is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs in the cashew family, many species of which produce highly irritating sap that can cause severe allergic skin reactions.
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D.
Combretocarpus
Combretocarpus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees known for their occurrence in Southeast Asian rainforests and distinctive wood.
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E.
Leucosyke
Leucosyke is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, comprising shrubs or small trees native to tropical regions.
- 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: Millettia Target entity description: Millettia is a genus of flowering legumes in the pea family, known for its woody climbers and trees often valued for timber, ornament, and traditional uses.
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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.
Sesbania
Sesbania is a genus of fast-growing, often nitrogen-fixing leguminous plants commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions and used for green manure, fodder, and ornamental purposes.
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C.
Semecarpus
Semecarpus is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs in the cashew family, many species of which produce highly irritating sap that can cause severe allergic skin reactions.
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D.
Combretocarpus
Combretocarpus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees known for their occurrence in Southeast Asian rainforests and distinctive wood.
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E.
Leucosyke
Leucosyke is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, comprising shrubs or small trees native to tropical regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | pea family ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
isoflavonoids
ⓘ
rotenoids ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | nitrogen fixer ⓘ |
| family | Fabaceae ⓘ |
| genusOf |
flowering plants
ⓘ
legumes ⓘ trees ⓘ woody climbers ⓘ |
| habitat |
riverine vegetation
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
papilionaceous flowers
ⓘ
pinnate leaves ⓘ pod fruits ⓘ woody stems ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
Millettia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
millettia
|
| hasSpecies |
Millettia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Millettia ferruginea
Millettia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Millettia laurentii
Millettia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Millettia pinnata
Millettia stuhlmannii ⓘ Millettia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Millettia thonningii
|
| hasUse |
fodder
ⓘ
ornamental plant ⓘ shade tree ⓘ soil improvement ⓘ timber ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles Millett ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Oceania ⓘ
surface form:
Australasia
|
| order | Fabales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via seeds ⓘ |
| subfamily | Faboideae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
boat building
ⓘ
construction timber ⓘ fuelwood ⓘ furniture ⓘ |
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: Millettia Description of subject: Millettia is a genus of flowering legumes in the pea family, known for its woody climbers and trees often valued for timber, ornament, and traditional uses.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
millettia
this entity surface form:
Millettia pinnata
this entity surface form:
Millettia ferruginea
this entity surface form:
Millettia laurentii
this entity surface form:
Millettia thonningii