Allium sativum
E285076
Allium sativum is the species of flowering plant commonly known as garlic, widely used as a culinary seasoning and for its traditional medicinal properties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Allium sativum canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2645969 — 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: Allium sativum Context triple: [Liliopsida, includesSpecies, Allium sativum]
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A.
Leek
Leek is a historic market town in Staffordshire, England, known for its textile heritage and picturesque location near the Peak District.
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B.
Basil
Basil is a masculine given name of Greek origin, commonly associated with historical figures, saints, and notable artists and actors.
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C.
Lactuca
Lactuca is a genus of flowering plants best known for including cultivated lettuce, an important leafy vegetable grown worldwide.
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D.
Cichorium
Cichorium is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family that includes species such as chicory and endive, commonly used as leafy vegetables and coffee substitutes.
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E.
Cynara
Cynara is a genus of thistle-like flowering plants best known for including the cultivated artichoke.
- 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: Allium sativum Target entity description: Allium sativum is the species of flowering plant commonly known as garlic, widely used as a culinary seasoning and for its traditional medicinal properties.
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A.
Leek
Leek is a historic market town in Staffordshire, England, known for its textile heritage and picturesque location near the Peak District.
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B.
Basil
Basil is a masculine given name of Greek origin, commonly associated with historical figures, saints, and notable artists and actors.
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C.
Lactuca
Lactuca is a genus of flowering plants best known for including cultivated lettuce, an important leafy vegetable grown worldwide.
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D.
Cichorium
Cichorium is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family that includes species such as chicory and endive, commonly used as leafy vegetables and coffee substitutes.
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E.
Cynara
Cynara is a genus of thistle-like flowering plants best known for including the cultivated artichoke.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
garlic
ⓘ
species of flowering plant ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | monocots ⓘ |
| binomialName | Allium sativum self-link ⓘ |
| commonName | garlic ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
ajoene
ⓘ
allicin ⓘ alliin ⓘ organosulfur compounds ⓘ |
| cultivatedIn | worldwide ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| family | Amaryllidaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| genus | Allium ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| hasCultivarGroup |
hardneck garlic
ⓘ
softneck garlic ⓘ |
| hasFlavor | pungent ⓘ |
| hasOdor | strong characteristic garlic odor ⓘ |
| hasOrgan |
bulb
ⓘ
flowering stalk ⓘ leaves ⓘ |
| isEdible | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central Asia
ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ northeastern Iran ⓘ |
| order | Asparagales ⓘ |
| partUsed |
bulb
ⓘ
clove ⓘ |
| photosynthesisType | C3 ⓘ |
| propagatedBy | cloves ⓘ |
| reproduction |
sexual reproduction by seed
ⓘ
vegetative propagation ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| traditionalUse |
cardiovascular health
ⓘ
digestive aid ⓘ treatment of infections ⓘ |
| usedAs |
culinary seasoning
ⓘ
medicinal plant ⓘ spice ⓘ vegetable ⓘ |
| usedFor |
flavoring dishes
ⓘ
traditional medicine ⓘ |
| usedInCuisine |
Asian cuisine
ⓘ
Latin American cuisine ⓘ Mediterranean cuisine ⓘ Middle Eastern cuisine ⓘ |
| 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: Allium sativum Description of subject: Allium sativum is the species of flowering plant commonly known as garlic, widely used as a culinary seasoning and for its traditional medicinal properties.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.