Portulaca
E291138
Portulaca is a genus of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as purslanes, valued for their drought tolerance and brightly colored blooms.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Portulaca oleracea | 2 |
| Portulaca canonical | 1 |
| Portulaca grandiflora | 1 |
| Portulaca umbraticola | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2686648 — 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: Portulaca Context triple: [Portulacaceae, notableGenus, Portulaca]
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A.
Soleirolia
Soleirolia is a small genus of delicate, mat-forming flowering plants best known for the ornamental houseplant commonly called baby’s tears.
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B.
Boerhavia
Boerhavia is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as spiderlings, found in warm regions worldwide and noted for their weedy, sprawling habit and small clustered flowers.
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C.
Reseda
Reseda is a residential neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, known for its suburban character and diverse community.
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D.
Salsola
Salsola is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family, commonly known for species like tumbleweeds that thrive in arid and saline environments.
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E.
Senecio
Senecio is a famous 1922 abstract painting by Paul Klee depicting a stylized, mask-like human face composed of geometric shapes and bold colors.
- 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: Portulaca Target entity description: Portulaca is a genus of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as purslanes, valued for their drought tolerance and brightly colored blooms.
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A.
Soleirolia
Soleirolia is a small genus of delicate, mat-forming flowering plants best known for the ornamental houseplant commonly called baby’s tears.
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B.
Boerhavia
Boerhavia is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as spiderlings, found in warm regions worldwide and noted for their weedy, sprawling habit and small clustered flowers.
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C.
Reseda
Reseda is a residential neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, known for its suburban character and diverse community.
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D.
Salsola
Salsola is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family, commonly known for species like tumbleweeds that thrive in arid and saline environments.
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E.
Senecio
Senecio is a famous 1922 abstract painting by Paul Klee depicting a stylized, mask-like human face composed of geometric shapes and bold colors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName |
purslane
ⓘ
purslanes ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| edibleSpecies |
Portulaca
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Portulaca oleracea
|
| family | Portulacaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
orange
ⓘ
pink ⓘ purple ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| floweringSeason |
summer
ⓘ
warm months ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
brightly colored flowers
ⓘ
drought tolerant ⓘ fleshy leaves ⓘ heat tolerant ⓘ low maintenance ⓘ prostrate growth habit ⓘ spreading growth habit ⓘ succulent stems ⓘ sun loving ⓘ |
| is |
flowering plant genus
ⓘ
succulent plant genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | succulent leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle |
annual
ⓘ
short-lived perennial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ warm temperate regions ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Portulaca
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Portulaca grandiflora
Portulaca self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Portulaca oleracea
Portulaca self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Portulaca umbraticola
|
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| prefers | full sun ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
seed
ⓘ
stem cuttings ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates |
drought
ⓘ
high temperatures ⓘ poor soil ⓘ |
| usedAs |
bedding plant
ⓘ
container plant ⓘ groundcover ⓘ 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: Portulaca Description of subject: Portulaca is a genus of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as purslanes, valued for their drought tolerance and brightly colored blooms.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Portulaca oleracea
this entity surface form:
Portulaca grandiflora
this entity surface form:
Portulaca umbraticola
this entity surface form:
Portulaca oleracea