Cerastium
E301599
Cerastium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as mouse-ear chickweeds, comprising small, often white-flowered herbs found in temperate regions worldwide.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cerastium canonical | 1 |
| Cerastium arvense | 1 |
| Cerastium glomeratum | 1 |
| Cerastium tomentosum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2827681 — 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: Cerastium Context triple: [Caryophyllaceae, includesGenus, Cerastium]
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A.
Potentilla
Potentilla is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as cinquefoils, characterized by their typically five-petaled flowers and widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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B.
Ceratostigma
Ceratostigma is a small genus of flowering plants known for its vibrant blue flowers and often red-tinged foliage, commonly grown as ornamental garden shrubs and groundcovers.
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C.
Hedysarum
Hedysarum is a genus of flowering legumes in the pea family known for its herbaceous species often found in temperate and arctic regions.
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D.
Achillea
Achillea is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as yarrows, characterized by feathery leaves and flat-topped clusters of small, often aromatic flowers.
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E.
Eriogonum
Eriogonum is a diverse genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, commonly known as wild buckwheats, native primarily to North America and especially abundant in arid and semi-arid 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: Cerastium Target entity description: Cerastium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as mouse-ear chickweeds, comprising small, often white-flowered herbs found in temperate regions worldwide.
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A.
Potentilla
Potentilla is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as cinquefoils, characterized by their typically five-petaled flowers and widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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B.
Ceratostigma
Ceratostigma is a small genus of flowering plants known for its vibrant blue flowers and often red-tinged foliage, commonly grown as ornamental garden shrubs and groundcovers.
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C.
Hedysarum
Hedysarum is a genus of flowering legumes in the pea family known for its herbaceous species often found in temperate and arctic regions.
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D.
Achillea
Achillea is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as yarrows, characterized by feathery leaves and flat-topped clusters of small, often aromatic flowers.
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E.
Eriogonum
Eriogonum is a diverse genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, commonly known as wild buckwheats, native primarily to North America and especially abundant in arid and semi-arid regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ
surface form:
Core eudicots
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName |
mouse-ear chickweed
ⓘ
mouse-ear chickweeds ⓘ |
| distribution |
Northern Hemisphere
ⓘ
temperate regions ⓘ |
| family | Caryophyllaceae ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | radial symmetry ⓘ |
| flowerType | actinomorphic flower ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| habitat |
grassland
ⓘ
meadows ⓘ roadsides ⓘ waste ground ⓘ |
| hasGrowthForm | herb ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Cerastium alpinum
ⓘ
Cerastium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cerastium arvense
Cerastium fontanum ⓘ Cerastium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cerastium glomeratum
Cerastium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cerastium tomentosum
|
| introducedTo |
New Zealand
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| isA |
flowering plant genus
ⓘ
herbaceous plant genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite leaves ⓘ |
| leafMargin | entire ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle |
annual
ⓘ
perennial ⓘ |
| namedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Eurasia
ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ |
| nomenclaturalCode | International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Caryophyllaceae ⓘ |
| petalNumber | 5 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction |
sexual reproduction via seeds
ⓘ
vegetative reproduction ⓘ |
| seedDispersal |
animals
ⓘ
gravity ⓘ |
| sepalNumber | 5 ⓘ |
| stemType | herbaceous stem ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalFlowerColor | white ⓘ |
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: Cerastium Description of subject: Cerastium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as mouse-ear chickweeds, comprising small, often white-flowered herbs found in temperate regions worldwide.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cerastium arvense
this entity surface form:
Cerastium tomentosum
this entity surface form:
Cerastium glomeratum