Gypsophila
E308030
Gypsophila is a genus of delicate flowering plants, commonly known as baby's breath, often used in floral arrangements and belonging to the carnation family.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gypsophila paniculata | 3 |
| Baby's Breath | 1 |
| Baby’s Breath | 1 |
| Gypsophila canonical | 1 |
| Gypsophila aretioides | 1 |
| Gypsophila cerastioides | 1 |
| Gypsophila elegans | 1 |
| Gypsophila fastigiata | 1 |
| Gypsophila muralis | 1 |
| Gypsophila oldhamiana | 1 |
| Gypsophila pacifica | 1 |
| Gypsophila perfoliata | 1 |
| Gypsophila repens | 1 |
| Gypsophila scorzonerifolia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2827685 — 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: Gypsophila Context triple: [Caryophyllaceae, includesGenus, Gypsophila]
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A.
Dianthus
Dianthus is a genus of flowering plants known for their fragrant, often pink or white, frilled-petal blooms commonly called carnations or pinks.
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B.
Stellaria
Stellaria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as chickweeds, characterized by small, star-shaped white flowers and a widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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C.
Armeria
Armeria is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as thrift or sea pinks, often found in coastal and alpine habitats and valued for their dense tufts of grass-like leaves and globular flower heads.
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D.
Silene
Silene is a large genus of flowering plants, commonly known as campions or catchflies, found mainly in temperate regions and noted for their showy, often pink or white, five-petaled flowers.
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E.
Silene
Silene is the legendary city or region traditionally depicted as the setting of the Saint George and the Dragon story in medieval Christian lore.
- 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: Gypsophila Target entity description: Gypsophila is a genus of delicate flowering plants, commonly known as baby's breath, often used in floral arrangements and belonging to the carnation family.
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A.
Dianthus
Dianthus is a genus of flowering plants known for their fragrant, often pink or white, frilled-petal blooms commonly called carnations or pinks.
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B.
Stellaria
Stellaria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as chickweeds, characterized by small, star-shaped white flowers and a widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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C.
Armeria
Armeria is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as thrift or sea pinks, often found in coastal and alpine habitats and valued for their dense tufts of grass-like leaves and globular flower heads.
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D.
Silene
Silene is a large genus of flowering plants, commonly known as campions or catchflies, found mainly in temperate regions and noted for their showy, often pink or white, five-petaled flowers.
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E.
Silene
Silene is the legendary city or region traditionally depicted as the setting of the Saint George and the Dragon story in medieval Christian lore.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
delicate branching stems
ⓘ
small star-shaped flowers ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName |
baby's breath
ⓘ
baby’s-breath ⓘ |
| distributionStatus | widely cultivated worldwide ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| etymology | name derives from Greek words for 'gypsum' and 'loving' ⓘ |
| family | Caryophyllaceae ⓘ |
| familyCommonName | carnation family ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | summer ⓘ |
| growthForm |
annual plant
ⓘ
herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| habitat |
dry grasslands
ⓘ
gypsum-rich soils ⓘ rocky slopes ⓘ steppe regions ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Gypsophila altissima
ⓘ
Gypsophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Gypsophila aretioides
Gypsophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Gypsophila cerastioides
Gypsophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Gypsophila elegans
Gypsophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Gypsophila fastigiata
Gypsophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Gypsophila muralis
Gypsophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Gypsophila oldhamiana
Gypsophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Gypsophila pacifica
Gypsophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Gypsophila paniculata
Gypsophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Gypsophila perfoliata
Gypsophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Gypsophila repens
Gypsophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Gypsophila scorzonerifolia
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | narrow leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central Asia
ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Mediterranean region
North Africa ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
surface form:
Western Asia
|
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| ornamentalUse |
garden borders
ⓘ
rock gardens ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Gypsophila
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Gypsophila paniculata
|
| usedFor |
bouquets
ⓘ
cut flowers ⓘ dried flowers ⓘ floral arrangements ⓘ |
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: Gypsophila Description of subject: Gypsophila is a genus of delicate flowering plants, commonly known as baby's breath, often used in floral arrangements and belonging to the carnation family.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gypsophila paniculata
subject surface form:
Apocalypse
this entity surface form:
Baby’s Breath
this entity surface form:
Gypsophila paniculata
this entity surface form:
Gypsophila paniculata
this entity surface form:
Gypsophila elegans
this entity surface form:
Gypsophila repens
this entity surface form:
Gypsophila muralis
this entity surface form:
Gypsophila cerastioides
this entity surface form:
Gypsophila fastigiata
this entity surface form:
Gypsophila oldhamiana
this entity surface form:
Gypsophila pacifica
this entity surface form:
Gypsophila scorzonerifolia
this entity surface form:
Gypsophila perfoliata
this entity surface form:
Gypsophila aretioides
this entity surface form:
Baby's Breath