Agrostemma
E308998
Agrostemma is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as corncockles, characterized by showy, often pink to purple blooms typically found in grain fields and meadows.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Agrostemma canonical | 1 |
| Agrostemma brachyloba | 1 |
| Agrostemma coronaria | 1 |
| Agrostemma githago | 1 |
| Agrostemma gracilis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2827686 — 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: Agrostemma Context triple: [Caryophyllaceae, includesGenus, Agrostemma]
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A.
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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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.
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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D.
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.
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E.
Gypsophila
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.
- 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: Agrostemma Target entity description: Agrostemma is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as corncockles, characterized by showy, often pink to purple blooms typically found in grain fields and meadows.
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A.
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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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.
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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D.
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.
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E.
Gypsophila
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| associatedWith | traditional grain agriculture ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Caryophyllaceae ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ
surface form:
Core eudicots
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | corncockles ⓘ |
| describedAs | small genus of flowering plants ⓘ |
| distributionTrend | declining in intensively farmed areas ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | wildflower of arable land ⓘ |
| etymology | name derived from Greek words for field and crown ⓘ |
| family | Caryophyllaceae ⓘ |
| flowerCharacteristic | showy blooms ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
magenta
ⓘ
pink ⓘ purple ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | late spring to summer ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | radial symmetry ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| growthForm | annual herb ⓘ |
| habitat |
grain fields
ⓘ
meadows ⓘ roadsides ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Agrostemma
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Agrostemma brachyloba
Agrostemma self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Agrostemma coronaria
Agrostemma self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Agrostemma githago
Agrostemma self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Agrostemma gracilis
|
| hasVernacularName |
corn cockle
ⓘ
corncockle ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Eurasia ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| petalNumber | five ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| seedCharacteristic | numerous seeds ⓘ |
| stemCharacteristic | slender stems ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| toxicity | seeds and other parts considered poisonous ⓘ |
| usedAs | 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: Agrostemma Description of subject: Agrostemma is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as corncockles, characterized by showy, often pink to purple blooms typically found in grain fields and meadows.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Agrostemma githago
this entity surface form:
Agrostemma gracilis
this entity surface form:
Agrostemma brachyloba
this entity surface form:
Agrostemma coronaria