The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom
E38511
"The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom" is a scientific book by Charles Darwin that experimentally investigates how cross-fertilisation and self-fertilisation influence the vigor, fertility, and evolution of plants.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T289545 — 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: The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom Context triple: [Charles Darwin's later scientific works, includesWork, The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom]
-
A.
On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects
On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects is a scientific work by Charles Darwin that details how orchid structures and insect behavior coevolved to achieve effective pollination, providing key evidence for his theory of natural selection.
-
B.
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication is Charles Darwin’s extensive two-volume scientific work analyzing heredity, artificial selection, and variation in domesticated species to support and elaborate his theory of evolution.
-
C.
Genetics and the Origin of Species
Genetics and the Origin of Species is a 1937 book by Theodosius Dobzhansky that helped found the modern evolutionary synthesis by integrating Mendelian genetics with Darwinian natural selection.
-
D.
Darwin’s experimental garden
Darwin’s experimental garden is the outdoor research space at Down House where Charles Darwin conducted many of his key botanical and evolutionary experiments.
-
E.
Variation and Evolution in Plants
Variation and Evolution in Plants is a foundational botanical work by G. Ledyard Stebbins that integrated genetics, evolution, and plant biology, helping to solidify the modern evolutionary synthesis.
- 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: The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom Target entity description: "The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom" is a scientific book by Charles Darwin that experimentally investigates how cross-fertilisation and self-fertilisation influence the vigor, fertility, and evolution of plants.
-
A.
On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects
On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects is a scientific work by Charles Darwin that details how orchid structures and insect behavior coevolved to achieve effective pollination, providing key evidence for his theory of natural selection.
-
B.
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication is Charles Darwin’s extensive two-volume scientific work analyzing heredity, artificial selection, and variation in domesticated species to support and elaborate his theory of evolution.
-
C.
Genetics and the Origin of Species
Genetics and the Origin of Species is a 1937 book by Theodosius Dobzhansky that helped found the modern evolutionary synthesis by integrating Mendelian genetics with Darwinian natural selection.
-
D.
Darwin’s experimental garden
Darwin’s experimental garden is the outdoor research space at Down House where Charles Darwin conducted many of his key botanical and evolutionary experiments.
-
E.
Variation and Evolution in Plants
Variation and Evolution in Plants is a foundational botanical work by G. Ledyard Stebbins that integrated genetics, evolution, and plant biology, helping to solidify the modern evolutionary synthesis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
botany book
ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ scientific book ⓘ |
| author | Charles Darwin ⓘ |
| contains | experimental data on multiple plant species ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| field |
botany
ⓘ
evolutionary theory ⓘ experimental biology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
comparative growth of crossed and self-fertilised offspring
ⓘ
evolutionary consequences of inbreeding and outcrossing ⓘ fertility differences between crossed and self-fertilised plants ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species ⓘ |
| follows | The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication ⓘ |
| genre | scientific monograph ⓘ |
| hasEdition | first edition 1876 ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
concept of inbreeding depression
ⓘ
study of plant breeding systems ⓘ understanding of the advantages of sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of genetics and heredity research
ⓘ
later studies of inbreeding and outcrossing in plants ⓘ modern evolutionary biology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
On the Origin of Species
ⓘ
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
advanced general readers interested in science
ⓘ
naturalists ⓘ scientists ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainThesis |
continued self-fertilisation tends to reduce plant vigour and fertility over generations
ⓘ
cross-fertilisation generally produces more vigorous offspring than self-fertilisation in plants ⓘ |
| methodology |
long-term controlled breeding experiments on plants
ⓘ
statistical comparison of offspring from cross- and self-fertilised plants ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extensive quantitative experimental evidence in support of natural selection
ⓘ
systematic study of inbreeding depression in plants ⓘ |
| partOf | Charles Darwin's works on plant reproduction ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1876 ⓘ |
| publisher | John Murray ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects
ⓘ
surface form:
Fertilisation of Orchids
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species ⓘ |
| structure | multiple chapters describing experiments on different plant species ⓘ |
| subject |
cross-fertilisation in plants
ⓘ
evolutionary biology ⓘ heredity ⓘ plant reproduction ⓘ self-fertilisation in plants ⓘ |
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: The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom Description of subject: "The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom" is a scientific book by Charles Darwin that experimentally investigates how cross-fertilisation and self-fertilisation influence the vigor, fertility, and evolution of plants.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Charles Darwin's later scientific works
→
includesWork
→
The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom
ⓘ
Insectivorous Plants
→
precedes
→
The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom
ⓘ
Darwin’s experimental garden
→
associatedWithWork
→
The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom
ⓘ
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
→
follows
→
The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom
ⓘ