Brassica rapa
E421746
Brassica rapa is a plant species in the mustard family that includes important crops such as turnips, bok choy, and napa cabbage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brassica rapa canonical | 3 |
| Brassica rapa species complex | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4231821 — 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: Brassica rapa Context triple: [Brassicaceae, hasCropSpecies, Brassica rapa]
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A.
Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea is the leafy green flowering plant commonly known as spinach, widely cultivated and consumed as a nutritious vegetable rich in vitamins and minerals.
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B.
Daucus carota
Daucus carota is a flowering plant species in the carrot family best known in its cultivated form as the common carrot, an important root vegetable grown worldwide.
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C.
Chenopodium
Chenopodium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as goosefoots, which includes several weedy species as well as important food crops like quinoa.
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D.
Rumex
Rumex is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as docks and sorrels, many of which are widespread weeds or edible leafy herbs found in temperate regions worldwide.
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E.
Spinacia
Spinacia is a small genus of flowering plants best known for including spinach, an important leafy vegetable cultivated worldwide for food.
- 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: Brassica rapa Target entity description: Brassica rapa is a plant species in the mustard family that includes important crops such as turnips, bok choy, and napa cabbage.
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A.
Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea is the leafy green flowering plant commonly known as spinach, widely cultivated and consumed as a nutritious vegetable rich in vitamins and minerals.
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B.
Daucus carota
Daucus carota is a flowering plant species in the carrot family best known in its cultivated form as the common carrot, an important root vegetable grown worldwide.
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C.
Chenopodium
Chenopodium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as goosefoots, which includes several weedy species as well as important food crops like quinoa.
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D.
Rumex
Rumex is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as docks and sorrels, many of which are widespread weeds or edible leafy herbs found in temperate regions worldwide.
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E.
Spinacia
Spinacia is a small genus of flowering plants best known for including spinach, an important leafy vegetable cultivated worldwide for food.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant species
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| authority |
Linnaeus
ⓘ
linked to:
Carl Linnaeus
|
| belongsTo |
Brassica rapa species complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Brassica rapa
|
| binomialName | Brassica rapa ⓘ |
| chromosomeNumber | 2n=20 ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName |
field mustard
ⓘ
turnip mustard ⓘ wild turnip ⓘ |
| containsCompound | glucosinolates ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1753 ⓘ |
| family | Brassicaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | yellow ⓘ |
| genus | Brassica ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous plant ⓘ |
| hasCultivarGroup |
Chinese cabbage
ⓘ
bok choy ⓘ broccoletto ⓘ mizuna ⓘ napa cabbage ⓘ pak choi ⓘ rapini ⓘ tatsoi ⓘ turnip ⓘ turnip greens ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Australia
ⓘ
North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| isCrop | yes ⓘ |
| isPartOf | mustard family ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| lifeCycle |
annual
ⓘ
biennial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central Asia
ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ Mediterranean region ⓘ |
| order | Brassicales ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Brassica napus
ⓘ
linked to:
Brassica
Brassica oleracea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedFor |
forage
ⓘ
leaf vegetable ⓘ oilseed ⓘ root vegetable ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Asian cuisine
ⓘ
European cuisine ⓘ |
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: Brassica rapa Description of subject: Brassica rapa is a plant species in the mustard family that includes important crops such as turnips, bok choy, and napa cabbage.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Brassica rapa