Tetrastigma
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Tetrastigma is a genus of tropical and subtropical climbing plants in the grape family, best known as the primary host for the parasitic Rafflesia flowers.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tetrastigma canonical | 2 |
| Tetrastigma vines | 2 |
| Nothocissus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4304800 — 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: Tetrastigma Context triple: [Vitaceae, containsGenus, Tetrastigma]
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A.
Euptelea
Euptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees native to East Asia, notable for its primitive floral characteristics and significance in studies of early angiosperm evolution.
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B.
Decaisnea
Decaisnea is a small genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees known for their unusual, fleshy, often blue pod-like fruits and is native to regions of East and South Asia.
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C.
Combretocarpus
Combretocarpus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees known for their occurrence in Southeast Asian rainforests and distinctive wood.
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D.
Pipturus
Pipturus is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle order known for its shrubby species, some of which produce fibrous bark and small edible fruits.
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E.
Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
- 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: Tetrastigma Target entity description: Tetrastigma is a genus of tropical and subtropical climbing plants in the grape family, best known as the primary host for the parasitic Rafflesia flowers.
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A.
Euptelea
Euptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees native to East Asia, notable for its primitive floral characteristics and significance in studies of early angiosperm evolution.
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B.
Decaisnea
Decaisnea is a small genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees known for their unusual, fleshy, often blue pod-like fruits and is native to regions of East and South Asia.
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C.
Combretocarpus
Combretocarpus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees known for their occurrence in Southeast Asian rainforests and distinctive wood.
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D.
Pipturus
Pipturus is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle order known for its shrubby species, some of which produce fibrous bark and small edible fruits.
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E.
Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | grape family ⓘ |
| clade |
angiosperms
ⓘ
eudicots ⓘ rosids ⓘ |
| climbingMechanism | tendrils ⓘ |
| distribution |
Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Australasia NERFINISHED ⓘ Malesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalInteraction | host of parasitic plant Rafflesia ⓘ |
| family | Vitaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry ⓘ |
| genusAuthority | (Miq.) Planch. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| growthForm |
climbing plant
ⓘ
liana ⓘ |
| habitat |
subtropical forests
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | compound leaves ⓘ |
| nativeClimate |
subtropical
ⓘ
tropical ⓘ |
| notableFor | being primary host of Rafflesia ⓘ |
| order | Vitales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parasitizedBy |
Rafflesia arnoldii
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rafflesia keithii NERFINISHED ⓘ Rafflesia kerrii NERFINISHED ⓘ Rafflesia manillana NERFINISHED ⓘ Rafflesia micropylora NERFINISHED ⓘ Rafflesia patma NERFINISHED ⓘ Rafflesia pricei NERFINISHED ⓘ Rafflesia rochussenii NERFINISHED ⓘ Rafflesia speciosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Rafflesia tuan-mudae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosyntheticOrgan | leaves ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Cissus
ⓘ
Vitis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via seeds ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | animal-dispersed seeds ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeOf | flowering plant ⓘ |
| usedAs | ornamental plant ⓘ |
| vernacularName | tetrastigma ⓘ |
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: Tetrastigma Description of subject: Tetrastigma is a genus of tropical and subtropical climbing plants in the grape family, best known as the primary host for the parasitic Rafflesia flowers.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nothocissus
this entity surface form:
Tetrastigma vines
this entity surface form:
Tetrastigma vines