Salvia
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Salvia is a large and diverse genus of aromatic flowering plants, including culinary sages and ornamental species, widely used for cooking, traditional medicine, and garden display.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Salvia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4247032 — 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: Salvia Context triple: [Lamiaceae, notableGenus, Salvia]
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A.
Salvia officinalis
Salvia officinalis is a perennial aromatic herb, commonly known as common sage, widely used as a culinary seasoning and traditional medicinal plant.
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B.
Mentha
Mentha is a genus of aromatic herbs commonly known as mints, widely used for culinary, medicinal, and aromatic purposes.
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C.
Lavandula
Lavandula is a genus of aromatic flowering plants commonly known as lavender, widely cultivated for its fragrant oils, ornamental value, and use in culinary and medicinal applications.
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D.
Salvia splendens
Salvia splendens is a popular ornamental flowering plant known for its bright red flower spikes and use in garden bedding displays.
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E.
Hyssopus officinalis
Hyssopus officinalis is a perennial aromatic herb traditionally used in medicine and cooking, known for its pungent leaves and blue flowers.
- 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: Salvia Target entity description: Salvia is a large and diverse genus of aromatic flowering plants, including culinary sages and ornamental species, widely used for cooking, traditional medicine, and garden display.
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A.
Salvia officinalis
Salvia officinalis is a perennial aromatic herb, commonly known as common sage, widely used as a culinary seasoning and traditional medicinal plant.
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B.
Mentha
Mentha is a genus of aromatic herbs commonly known as mints, widely used for culinary, medicinal, and aromatic purposes.
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C.
Lavandula
Lavandula is a genus of aromatic flowering plants commonly known as lavender, widely cultivated for its fragrant oils, ornamental value, and use in culinary and medicinal applications.
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D.
Salvia splendens
Salvia splendens is a popular ornamental flowering plant known for its bright red flower spikes and use in garden bedding displays.
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E.
Hyssopus officinalis
Hyssopus officinalis is a perennial aromatic herb traditionally used in medicine and cooking, known for its pungent leaves and blue flowers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Asterids NERFINISHED ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | sage ⓘ |
| contains |
essential oils
ⓘ
phenolic compounds ⓘ terpenoids ⓘ |
| cultivatedFor |
culinary leaves
ⓘ
nectar for pollinators ⓘ showy flowers ⓘ |
| family | Lamiaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
aromatic leaves
ⓘ
bilabiate flowers ⓘ opposite leaves ⓘ square stems ⓘ |
| hasFlowerColor |
blue
ⓘ
pink ⓘ purple ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Salvia apiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Salvia divinorum NERFINISHED ⓘ Salvia guaranitica NERFINISHED ⓘ Salvia hispanica NERFINISHED ⓘ Salvia microphylla NERFINISHED ⓘ Salvia nemorosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Salvia officinalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Salvia pratensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Salvia sclarea NERFINISHED ⓘ Salvia splendens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isA |
aromatic plant
ⓘ
culinary herb ⓘ flowering plant ⓘ medicinal plant ⓘ ornamental plant ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
New World
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old World NERFINISHED ⓘ many temperate regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| order | Lamiales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pollinatedBy |
bees
ⓘ
butterflies ⓘ hummingbirds ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedAs |
herbal remedy
ⓘ
ornamental border plant ⓘ spice ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cooking
ⓘ
essential oil production ⓘ garden display ⓘ ornamental horticulture ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
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: Salvia Description of subject: Salvia is a large and diverse genus of aromatic flowering plants, including culinary sages and ornamental species, widely used for cooking, traditional medicine, and garden display.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.