Ampelocissus
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Ampelocissus is a genus of tropical and subtropical climbing vines in the grape family, known for their tendrilled growth and berry-like fruits.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ampelocissus canonical | 2 |
| Ampelocissus africana | 1 |
| Ampelocissus latifolia | 1 |
| Ampelocissus martini | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4304802 — 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: Ampelocissus Context triple: [Vitaceae, containsGenus, Ampelocissus]
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A.
Cissus
Cissus is a genus of mostly tropical and subtropical climbing plants and vines in the grape family, many of which are grown as ornamentals or used in traditional medicine.
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B.
Elatostema
Elatostema is a genus of mostly shade-loving, herbaceous flowering plants commonly found in moist, tropical and subtropical forest understories.
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C.
Polygonanthus
Polygonanthus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees native to South America, known for its occurrence in wet forest habitats.
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D.
Ampelocera
Ampelocera is a small genus of flowering trees in the elm family Ulmaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
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E.
Cissampelos
Cissampelos is a genus of climbing flowering plants known for their twining vines and traditional medicinal uses, belonging to the moonseed 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: Ampelocissus Target entity description: Ampelocissus is a genus of tropical and subtropical climbing vines in the grape family, known for their tendrilled growth and berry-like fruits.
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A.
Cissus
Cissus is a genus of mostly tropical and subtropical climbing plants and vines in the grape family, many of which are grown as ornamentals or used in traditional medicine.
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B.
Elatostema
Elatostema is a genus of mostly shade-loving, herbaceous flowering plants commonly found in moist, tropical and subtropical forest understories.
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C.
Polygonanthus
Polygonanthus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees native to South America, known for its occurrence in wet forest habitats.
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D.
Ampelocera
Ampelocera is a small genus of flowering trees in the elm family Ulmaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
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E.
Cissampelos
Cissampelos is a genus of climbing flowering plants known for their twining vines and traditional medicinal uses, belonging to the moonseed family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | grape family ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| distribution | Old World tropics ⓘ |
| family | Vitaceae ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry ⓘ |
| growthForm |
climbing vine
ⓘ
liana ⓘ |
| hasOrgan | tendrils ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Ampelocissus africana
ⓘ
linked to:
Ampelocissus
Ampelocissus latifolia ⓘ
linked to:
Ampelocissus
Ampelocissus martini ⓘ
linked to:
Ampelocissus
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | broadleaf ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| namedBy | Jules Émile Planchon ⓘ |
| nativeHabitat |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| order | Vitales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| produces | berry-like fruits ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via flowers ⓘ |
| scientificName | Ampelocissus ⓘ |
| subdivisionRanks | species ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
edible fruits in some species
ⓘ
traditional medicine in some regions ⓘ |
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: Ampelocissus Description of subject: Ampelocissus is a genus of tropical and subtropical climbing vines in the grape family, known for their tendrilled growth and berry-like fruits.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ampelocissus
linked to: Ampelocissus
linked to: Ampelocissus