Theobroma
E431952
Theobroma is a genus of tropical American trees best known for including Theobroma cacao, the source of cocoa and chocolate.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Theobroma canonical | 2 |
| Theobroma cacao | 2 |
| Cacao | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4333104 — 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: Theobroma Context triple: [Malvaceae, containsGenus, Theobroma]
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A.
Psidium
Psidium is a genus of tropical and subtropical flowering plants in the myrtle family, best known for species such as the common guava that produce edible, aromatic fruits.
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B.
Spondias
Spondias is a genus of tropical fruit-bearing trees known for species like hog plum and ambarella, valued for their edible, often tangy fruits.
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C.
Coccoloba
Coccoloba is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, best known for species like sea grape that grow in tropical and subtropical coastal regions.
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D.
Croton
Croton was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy, renowned for its athletic achievements and as the home of the philosopher Pythagoras.
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E.
Basella
Basella is a small genus of tropical, fast-growing leafy vines commonly known as Malabar spinach, cultivated as a spinach-like vegetable in many warm regions.
- 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: Theobroma Target entity description: Theobroma is a genus of tropical American trees best known for including Theobroma cacao, the source of cocoa and chocolate.
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A.
Psidium
Psidium is a genus of tropical and subtropical flowering plants in the myrtle family, best known for species such as the common guava that produce edible, aromatic fruits.
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B.
Spondias
Spondias is a genus of tropical fruit-bearing trees known for species like hog plum and ambarella, valued for their edible, often tangy fruits.
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C.
Coccoloba
Coccoloba is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, best known for species like sea grape that grow in tropical and subtropical coastal regions.
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D.
Croton
Croton was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy, renowned for its athletic achievements and as the home of the philosopher Pythagoras.
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E.
Basella
Basella is a small genus of tropical, fast-growing leafy vines commonly known as Malabar spinach, cultivated as a spinach-like vegetable in many warm regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| economicUse |
source of cocoa butter
ⓘ
source of edible seeds ⓘ |
| family | Malvaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry-like pod ⓘ |
| growthForm | tree ⓘ |
| habitat | tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Theobroma altsonii
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Theobroma angustifolium NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma bicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma cacao NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma chocoense NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma cirmolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma gileri NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma glaucoviride NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma glaucum NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma grandiflorum NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma hexapetalum NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma lehmannii NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma mammosum NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma martinae NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma microcarpum NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma obovatum NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma simiarum NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma speciosum NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma stipulatum NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma subincanum NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma superbum NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma sylvestre NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma triflorum NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma velutinum NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma walteriana NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobroma williamsianum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| knownFor | including Theobroma cacao, the source of cocoa and chocolate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leafType | broadleaf evergreen ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | derived from Greek meaning "food of the gods" ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central America
ⓘ
South America ⓘ tropical Americas ⓘ |
| order | Malvales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| subfamily | Byttnerioideae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Theobroma Description of subject: Theobroma is a genus of tropical American trees best known for including Theobroma cacao, the source of cocoa and chocolate.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Theobroma cacao
this entity surface form:
Cacao
this entity surface form:
Theobroma cacao