Agave tequilana
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Agave tequilana is a blue agave species native to Mexico, best known as the primary plant used to produce tequila.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Agave | 2 |
| Agave tequilana canonical | 2 |
| Agave tequilana F.A.C. Weber in Bois | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7349982 — 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: Agave tequilana Context triple: [Tequila, plantSource, Agave tequilana]
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A.
Agave
Agave is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as the Theban princess and Maenad who, in a Dionysus-induced frenzy, killed her son Pentheus.
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B.
Yucca
Yucca is a hardy, evergreen desert plant known for its sword-like leaves and tall clusters of white flowers, commonly found in arid regions of the Americas.
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C.
Kosteletzkya
Kosteletzkya is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, known for its hibiscus-like blooms typically found in warm, often wet habitats.
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D.
Opuntian Locris
Opuntian Locris was an ancient Greek coastal district of the Locrians in central Greece, centered around the city of Opus and known for its strategic position along the Euboean Gulf.
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E.
Cactus
"Cactus" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, featured on their influential 1988 album *Surfer Rosa*.
- 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: Agave tequilana Target entity description: Agave tequilana is a blue agave species native to Mexico, best known as the primary plant used to produce tequila.
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A.
Agave
Agave is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as the Theban princess and Maenad who, in a Dionysus-induced frenzy, killed her son Pentheus.
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B.
Yucca
Yucca is a hardy, evergreen desert plant known for its sword-like leaves and tall clusters of white flowers, commonly found in arid regions of the Americas.
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C.
Kosteletzkya
Kosteletzkya is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, known for its hibiscus-like blooms typically found in warm, often wet habitats.
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D.
Opuntian Locris
Opuntian Locris was an ancient Greek coastal district of the Locrians in central Greece, centered around the city of Opus and known for its strategic position along the Euboean Gulf.
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E.
Cactus
"Cactus" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, featured on their influential 1988 album *Surfer Rosa*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agave
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ |
| climatePreference | semi-arid ⓘ |
| commonName | blue agave ⓘ |
| contains |
fructans
ⓘ
inulin-type carbohydrates ⓘ |
| cultivatedIn |
Guanajuato
ⓘ
Jalisco ⓘ Michoacán ⓘ Nayarit ⓘ Tamaulipas ⓘ |
| economicImportance | major crop for Mexican spirits industry ⓘ |
| family | Asparagaceae ⓘ |
| genus | Agave ⓘ |
| geographicRestrictionForUse | tequila-producing regions of Mexico ⓘ |
| growthForm | rosette-forming perennial ⓘ |
| harvestedFor | fermentable sugars ⓘ |
| hasAuthority | F.A.C. Weber ⓘ |
| hasColor | blue-green leaves ⓘ |
| hasFlowering | once in its lifetime (monocarpic) ⓘ |
| hasLifespan | about 6 to 8 years to maturity ⓘ |
| hasStem | short stem with large basal rosette ⓘ |
| hasSynonym |
Agave tequilana F.A.C. Weber in Bois
ⓘ
linked to:
Agave tequilana
|
| isCultivarGroup | blue agave used for tequila ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | Mexican Norm NOM-006-SCFI for tequila ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafMargin | spiny ⓘ |
| leafTip | sharp terminal spine ⓘ |
| leafType | succulent ⓘ |
| legalRequirementFor | tequila denomination of origin ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Mexico ⓘ |
| order | Asparagales ⓘ |
| photosynthesisType | CAM photosynthesis ⓘ |
| pollinatedBy |
bats
ⓘ
insects ⓘ |
| primaryIngredientOf | tequila ⓘ |
| regulates | tequila quality through sugar content ⓘ |
| reproduction |
offsets
ⓘ
seeds ⓘ |
| subfamily | Agavoideae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tolerates | drought ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agave nectar production
ⓘ
agave syrup production ⓘ tequila production ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional Mexican agriculture ⓘ |
| usedPart | piña ⓘ |
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: Agave tequilana Description of subject: Agave tequilana is a blue agave species native to Mexico, best known as the primary plant used to produce tequila.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Agave tequilana
linked to: Agave tequilana
linked to: Agave tequilana