Myristica
E673286
Myristica is a genus of tropical evergreen trees in the nutmeg family, best known for species that produce the culinary spice nutmeg.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Myristica canonical | 5 |
| Myristica fragrans | 2 |
| Myristica argentea | 1 |
| Myristica beddomei | 1 |
| Myristica dactyloides | 1 |
| Myristica fatua | 1 |
| Myristica globosa | 1 |
| Myristica insipida | 1 |
| Myristica malabarica | 1 |
| Myristica succedanea | 1 |
| Myristica yunnanensis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7575528 — 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: Myristica Context triple: [Horsfieldia, relatedTo, Myristica]
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A.
Blighia
Blighia is a genus of tropical flowering trees in the soapberry family best known for including the ackee tree, whose fruit is both culturally important and potentially toxic.
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B.
Toona
Toona is a small genus of deciduous trees in the mahogany family, known for their valuable timber and use in traditional medicine.
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C.
Simarouba
Simarouba is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs known for species like the paradise-tree, some of which are used for timber, traditional medicine, and oil-rich seeds.
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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.
Cinnamomum
Cinnamomum is a genus of aromatic evergreen trees and shrubs in the laurel family that includes economically important species such as cinnamon and camphor.
- 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: Myristica Target entity description: Myristica is a genus of tropical evergreen trees in the nutmeg family, best known for species that produce the culinary spice nutmeg.
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A.
Blighia
Blighia is a genus of tropical flowering trees in the soapberry family best known for including the ackee tree, whose fruit is both culturally important and potentially toxic.
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B.
Toona
Toona is a small genus of deciduous trees in the mahogany family, known for their valuable timber and use in traditional medicine.
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C.
Simarouba
Simarouba is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs known for species like the paradise-tree, some of which are used for timber, traditional medicine, and oil-rich seeds.
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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.
Cinnamomum
Cinnamomum is a genus of aromatic evergreen trees and shrubs in the laurel family that includes economically important species such as cinnamon and camphor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
angiosperms
ⓘ
eudicots ⓘ magnoliids ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| containsSpeciesProducing |
mace
ⓘ
nutmeg ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of tropical evergreen trees ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
source of essential oils
ⓘ
source of nutmeg spice ⓘ |
| family | Myristicaceae ⓘ |
| flowerType | unisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | dehiscent drupe-like fruit ⓘ |
| genusOf |
Myristica argentea
ⓘ
linked to:
Myristica
Myristica beddomei ⓘ
linked to:
Myristica
Myristica dactyloides ⓘ
linked to:
Myristica
Myristica fatua ⓘ
linked to:
Myristica
Myristica fragrans ⓘ
linked to:
Myristica
Myristica globosa ⓘ
linked to:
Myristica
Myristica insipida ⓘ
linked to:
Myristica
Myristica malabarica ⓘ
linked to:
Myristica
Myristica succedanea ⓘ
linked to:
Myristica
Myristica yunnanensis ⓘ
linked to:
Myristica
|
| growthForm | evergreen tree ⓘ |
| habitat | tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | nutmeg trees ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Australasia
ⓘ
linked to:
Asia-Pacific
Pacific islands ⓘ tropical Asia ⓘ |
| order | Magnoliales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | arillate seeds ⓘ |
| seedUse | culinary spice ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Myristica fragrans ⓘ |
| usedFor | traditional medicine ⓘ |
| woodUse | timber in local construction ⓘ |
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: Myristica Description of subject: Myristica is a genus of tropical evergreen trees in the nutmeg family, best known for species that produce the culinary spice nutmeg.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.