Asparagus
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Asparagus is a genus of perennial flowering plants best known for the edible vegetable asparagus spears commonly used in cuisines worldwide.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asparagus canonical | 4 |
| Asparagus officinalis | 2 |
| Asparagus acutifolius | 1 |
| Asparagus aethiopicus | 1 |
| Asparagus albus | 1 |
| Asparagus densiflorus | 1 |
| Asparagus setaceus | 1 |
| asparagus of Bassano | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9799820 — 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: Asparagus Context triple: [Asparagaceae, includesGenus, Asparagus]
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A.
Asparros
Asparros was a military commander known for leading forces in the Battle of Pamplona.
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B.
Chard
Chard is a historic market town in Somerset, England, often noted for its claim as the birthplace of powered flight and as one of the county’s southernmost towns.
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C.
Broccoli
Broccoli is an edible green plant in the cabbage family, widely consumed as a nutritious vegetable rich in vitamins, fiber, and antioxidants.
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D.
Leek
Leek is a historic market town in Staffordshire, England, known for its textile heritage and picturesque location near the Peak District.
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E.
Leek
Leek is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Groningen, known for its rural character and historic estates, that was incorporated into the municipality of Westerkwartier.
- 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: Asparagus Target entity description: Asparagus is a genus of perennial flowering plants best known for the edible vegetable asparagus spears commonly used in cuisines worldwide.
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A.
Asparros
Asparros was a military commander known for leading forces in the Battle of Pamplona.
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B.
Chard
Chard is a historic market town in Somerset, England, often noted for its claim as the birthplace of powered flight and as one of the county’s southernmost towns.
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C.
Broccoli
Broccoli is an edible green plant in the cabbage family, widely consumed as a nutritious vegetable rich in vitamins, fiber, and antioxidants.
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D.
Leek
Leek is a historic market town in Staffordshire, England, known for its textile heritage and picturesque location near the Peak District.
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E.
Leek
Leek is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Groningen, known for its rural character and historic estates, that was incorporated into the municipality of Westerkwartier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | genus ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Monocots ⓘ
linked to:
Liliopsida
|
| commonName | asparagus ⓘ |
| culinaryUse | edible young shoots ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| economicUse |
medicinal plant
ⓘ
ornamental plant ⓘ vegetable crop ⓘ |
| family | Asparagaceae ⓘ |
| flowerSex | usually dioecious ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry ⓘ |
| growthForm |
climbing plant
ⓘ
herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| habitat |
grasslands
ⓘ
scrublands ⓘ woodland edges ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Asparagus acutifolius
ⓘ
linked to:
Asparagus
Asparagus aethiopicus ⓘ
linked to:
Asparagus
Asparagus africanus ⓘ Asparagus albus ⓘ
linked to:
Asparagus
Asparagus asparagoides ⓘ Asparagus cochinchinensis ⓘ Asparagus densiflorus ⓘ
linked to:
Asparagus
Asparagus falcatus ⓘ Asparagus officinalis ⓘ
linked to:
Asparagus
Asparagus plumosus ⓘ
linked to:
Asparagus sprengeri
Asparagus racemosus ⓘ Asparagus setaceus ⓘ
linked to:
Asparagus
Asparagus sprengeri ⓘ Asparagus virgatus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | scale-like leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| listedIn | APG IV system ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Africa
ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ |
| order | Asparagales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticOrgans | cladodes ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| plantType | flowering plant ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction |
by seeds
ⓘ
vegetative propagation ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Asparagoideae
ⓘ
linked to:
Asparagaceae
|
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Asparagus officinalis ⓘ |
| usedInCuisine | global cuisines ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1753 ⓘ |
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: Asparagus Description of subject: Asparagus is a genus of perennial flowering plants best known for the edible vegetable asparagus spears commonly used in cuisines worldwide.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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