Allium
E853798
Allium is a large genus of flowering plants that includes onions, garlic, leeks, chives, and related species widely used as vegetables and seasonings.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Allium canonical | 3 |
| Allium moly | 1 |
| Allium vineale | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10249267 — 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: Allium Context triple: [Asparagales, includesGenus, Allium]
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A.
Allium sativum
Allium sativum is the species of flowering plant commonly known as garlic, widely used as a culinary seasoning and for its traditional medicinal properties.
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B.
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae is a diverse family of flowering monocot plants that includes asparagus, agaves, yuccas, and related species found in a wide range of habitats.
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C.
Liliaceae
Liliaceae is a family of flowering monocot plants that includes many well-known ornamental and bulbous species such as lilies and tulips.
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D.
Brassica
Brassica is a genus of plants in the mustard family that includes many important vegetable and oilseed crops such as cabbage, broccoli, kale, and canola.
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E.
Lactuca
Lactuca is a genus of flowering plants best known for including cultivated lettuce, an important leafy vegetable grown worldwide.
- 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: Allium Target entity description: Allium is a large genus of flowering plants that includes onions, garlic, leeks, chives, and related species widely used as vegetables and seasonings.
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A.
Allium sativum
Allium sativum is the species of flowering plant commonly known as garlic, widely used as a culinary seasoning and for its traditional medicinal properties.
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B.
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae is a diverse family of flowering monocot plants that includes asparagus, agaves, yuccas, and related species found in a wide range of habitats.
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C.
Liliaceae
Liliaceae is a family of flowering monocot plants that includes many well-known ornamental and bulbous species such as lilies and tulips.
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D.
Brassica
Brassica is a genus of plants in the mustard family that includes many important vegetable and oilseed crops such as cabbage, broccoli, kale, and canola.
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E.
Lactuca
Lactuca is a genus of flowering plants best known for including cultivated lettuce, an important leafy vegetable grown worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristicOdor | pungent sulfurous smell ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Monocots ⓘ
linked to:
Liliopsida
|
| commonName |
alliums
ⓘ
onions and allies ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
allicin
ⓘ
organosulfur compounds ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| economicUse |
culinary herb
ⓘ
food crop ⓘ ornamental horticulture ⓘ |
| family | Amaryllidaceae ⓘ |
| flowerType | umbel ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| hasChromosomeBaseNumber | x=8 ⓘ |
| includesCropType |
chive
ⓘ
garlic ⓘ leek ⓘ onion ⓘ scallion ⓘ shallot ⓘ spring onion ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Allium ampeloprasum
ⓘ
Allium canadense ⓘ Allium cepa ⓘ Allium fistulosum ⓘ Allium giganteum ⓘ Allium moly ⓘ
linked to:
Allium
Allium neapolitanum ⓘ Allium porrum ⓘ Allium sativum ⓘ Allium schoenoprasum ⓘ Allium triquetrum ⓘ Allium ursinum ⓘ Allium vineale ⓘ
linked to:
Allium
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | linear leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Northern Hemisphere
ⓘ
temperate regions ⓘ |
| order | Asparagales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | bulb ⓘ |
| subfamily | Allioideae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Allium sativum ⓘ |
| usedAs |
ornamental plant
ⓘ
seasoning ⓘ vegetable ⓘ |
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: Allium Description of subject: Allium is a large genus of flowering plants that includes onions, garlic, leeks, chives, and related species widely used as vegetables and seasonings.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Allium
linked to: Allium