Comarum
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Comarum is a small genus of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae), best known for species like marsh cinquefoil that inhabit wet, boggy environments in cooler regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Comarum canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11555015 — 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: Comarum Context triple: [Potentilleae, includesGenus, Comarum]
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A.
Nemacaulis
Nemacaulis is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, native to arid regions of western North America.
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B.
Phragmacia
Phragmacia is a genus of small insectivorous passerine birds in the warbler family Sylviidae.
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C.
Caulophyllum
Caulophyllum is a small genus of perennial flowering plants, commonly known as blue cohosh, native to North America and Asia and noted for its traditional medicinal uses.
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D.
Gaultheria
Gaultheria is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the heath family known for their aromatic foliage and often brightly colored, berry-like fruits.
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E.
Duchesnea
Duchesnea is a small genus of flowering plants in the rose family, commonly known for its strawberry-like appearance and ornamental groundcover use.
- 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: Comarum Target entity description: Comarum is a small genus of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae), best known for species like marsh cinquefoil that inhabit wet, boggy environments in cooler regions.
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A.
Nemacaulis
Nemacaulis is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, native to arid regions of western North America.
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B.
Phragmacia
Phragmacia is a genus of small insectivorous passerine birds in the warbler family Sylviidae.
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C.
Caulophyllum
Caulophyllum is a small genus of perennial flowering plants, commonly known as blue cohosh, native to North America and Asia and noted for its traditional medicinal uses.
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D.
Gaultheria
Gaultheria is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the heath family known for their aromatic foliage and often brightly colored, berry-like fruits.
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E.
Duchesnea
Duchesnea is a small genus of flowering plants in the rose family, commonly known for its strawberry-like appearance and ornamental groundcover use.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Rosaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName |
marsh cinquefoil
ⓘ
marsh cinquefoil genus ⓘ |
| describedAs | small genus of flowering plants ⓘ |
| distribution | cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | component of wetland plant communities ⓘ |
| family |
Rosaceae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rosaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerColor | often reddish to purple ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | aggregate of achenes ⓘ |
| genus | Comarum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| habitat |
bogs
ⓘ
marshes ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Comarum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Comarum palustre
ⓘ
Comarum salesovianum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isFloweringPlant | true ⓘ |
| isSeedPlant | true ⓘ |
| isVascularPlant | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | compound leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Fragaria
ⓘ
Potentilla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via flowers ⓘ |
| subfamily | Rosoideae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonomicNote | sometimes included in genus Potentilla in older classifications ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tribe | Potentilleae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalClimate | cooler regions ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
bogs
ⓘ
marshes ⓘ wet, boggy environments ⓘ |
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: Comarum Description of subject: Comarum is a small genus of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae), best known for species like marsh cinquefoil that inhabit wet, boggy environments in cooler regions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.