Metopium
E131388
Metopium is a small genus of tropical trees in the cashew family, best known for species like the poisonwood tree that can cause severe skin irritation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Metopium canonical | 2 |
| Metopium brownei | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1106273 — 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: Metopium Context triple: [Anacardiaceae, includesGenus, Metopium]
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A.
Thargelia
Thargelia was an ancient Athenian festival in honor of Apollo (and Artemis), marked by offerings of first fruits and purification rituals intended to protect and renew the community.
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B.
Cosmia
"Cosmia" is a song by American singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom, known for its intricate harp arrangements and poetic, emotionally rich lyrics.
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C.
Hesperopeuce
Hesperopeuce is a little-known genus of coniferous trees in the pine family Pinaceae, native to South America and sometimes treated as part of the genus Podocarpus.
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D.
Alphitonia
Alphitonia is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs, commonly known as ash or soap trees, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Pacific and Asia.
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E.
Sephanoides
Sephanoides is a small genus of South American hummingbirds that includes species such as the Juan Fernández firecrown.
- 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: Metopium Target entity description: Metopium is a small genus of tropical trees in the cashew family, best known for species like the poisonwood tree that can cause severe skin irritation.
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A.
Thargelia
Thargelia was an ancient Athenian festival in honor of Apollo (and Artemis), marked by offerings of first fruits and purification rituals intended to protect and renew the community.
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B.
Cosmia
"Cosmia" is a song by American singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom, known for its intricate harp arrangements and poetic, emotionally rich lyrics.
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C.
Hesperopeuce
Hesperopeuce is a little-known genus of coniferous trees in the pine family Pinaceae, native to South America and sometimes treated as part of the genus Podocarpus.
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D.
Alphitonia
Alphitonia is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs, commonly known as ash or soap trees, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Pacific and Asia.
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E.
Sephanoides
Sephanoides is a small genus of South American hummingbirds that includes species such as the Juan Fernández firecrown.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
angiosperms
ⓘ
eudicots ⓘ rosids ⓘ |
| causeOf | allergic contact dermatitis ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName | poisonwood genus ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Metopium
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Metopium brownei
Metopium toxiferum ⓘ Metopium venosum ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Neotropical realm
ⓘ
surface form:
Neotropics
|
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
component of tropical forest canopy
ⓘ
food source for birds via fruits ⓘ |
| family | Anacardiaceae ⓘ |
| fruitType | drupe ⓘ |
| growthForm | tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal hammocks
ⓘ
scrublands ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasNotableProperty |
can cause severe skin irritation
ⓘ
contains allergenic sap ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies | poisonwood tree ⓘ |
| hasToxicEffectOn | human skin ⓘ |
| isA | tropical tree genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafType | evergreen ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Caribbean region
ⓘ
Florida ⓘ tropical Americas ⓘ |
| notableSpeciesCommonNameOf | poisonwood tree is Metopium toxiferum ⓘ |
| order | Sapindales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Anacardium occidentale
ⓘ
Toxicodendron ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via flowers ⓘ |
| sapContains | urushiol-like compounds ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Metopium Description of subject: Metopium is a small genus of tropical trees in the cashew family, best known for species like the poisonwood tree that can cause severe skin irritation.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Metopium brownei