Papaver somniferum
E17951
Papaver somniferum is the opium poppy, a flowering plant cultivated both for its edible seeds and for producing opiates such as morphine and codeine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Papaver somniferum canonical | 4 |
| Opium | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T139429 — 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: Papaver somniferum Context triple: [Papaveraceae, includesGenus, Papaver somniferum]
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A.
Argemone
Argemone is a genus of prickly poppy plants known for their spiny foliage and showy, often yellow or white flowers, native mainly to the Americas.
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B.
Chelidonium
Chelidonium is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as celandines, recognized for their yellow latex and traditional medicinal uses.
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C.
Meconopsis
Meconopsis is a genus of flowering plants best known for its striking, often blue, poppy-like blooms found in cool, mountainous regions.
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D.
Canna
Canna is a small, historically rich island in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, known for its wildlife, archaeological sites, and ownership by the National Trust for Scotland.
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E.
Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the poppy family, which includes many species with showy, often brightly colored flowers.
- 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: Papaver somniferum Target entity description: Papaver somniferum is the opium poppy, a flowering plant cultivated both for its edible seeds and for producing opiates such as morphine and codeine.
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A.
Argemone
Argemone is a genus of prickly poppy plants known for their spiny foliage and showy, often yellow or white flowers, native mainly to the Americas.
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B.
Chelidonium
Chelidonium is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as celandines, recognized for their yellow latex and traditional medicinal uses.
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C.
Meconopsis
Meconopsis is a genus of flowering plants best known for its striking, often blue, poppy-like blooms found in cool, mountainous regions.
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D.
Canna
Canna is a small, historically rich island in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, known for its wildlife, archaeological sites, and ownership by the National Trust for Scotland.
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E.
Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the poppy family, which includes many species with showy, often brightly colored flowers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
angiosperm
ⓘ
annual plant ⓘ flowering plant ⓘ plant species ⓘ |
| associatedWith | narcotic drugs ⓘ |
| authority |
Carl Linnaeus
ⓘ
surface form:
Linnaeus
|
| binomialName | Papaver somniferum self-link ⓘ |
| chromosomeNumber | 2n=22 ⓘ |
| commonName |
breadseed poppy
ⓘ
opium poppy ⓘ |
| contains |
codeine
ⓘ
morphine ⓘ noscapine ⓘ papaverine ⓘ thebaine ⓘ |
| cultivarGroup |
varieties with high morphine content
ⓘ
varieties with low morphine content ⓘ |
| cultivatedIn |
Asia
ⓘ
Australia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| describedIn | Species Plantarum ⓘ |
| domain | Eukaryota ⓘ |
| family | Papaveraceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
purple ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| genus | Papaver ⓘ |
| growthHabit | erect ⓘ |
| hasPart |
capsule
ⓘ
latex ⓘ leaves ⓘ petals ⓘ seeds ⓘ stem ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| legalStatus | controlled plant in many countries ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | annual ⓘ |
| nativeRange | Eastern Mediterranean region ⓘ |
| oilUse |
cooking oil
ⓘ
varnish production ⓘ |
| order | Ranunculales ⓘ |
| pollination |
insect-pollinated
ⓘ
self-fertile ⓘ |
| produces |
alkaloids
ⓘ
opium latex ⓘ |
| seedColor |
blue-gray
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| seedUse |
baking
ⓘ
confectionery ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedFor |
culinary purposes
ⓘ
pharmaceutical production ⓘ production of codeine ⓘ production of edible poppy seeds ⓘ production of morphine ⓘ production of noscapine ⓘ production of opium ⓘ production of papaverine ⓘ production of poppyseed oil ⓘ production of thebaine ⓘ |
| usedIn |
pain management
ⓘ
traditional medicine ⓘ |
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: Papaver somniferum Description of subject: Papaver somniferum is the opium poppy, a flowering plant cultivated both for its edible seeds and for producing opiates such as morphine and codeine.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Opium