Solidago
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Solidago is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as goldenrods, characterized by their bright yellow flower clusters and widespread presence in meadows and prairies.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Solidago canonical | 1 |
| Solidago canadensis | 1 |
| Solidago gigantea | 1 |
| Solidago rugosa | 1 |
| Solidago virgaurea | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1982079 — 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: Solidago Context triple: [Asteraceae, includesGenus, Solidago]
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A.
Black-eyed Susan
Black-eyed Susan is a bright yellow, daisy-like wildflower with a dark central cone, commonly found across North America and widely used in gardens and natural landscapes.
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B.
Larkspur
Larkspur is a small, affluent city in Marin County, California, known for its charming historic downtown and role as a commuter hub to San Francisco via nearby ferry services.
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C.
Milkweed
"Milkweed" is a 1955 abstract expressionist painting by American artist Lee Krasner, noted for its dynamic composition and richly layered brushwork.
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D.
Marigold
Marigold is a feminine given name most commonly associated with the bright yellow-orange flower and occasionally used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Sego lily
The Sego lily is a delicate, white-petaled wildflower native to the western United States, particularly associated with Utah, where it holds cultural and historical significance.
- 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: Solidago Target entity description: Solidago is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as goldenrods, characterized by their bright yellow flower clusters and widespread presence in meadows and prairies.
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A.
Black-eyed Susan
Black-eyed Susan is a bright yellow, daisy-like wildflower with a dark central cone, commonly found across North America and widely used in gardens and natural landscapes.
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B.
Larkspur
Larkspur is a small, affluent city in Marin County, California, known for its charming historic downtown and role as a commuter hub to San Francisco via nearby ferry services.
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C.
Milkweed
"Milkweed" is a 1955 abstract expressionist painting by American artist Lee Krasner, noted for its dynamic composition and richly layered brushwork.
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D.
Marigold
Marigold is a feminine given name most commonly associated with the bright yellow-orange flower and occasionally used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Sego lily
The Sego lily is a delicate, white-petaled wildflower native to the western United States, particularly associated with Utah, where it holds cultural and historical significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| actualAllergenComparison | ragweed is primary hay fever cause, not Solidago ⓘ |
| attracts |
bees
ⓘ
butterflies ⓘ flies ⓘ wasps ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Asteroideae ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Asterids ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | goldenrods ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| distributionStatus | widespread ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
host plant for insects
ⓘ
late-season nectar source ⓘ |
| family | Asteraceae ⓘ |
| familyCommonName |
aster family
ⓘ
daisy family ⓘ |
| flowerColor | yellow ⓘ |
| floweringSeason |
autumn
ⓘ
late summer ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| habitat |
meadows
ⓘ
open woodlands ⓘ prairies ⓘ roadsides ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Solidago
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Solidago canadensis
Solidago self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Solidago gigantea
Solidago self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Solidago rugosa
|
| inflorescenceType |
panicle
ⓘ
raceme ⓘ |
| invasiveStatus | some species invasive outside native range ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| misconception | often wrongly blamed for hay fever ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Eurasia
ⓘ
North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| order | Asterales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | flower heads ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Solidago
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Solidago virgaurea
|
| usedFor |
ornamental planting
ⓘ
traditional medicine ⓘ |
| 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: Solidago Description of subject: Solidago is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as goldenrods, characterized by their bright yellow flower clusters and widespread presence in meadows and prairies.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Solidago virgaurea
this entity surface form:
Solidago canadensis
this entity surface form:
Solidago gigantea
this entity surface form:
Solidago rugosa