Montia
E288649
Montia is a small genus of delicate, moisture-loving flowering plants commonly known as miner’s lettuce and related species, often found in cool, temperate regions.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Montia canonical | 1 |
| Montia fontana | 1 |
| Montia fontana – water blinks | 1 |
| Montia linearis | 1 |
| Montia perfoliata | 1 |
| Montia perfoliata – miner’s lettuce | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2686651 — 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: Montia Context triple: [Portulacaceae, notableGenus, Montia]
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A.
Mopsuestia
Mopsuestia was an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey), known as an important early Christian and Byzantine center.
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B.
Soleirolia
Soleirolia is a small genus of delicate, mat-forming flowering plants best known for the ornamental houseplant commonly called baby’s tears.
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C.
Polygonella
Polygonella is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, known for its slender, often wiry stems and tiny clustered flowers typically found in sandy or coastal habitats.
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D.
Myriocarpa
Myriocarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family, known for its tropical distribution in the Americas.
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E.
Abronia
Abronia is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sand-verbenas, native to North America and often found in sandy or coastal habitats.
- 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: Montia Target entity description: Montia is a small genus of delicate, moisture-loving flowering plants commonly known as miner’s lettuce and related species, often found in cool, temperate regions.
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A.
Mopsuestia
Mopsuestia was an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey), known as an important early Christian and Byzantine center.
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B.
Soleirolia
Soleirolia is a small genus of delicate, mat-forming flowering plants best known for the ornamental houseplant commonly called baby’s tears.
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C.
Polygonella
Polygonella is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, known for its slender, often wiry stems and tiny clustered flowers typically found in sandy or coastal habitats.
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D.
Myriocarpa
Myriocarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family, known for its tropical distribution in the Americas.
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E.
Abronia
Abronia is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sand-verbenas, native to North America and often found in sandy or coastal habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| category |
Caryophyllales genera
ⓘ
Montiaceae ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ
surface form:
Core eudicots
Eudicots ⓘ |
| climatePreference | cool climates ⓘ |
| commonName | miner’s lettuce and allies ⓘ |
| distribution |
Eurasia
ⓘ
North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| ecologicalPreference |
moisture-loving
ⓘ
shade-tolerant ⓘ |
| family | Montiaceae ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | actinomorphic flowers ⓘ |
| flowerType | flowering plants ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous plants ⓘ |
| habitat |
cool temperate regions
ⓘ
moist habitats ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | basal rosettes in many species ⓘ |
| leafCharacteristic | succulent or fleshy leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle |
annual plants
ⓘ
perennial plants ⓘ |
| lightPreference | partial shade ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Giovanni Battista Monti ⓘ |
| nativeStatusInWesternNorthAmerica | native genus ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Montia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Montia fontana
Montia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Montia linearis
Montia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Montia perfoliata
|
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| petalNumber | usually five petals ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 photosynthesis ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| previousFamilyAssignment | Portulacaceae ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via seeds ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | gravity-dispersed seeds ⓘ |
| soilPreference | moist, well-drained soils ⓘ |
| systematicsNote | placed in Montiaceae after segregation from Portulacaceae ⓘ |
| taxonAuthor | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| use | some species edible as salad greens ⓘ |
| vernacularNameOfSpecies |
Montia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Montia fontana – water blinks
Montia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Montia perfoliata – miner’s lettuce
|
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: Montia Description of subject: Montia is a small genus of delicate, moisture-loving flowering plants commonly known as miner’s lettuce and related species, often found in cool, temperate regions.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Montia perfoliata
this entity surface form:
Montia fontana
this entity surface form:
Montia linearis
this entity surface form:
Montia perfoliata – miner’s lettuce
this entity surface form:
Montia fontana – water blinks