Lilium
E302562
Lilium is a genus of flowering plants known for its large, often fragrant, trumpet-shaped lilies commonly grown as ornamentals in gardens and used in floral arrangements.
All labels observed (21)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lilium canonical | 3 |
| Lilium candidum | 3 |
| Lilium auratum | 1 |
| Lilium bulbiferum | 1 |
| Lilium canadense | 1 |
| Lilium columbianum | 1 |
| Lilium formosanum | 1 |
| Lilium henryi | 1 |
| Lilium lancifolium | 1 |
| Lilium leichtlinii | 1 |
| Lilium martagon | 1 |
| Lilium michiganense | 1 |
| Lilium nepalense | 1 |
| Lilium pardalinum | 1 |
| Lilium philadelphicum | 1 |
| Lilium pumilum | 1 |
| Lilium pyrenaicum | 1 |
| Lilium speciosum | 1 |
| Lilium superbum | 1 |
| Lilium tigrinum | 1 |
| genus Lilium | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2819263 — 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: Lilium Context triple: [Easter lily, genus, Lilium]
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A.
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.
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B.
Gloriosa lily
Gloriosa lily is a striking, climbing flowering plant known for its distinctive flame-like red and yellow petals and is native to parts of Africa and Asia.
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C.
Trillium
Trillium is a white three-petaled wildflower native to Ontario and widely recognized as a provincial emblem and symbol of the region.
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D.
Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum is a genus of flowering plants known for its showy, daisy-like blooms widely cultivated as ornamentals and used in traditional cultures, especially in East Asia.
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E.
Meconopsis
Meconopsis is a genus of flowering plants best known for its striking, often blue, poppy-like blooms found in cool, mountainous regions.
- 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: Lilium Target entity description: Lilium is a genus of flowering plants known for its large, often fragrant, trumpet-shaped lilies commonly grown as ornamentals in gardens and used in floral arrangements.
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A.
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.
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B.
Gloriosa lily
Gloriosa lily is a striking, climbing flowering plant known for its distinctive flame-like red and yellow petals and is native to parts of Africa and Asia.
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C.
Trillium
Trillium is a white three-petaled wildflower native to Ontario and widely recognized as a provincial emblem and symbol of the region.
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D.
Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum is a genus of flowering plants known for its showy, daisy-like blooms widely cultivated as ornamentals and used in traditional cultures, especially in East Asia.
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E.
Meconopsis
Meconopsis is a genus of flowering plants best known for its striking, often blue, poppy-like blooms found in cool, mountainous regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (79)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Liliopsida ⓘ
surface form:
Monocots
|
| commonName | true lilies ⓘ |
| family | Liliaceae ⓘ |
| floweringSeason |
late spring
ⓘ
summer ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
bulb-forming perennials
ⓘ
erect stems ⓘ flowering plants ⓘ large flowers ⓘ linear leaves ⓘ often fragrant flowers ⓘ showy petals ⓘ trumpet-shaped flowers ⓘ |
| hasCulturalUse |
symbol of purity
ⓘ
symbol of royalty ⓘ used in religious symbolism ⓘ |
| hasHybridGroup |
Asiatic hybrids
ⓘ
LA hybrids ⓘ Longiflorum hybrids ⓘ OT hybrids ⓘ Oriental hybrids ⓘ Trumpet hybrids ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Lilium
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium auratum
Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium bulbiferum
Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium canadense
Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium candidum
Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium columbianum
Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium formosanum
Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium henryi
Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium lancifolium
Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium leichtlinii
Easter lily ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium longiflorum
Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium martagon
Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium michiganense
Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium nepalense
Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium pardalinum
Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium philadelphicum
Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium pumilum
Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium pyrenaicum
Lilium regale ⓘ Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium speciosum
Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium superbum
Lilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium tigrinum
|
| hasToxicity |
can cause kidney failure in cats
ⓘ
toxic to cats ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpecies |
Lilium
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium candidum
|
| hasUndergroundStructure | true bulb ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| order | Liliales ⓘ |
| pollinatedBy |
bees
ⓘ
butterflies ⓘ insects ⓘ moths ⓘ |
| propagatedBy |
bulbs
ⓘ
scales ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| reproducesBy |
sexual reproduction via seeds
ⓘ
vegetative reproduction via bulbs ⓘ |
| requires |
sunny to partially shaded sites
ⓘ
well-drained soil ⓘ |
| typicalFlowerColor |
orange
ⓘ
pink ⓘ purple ⓘ red ⓘ spotted patterns ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| usedAs | ornamental plants ⓘ |
| usedIn |
floral arrangements
ⓘ
gardens ⓘ landscape plantings ⓘ |
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: Lilium Description of subject: Lilium is a genus of flowering plants known for its large, often fragrant, trumpet-shaped lilies commonly grown as ornamentals in gardens and used in floral arrangements.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
genus Lilium
this entity surface form:
Lilium candidum
this entity surface form:
Lilium candidum
this entity surface form:
Lilium martagon
this entity surface form:
Lilium lancifolium
this entity surface form:
Lilium bulbiferum
this entity surface form:
Lilium henryi
this entity surface form:
Lilium auratum
this entity surface form:
Lilium speciosum
this entity surface form:
Lilium pardalinum
this entity surface form:
Lilium superbum
this entity surface form:
Lilium philadelphicum
this entity surface form:
Lilium canadense
this entity surface form:
Lilium michiganense
this entity surface form:
Lilium columbianum
this entity surface form:
Lilium pyrenaicum
this entity surface form:
Lilium formosanum
this entity surface form:
Lilium nepalense
this entity surface form:
Lilium pumilum
this entity surface form:
Lilium leichtlinii
this entity surface form:
Lilium tigrinum