Silene
E303356
Silene is a large genus of flowering plants, commonly known as campions or catchflies, found mainly in temperate regions and noted for their showy, often pink or white, five-petaled flowers.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silene latifolia | 2 |
| Silene canonical | 1 |
| Silene acaulis | 1 |
| Silene dioica | 1 |
| Silene uniflora | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2827679 — 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: Silene Context triple: [Caryophyllaceae, includesGenus, Silene]
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A.
Silene
Silene is the legendary city or region traditionally depicted as the setting of the Saint George and the Dragon story in medieval Christian lore.
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B.
Armeria
Armeria is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as thrift or sea pinks, often found in coastal and alpine habitats and valued for their dense tufts of grass-like leaves and globular flower heads.
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C.
Sarcomphalus
Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
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D.
Hesperis
Hesperis is a figure from Greek mythology, often associated with the evening or the West and sometimes linked to the Hesperides, the nymphs of the evening and golden light.
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E.
Limonium
Limonium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sea-lavenders, valued for their papery, long-lasting blooms often used in dried floral arrangements.
- 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: Silene Target entity description: Silene is a large genus of flowering plants, commonly known as campions or catchflies, found mainly in temperate regions and noted for their showy, often pink or white, five-petaled flowers.
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A.
Silene
Silene is the legendary city or region traditionally depicted as the setting of the Saint George and the Dragon story in medieval Christian lore.
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B.
Armeria
Armeria is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as thrift or sea pinks, often found in coastal and alpine habitats and valued for their dense tufts of grass-like leaves and globular flower heads.
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C.
Sarcomphalus
Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
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D.
Hesperis
Hesperis is a figure from Greek mythology, often associated with the evening or the West and sometimes linked to the Hesperides, the nymphs of the evening and golden light.
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E.
Limonium
Limonium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sea-lavenders, valued for their papery, long-lasting blooms often used in dried floral arrangements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| calyx | tubular or inflated calyx ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ
surface form:
Core eudicots
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName |
campions
ⓘ
catchflies ⓘ |
| corolla | five distinct petals ⓘ |
| describedAs | large genus of flowering plants ⓘ |
| distribution | mainly temperate regions ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
host plants for moth larvae
ⓘ
nectar source for insects ⓘ |
| family | Caryophyllaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | radial symmetry ⓘ |
| flowerType | showy flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| growthForm |
annuals
ⓘ
herbaceous plants ⓘ perennials ⓘ |
| habitat |
grasslands
ⓘ
meadows ⓘ rocky slopes ⓘ woodland edges ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Silene
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Silene acaulis
Silene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Silene dioica
Silene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Silene latifolia
Silene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Silene uniflora
Silene vulgaris ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| petalCount | five ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| pollinator |
bees
ⓘ
butterflies ⓘ moths ⓘ |
| region |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy |
seed production
ⓘ
sexual reproduction via flowers ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | wind-dispersed seeds ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedAs | ornamental plants ⓘ |
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: Silene Description of subject: Silene is a large genus of flowering plants, commonly known as campions or catchflies, found mainly in temperate regions and noted for their showy, often pink or white, five-petaled flowers.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Silene latifolia
this entity surface form:
Silene dioica
this entity surface form:
Silene latifolia
this entity surface form:
Silene acaulis
this entity surface form:
Silene uniflora