Psidium
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Psidium is a genus of tropical and subtropical flowering plants in the myrtle family, best known for species such as the common guava that produce edible, aromatic fruits.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Psidium canonical | 1 |
| Psidium cattleianum | 1 |
| Psidium friedrichsthalianum | 1 |
| Psidium guajava | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3018993 — 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: Psidium Context triple: [Myrtales, includesGenus, Psidium]
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A.
Spondias
Spondias is a genus of tropical fruit-bearing trees known for species like hog plum and ambarella, valued for their edible, often tangy fruits.
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B.
Semecarpus
Semecarpus is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs in the cashew family, many species of which produce highly irritating sap that can cause severe allergic skin reactions.
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C.
Artocarpus
Artocarpus is a genus of tropical trees in the mulberry family that includes economically important fruit species such as breadfruit and jackfruit.
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D.
Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
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E.
Persea species
Persea species are evergreen trees and shrubs in the laurel family (Lauraceae), best known for including the avocado and for their prominence in subtropical laurel forests.
- 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: Psidium Target entity description: Psidium is a genus of tropical and subtropical flowering plants in the myrtle family, best known for species such as the common guava that produce edible, aromatic fruits.
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A.
Spondias
Spondias is a genus of tropical fruit-bearing trees known for species like hog plum and ambarella, valued for their edible, often tangy fruits.
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B.
Semecarpus
Semecarpus is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs in the cashew family, many species of which produce highly irritating sap that can cause severe allergic skin reactions.
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C.
Artocarpus
Artocarpus is a genus of tropical trees in the mulberry family that includes economically important fruit species such as breadfruit and jackfruit.
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D.
Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
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E.
Persea species
Persea species are evergreen trees and shrubs in the laurel family (Lauraceae), best known for including the avocado and for their prominence in subtropical laurel forests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | guavas ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| economicUse |
food
ⓘ
fruit production ⓘ jams and jellies ⓘ juice production ⓘ |
| family | Myrtaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | white ⓘ |
| fruitAromatic | true ⓘ |
| fruitEdible | true ⓘ |
| hasFlowerType | flowering plant ⓘ |
| hasFruitType | berry-like fruit ⓘ |
| hasGrowthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ |
| hasManyStamens | true ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpeciesCommonName |
Costa Rican guava
ⓘ
common guava ⓘ strawberry guava ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Psidium
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Psidium cattleianum
Psidium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Psidium friedrichsthalianum
Psidium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Psidium guajava
Psidium guineense ⓘ Psidium littorale ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ tropical Asia ⓘ |
| isEvergreen | true ⓘ |
| isSubtropical | true ⓘ |
| isTropical | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ Neotropical realm ⓘ
surface form:
Neotropics
South America ⓘ |
| order | Myrtales ⓘ |
| pollination | insects ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedIn | 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: Psidium Description of subject: Psidium is a genus of tropical and subtropical flowering plants in the myrtle family, best known for species such as the common guava that produce edible, aromatic fruits.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Myrtales
this entity surface form:
Psidium guajava
this entity surface form:
Psidium cattleianum
this entity surface form:
Psidium friedrichsthalianum