Viola tricolor
E369992
Viola tricolor is a small European wildflower in the violet family, commonly known as wild pansy or heartsease, noted for its tricolored petals and traditional medicinal and ornamental uses.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Viola tricolor canonical | 3 |
| European wild pansy | 1 |
| Viola sect. Viola (heartsease) | 1 |
| Viola sect. Viola (pansies) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3570800 — 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: Viola tricolor Context triple: [Violet, hasNotableSpecies, Viola tricolor]
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A.
Primula Rollo
Primula Rollo was the first wife of British actor David Niven, remembered for their marriage and her tragic accidental death in 1946.
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B.
Papaver rhoeas
Papaver rhoeas is the common red poppy, a wildflower native to Eurasia and North Africa, widely recognized as a symbol of remembrance for war casualties.
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C.
Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
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D.
Agrostemma
Agrostemma is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as corncockles, characterized by showy, often pink to purple blooms typically found in grain fields and meadows.
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E.
Dianthus
Dianthus is a genus of flowering plants known for their fragrant, often pink or white, frilled-petal blooms commonly called carnations or pinks.
- 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: Viola tricolor Target entity description: Viola tricolor is a small European wildflower in the violet family, commonly known as wild pansy or heartsease, noted for its tricolored petals and traditional medicinal and ornamental uses.
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A.
Primula Rollo
Primula Rollo was the first wife of British actor David Niven, remembered for their marriage and her tragic accidental death in 1946.
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B.
Papaver rhoeas
Papaver rhoeas is the common red poppy, a wildflower native to Eurasia and North Africa, widely recognized as a symbol of remembrance for war casualties.
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C.
Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
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D.
Agrostemma
Agrostemma is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as corncockles, characterized by showy, often pink to purple blooms typically found in grain fields and meadows.
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E.
Dianthus
Dianthus is a genus of flowering plants known for their fragrant, often pink or white, frilled-petal blooms commonly called carnations or pinks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flowering plant
ⓘ
herbaceous annual ⓘ plant species ⓘ |
| attracts | pollinating insects ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName |
Viola tricolor
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
European wild pansy
Johnny Jump Up ⓘ heartsease ⓘ wild pansy ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
flavonoids
ⓘ
salicylic acid derivatives ⓘ saponins ⓘ |
| cultivarOf | garden pansy (Viola × wittrockiana) ancestor ⓘ |
| edibility | edible flowers ⓘ |
| family | Violaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
purple
ⓘ
white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| floweringSeason |
spring
ⓘ
summer ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | zygomorphic ⓘ |
| genus | Viola ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous plant ⓘ |
| habitat |
cultivated fields
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ meadows ⓘ roadsides ⓘ |
| hasSpur | yes ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
New Zealand
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| latinEpithetMeaning | three-colored ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaf ⓘ |
| lifeCycle |
annual
ⓘ
short-lived perennial ⓘ |
| lightPreference |
full sun
ⓘ
partial shade ⓘ |
| medicinalUse |
treatment of respiratory ailments
ⓘ
treatment of skin conditions ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Europe
ⓘ
Western Asia ⓘ |
| order | Malpighiales ⓘ |
| petalCount | 5 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| pollinator |
bees
ⓘ
butterflies ⓘ |
| reproduction | by seed ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | by ants ⓘ |
| soilPreference | well-drained soil ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| typicalHeight | 15 cm ⓘ |
| use |
culinary garnish
ⓘ
medicinal plant ⓘ ornamental plant ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional European herbal medicine ⓘ |
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: Viola tricolor Description of subject: Viola tricolor is a small European wildflower in the violet family, commonly known as wild pansy or heartsease, noted for its tricolored petals and traditional medicinal and ornamental uses.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Viola sect. Viola (pansies)
this entity surface form:
Viola sect. Viola (heartsease)
this entity surface form:
European wild pansy