Actaea
E383055
Actaea is a small genus of flowering plants known as baneberries, characterized by their toxic berries and belonging to the buttercup family.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Actaea spicata | 2 |
| Actaea canonical | 1 |
| Actaea (for some species in modern classifications) | 1 |
| Actaea pachypoda | 1 |
| Actaea rubra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3705107 — 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: Actaea Context triple: [Ranunculaceae, containsGenus, Actaea]
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A.
Alcione
Alcione is the nickname of the Italian World War II-era Cant Z.1007 medium bomber aircraft.
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B.
Aglaea
Aglaea is a Greek goddess associated with beauty and splendor, one of the three Graces (Charites) in classical mythology.
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C.
Pasiphaë
Pasiphaë is a figure in Greek mythology, the Cretan queen and wife of King Minos best known for being the mother of the Minotaur.
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D.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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E.
Asterope
Asterope is a figure from Greek mythology, often identified as one of the Pleiad nymphs and associated with the star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
- 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: Actaea Target entity description: Actaea is a small genus of flowering plants known as baneberries, characterized by their toxic berries and belonging to the buttercup family.
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A.
Alcione
Alcione is the nickname of the Italian World War II-era Cant Z.1007 medium bomber aircraft.
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B.
Aglaea
Aglaea is a Greek goddess associated with beauty and splendor, one of the three Graces (Charites) in classical mythology.
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C.
Pasiphaë
Pasiphaë is a figure in Greek mythology, the Cretan queen and wife of King Minos best known for being the mother of the Minotaur.
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D.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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E.
Asterope
Asterope is a figure from Greek mythology, often identified as one of the Pleiad nymphs and associated with the star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | baneberry ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| distribution |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | understory plant in forest ecosystems ⓘ |
| family | Ranunculaceae ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | spring to early summer ⓘ |
| flowerType | small white flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| habitat |
shaded forest areas
ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
contains poisonous compounds
ⓘ
ornamental but hazardous in gardens ⓘ produces toxic berries ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Actaea
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Actaea pachypoda
Actaea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Actaea rubra
Actaea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Actaea spicata
|
| hasSynonym |
Cimicifuga
ⓘ
surface form:
Cimicifuga (in some classifications)
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| isA | flowering plant genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | compound leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo | temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| order | Ranunculales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | birds ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Ranunculaceae
ⓘ
surface form:
Ranunculoideae
|
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| toxicityPart |
berries
ⓘ
leaves ⓘ roots ⓘ |
| toxicTo |
humans
ⓘ
many mammals ⓘ |
| tribe | Actaeeae ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional medicine (with caution) ⓘ |
| 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: Actaea Description of subject: Actaea is a small genus of flowering plants known as baneberries, characterized by their toxic berries and belonging to the buttercup family.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Actaea pachypoda
this entity surface form:
Actaea rubra
this entity surface form:
Actaea spicata
this entity surface form:
Actaea (for some species in modern classifications)
this entity surface form:
Actaea spicata