Caulophyllum
E384419
Caulophyllum is a small genus of perennial flowering plants, commonly known as blue cohosh, native to North America and Asia and noted for its traditional medicinal uses.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caulophyllum canonical | 1 |
| Caulophyllum giganteum | 1 |
| Caulophyllum robustum | 1 |
| Caulophyllum thalictroides | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3724738 — 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: Caulophyllum Context triple: [Berberidaceae, includesGenus, Caulophyllum]
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A.
Thalictrum
Thalictrum is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as meadow-rues, characterized by delicate foliage and airy clusters of small flowers.
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B.
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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C.
Rhus
Rhus is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sumacs, which includes shrubs and small trees often recognized for their compound leaves and clusters of red or white berries.
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D.
Claytonia
Claytonia is a small genus of flowering plants commonly known as spring beauties, valued for their delicate early-season blooms in temperate regions.
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E.
Epimedium
Epimedium is a genus of flowering plants, often called barrenwort or horny goat weed, known for their delicate, heart-shaped leaves and use in traditional medicine and shade gardens.
- 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: Caulophyllum Target entity description: Caulophyllum is a small genus of perennial flowering plants, commonly known as blue cohosh, native to North America and Asia and noted for its traditional medicinal uses.
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A.
Thalictrum
Thalictrum is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as meadow-rues, characterized by delicate foliage and airy clusters of small flowers.
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B.
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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C.
Rhus
Rhus is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sumacs, which includes shrubs and small trees often recognized for their compound leaves and clusters of red or white berries.
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D.
Claytonia
Claytonia is a small genus of flowering plants commonly known as spring beauties, valued for their delicate early-season blooms in temperate regions.
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E.
Epimedium
Epimedium is a genus of flowering plants, often called barrenwort or horny goat weed, known for their delicate, heart-shaped leaves and use in traditional medicine and shade gardens.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Ranunculales ⓘ |
| commonName | blue cohosh ⓘ |
| contains |
alkaloids
ⓘ
saponins ⓘ |
| describedAs | small genus ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | understory forest herb ⓘ |
| family | Berberidaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
blue
ⓘ
purple ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | spring ⓘ |
| fruitingSeason | late spring to summer ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry-like fruit ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
eastern Asia
ⓘ
eastern North America ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous plant ⓘ |
| habitat |
deciduous forests
ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ |
| hasRhizome | true ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Caulophyllum
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Caulophyllum giganteum
Caulophyllum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Caulophyllum robustum
Caulophyllum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Caulophyllum thalictroides
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPhenology | spring-emergent ⓘ |
| leafType | compound leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| notedFor | traditional medicinal uses ⓘ |
| plantType | flowering plant ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction |
by rhizomes
ⓘ
by seeds ⓘ |
| requires | moist, rich soils ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | animal-dispersed ⓘ |
| shadeTolerance | shade-tolerant ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| toxicity | potentially toxic if misused ⓘ |
| traditionalUse |
gynecological remedies
ⓘ
labor-inducing preparations ⓘ |
| usedIn | herbal medicine ⓘ |
| usedTraditionallyBy | Indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ |
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: Caulophyllum Description of subject: Caulophyllum is a small genus of perennial flowering plants, commonly known as blue cohosh, native to North America and Asia and noted for its traditional medicinal uses.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Caulophyllum thalictroides
this entity surface form:
Caulophyllum giganteum
this entity surface form:
Caulophyllum robustum