Obetia radula
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Obetia radula is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to parts of Africa and known for its stinging hairs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Obetia radula canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3864149 — 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: Obetia radula Context triple: [Obetia, typeSpecies, Obetia radula]
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A.
Melopyrrha
Melopyrrha is a genus of Caribbean seed-eating birds commonly known as bullfinches, characterized by their stout bills and often striking plumage.
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B.
Leipoa ocellata
Leipoa ocellata, commonly known as the malleefowl, is a ground-dwelling Australian bird famous for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decomposing vegetation.
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C.
Clypearia
Clypearia is a genus of social wasps within the subfamily Polistinae, known for forming paper nests and exhibiting complex colony behavior.
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D.
Plumbago auriculata
Plumbago auriculata is a flowering evergreen shrub known for its clusters of pale blue, phlox-like blossoms and use as an ornamental garden plant in warm climates.
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E.
Nobatia
Nobatia was an early medieval Nubian kingdom in Lower Nubia that emerged after the decline of Meroë and later became part of the Christian Nubian state of Makuria.
- 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: Obetia radula Target entity description: Obetia radula is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to parts of Africa and known for its stinging hairs.
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A.
Melopyrrha
Melopyrrha is a genus of Caribbean seed-eating birds commonly known as bullfinches, characterized by their stout bills and often striking plumage.
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B.
Leipoa ocellata
Leipoa ocellata, commonly known as the malleefowl, is a ground-dwelling Australian bird famous for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decomposing vegetation.
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C.
Clypearia
Clypearia is a genus of social wasps within the subfamily Polistinae, known for forming paper nests and exhibiting complex colony behavior.
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D.
Plumbago auriculata
Plumbago auriculata is a flowering evergreen shrub known for its clusters of pale blue, phlox-like blossoms and use as an ornamental garden plant in warm climates.
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E.
Nobatia
Nobatia was an early medieval Nubian kingdom in Lower Nubia that emerged after the decline of Meroë and later became part of the Christian Nubian state of Makuria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
species of flowering plant
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
flowering plants
ⓘ
nettles ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ |
| defenseMechanism | urticating hairs that cause irritation ⓘ |
| distributionContinent | Africa ⓘ |
| family | Urticaceae ⓘ |
| genus | Obetia ⓘ |
| habitat |
riverine vegetation
ⓘ
savanna ⓘ woodland ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
armed with stinging trichomes
ⓘ
dioecious ⓘ stinging hairs ⓘ woody plant ⓘ |
| hasPart | stinging hairs on leaves and stems ⓘ |
| hasToxinEffect | causes skin irritation on contact ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafMargin | serrated ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| lifeForm |
shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Africa ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | flowers ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
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: Obetia radula Description of subject: Obetia radula is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to parts of Africa and known for its stinging hairs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.