Capsella
E421749
Capsella is a small genus of flowering plants in the mustard family, best known for the common weed shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) found worldwide in disturbed habitats.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capsella canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4231871 — 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: Capsella Context triple: [Brassicaceae, notableGenus, Capsella]
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A.
Stellaria
Stellaria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as chickweeds, characterized by small, star-shaped white flowers and a widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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B.
Boerhavia
Boerhavia is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as spiderlings, found in warm regions worldwide and noted for their weedy, sprawling habit and small clustered flowers.
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C.
Chenopodium
Chenopodium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as goosefoots, which includes several weedy species as well as important food crops like quinoa.
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D.
Portulaca
Portulaca is a genus of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as purslanes, valued for their drought tolerance and brightly colored blooms.
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E.
Caltha
Caltha is a small genus of marsh-dwelling flowering plants commonly known as marsh marigolds, found in temperate and cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
- 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: Capsella Target entity description: Capsella is a small genus of flowering plants in the mustard family, best known for the common weed shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) found worldwide in disturbed habitats.
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A.
Stellaria
Stellaria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as chickweeds, characterized by small, star-shaped white flowers and a widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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B.
Boerhavia
Boerhavia is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as spiderlings, found in warm regions worldwide and noted for their weedy, sprawling habit and small clustered flowers.
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C.
Chenopodium
Chenopodium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as goosefoots, which includes several weedy species as well as important food crops like quinoa.
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D.
Portulaca
Portulaca is a genus of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as purslanes, valued for their drought tolerance and brightly colored blooms.
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E.
Caltha
Caltha is a small genus of marsh-dwelling flowering plants commonly known as marsh marigolds, found in temperate and cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | mustard family ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Brassicoideae ONNED1 ⓘ |
| chromosomeNumber | varies among species ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | capsella ⓘ |
| describedBy | Philip Miller ONNED1 ⓘ |
| distribution | temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| economicImpact | agricultural weed in many regions ⓘ |
| family | Brassicaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerColor | white ⓘ |
| fruitType | silique ⓘ |
| genusOf |
Capsella bursa-pastoris
ONNED1
ⓘ
Capsella grandiflora NERFINISHED ⓘ Capsella orientalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Capsella rubella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| growthForm | non-woody ⓘ |
| habitat |
disturbed habitats
ⓘ
fields ⓘ roadsides ⓘ waste places ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
flowering plants
ⓘ
rosette-forming basal leaves ⓘ small herbaceous plants ⓘ small white four-petaled flowers ⓘ triangular heart-shaped siliques ⓘ |
| hasInflorescence | raceme ⓘ |
| hasUse | traditional medicinal uses in some cultures ⓘ |
| includesWeed | shepherd’s purse ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| lifeForm |
annual herbs
ⓘ
biennial herbs ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Eurasia ONNED1 ⓘ |
| order | Brassicales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Arabidopsis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | self-compatible in several species ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | by gravity and disturbance ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Capsella bursa-pastoris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | model organism in plant evolutionary genetics ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1754 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Capsella Description of subject: Capsella is a small genus of flowering plants in the mustard family, best known for the common weed shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) found worldwide in disturbed habitats.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.