Easter lily
E54367
The Easter lily is a fragrant white trumpet-shaped flower traditionally associated with purity and resurrection in Christian celebrations of Easter.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lilium longiflorum | 2 |
| Easter lily canonical | 1 |
| Lilium candidum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T430799 — 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: Easter lily Context triple: [Eastertide, symbol, Easter lily]
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A.
Mythodea
Mythodea is a large-scale symphonic and choral composition by Greek composer Vangelis, originally written for NASA’s Mars mission and known for its grand, cinematic orchestral style.
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B.
Rosa
Rosa is a genus of flowering plants known for its ornamental roses, prized worldwide for their beauty, fragrance, and cultural symbolism.
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C.
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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D.
Irises
Irises is a famous 1889 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant cluster of blooming irises, celebrated for its expressive color and dynamic composition.
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E.
Black-eyed Susan
Black-eyed Susan is a bright yellow, daisy-like wildflower with a dark central cone, commonly found across North America and widely used in gardens and natural landscapes.
- 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: Easter lily Target entity description: The Easter lily is a fragrant white trumpet-shaped flower traditionally associated with purity and resurrection in Christian celebrations of Easter.
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A.
Mythodea
Mythodea is a large-scale symphonic and choral composition by Greek composer Vangelis, originally written for NASA’s Mars mission and known for its grand, cinematic orchestral style.
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B.
Rosa
Rosa is a genus of flowering plants known for its ornamental roses, prized worldwide for their beauty, fragrance, and cultural symbolism.
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C.
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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D.
Irises
Irises is a famous 1889 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant cluster of blooming irises, celebrated for its expressive color and dynamic composition.
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E.
Black-eyed Susan
Black-eyed Susan is a bright yellow, daisy-like wildflower with a dark central cone, commonly found across North America and widely used in gardens and natural landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flowering plant
ⓘ
ornamental plant ⓘ plant ⓘ |
| associatedWithHoliday | Easter ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| commercialProductionRegion |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Oregon ⓘ West Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form:
United States West Coast
|
| commonNameOf |
Easter lily
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lilium longiflorum
|
| cultivatedIn |
Europe
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance |
symbol of the resurrection of Jesus in Christian tradition
ⓘ
traditional Easter gift plant ⓘ |
| family | Liliaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | white ⓘ |
| floweringUse |
cut flower
ⓘ
potted plant ⓘ |
| flowerPartCount | six tepals ⓘ |
| flowerShape | trumpet-shaped ⓘ |
| genus | Lilium ⓘ |
| growthForm | bulbous perennial ⓘ |
| hasFragrance | yes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | narrow lanceolate leaves ⓘ |
| lightRequirement | bright indirect light ⓘ |
| nativeRegion | East Asia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Ryukyu Islands
ⓘ
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
|
| order | Liliales ⓘ |
| plantHeight | about 30–90 cm ⓘ |
| plantType | herbaceous plant ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
bulbs
ⓘ
scales ⓘ |
| scentDescription | sweet fragrance ⓘ |
| soilRequirement | well-drained soil ⓘ |
| symbolism |
new life
ⓘ
purity ⓘ resurrection ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| toxicityToPets |
can cause kidney failure in cats
ⓘ
toxic to cats ⓘ |
| typicalBloomTime |
around Easter
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spring ⓘ |
| usedFor |
church decoration
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home decoration ⓘ religious decoration ⓘ |
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: Easter lily Description of subject: The Easter lily is a fragrant white trumpet-shaped flower traditionally associated with purity and resurrection in Christian celebrations of Easter.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lilium candidum
this entity surface form:
Lilium longiflorum
this entity surface form:
Lilium longiflorum