Potamophila
E741372
Potamophila is a small genus of aquatic or semi-aquatic grasses within the rice subfamily, known for species adapted to riverine and wetland habitats.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Potamophila canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8548834 — 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: Potamophila Context triple: [Ehrhartoideae, includesTaxon, Potamophila]
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A.
Pipturus
Pipturus is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle order known for its shrubby species, some of which produce fibrous bark and small edible fruits.
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B.
Dactylortyx
Dactylortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits in forested and brushy habitats of Central America.
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C.
Ptiliogonys
Ptiliogonys is a genus of silky-flycatchers, small passerine birds known for their soft plumage and distinctive crests, found primarily in the highlands of Mexico and Central America.
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D.
Genlisea
Genlisea is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly called corkscrew plants, that capture and digest small organisms using specialized underground leaf traps.
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E.
Isopyrum
Isopyrum is a small genus of herbaceous flowering plants commonly known as false rue-anemones, native to temperate 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: Potamophila Target entity description: Potamophila is a small genus of aquatic or semi-aquatic grasses within the rice subfamily, known for species adapted to riverine and wetland habitats.
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A.
Pipturus
Pipturus is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle order known for its shrubby species, some of which produce fibrous bark and small edible fruits.
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B.
Dactylortyx
Dactylortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits in forested and brushy habitats of Central America.
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C.
Ptiliogonys
Ptiliogonys is a genus of silky-flycatchers, small passerine birds known for their soft plumage and distinctive crests, found primarily in the highlands of Mexico and Central America.
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D.
Genlisea
Genlisea is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly called corkscrew plants, that capture and digest small organisms using specialized underground leaf traps.
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E.
Isopyrum
Isopyrum is a small genus of herbaceous flowering plants commonly known as false rue-anemones, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| adaptation |
adapted to flowing freshwater
ⓘ
adapted to periodic inundation ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Poaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clade | Tracheophyta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class |
Liliopsida
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Monocotyledonae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName | river grass ⓘ |
| containsTaxon | Potamophila parviflora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| family |
Poaceae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Poaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerType | grass florets ⓘ |
| genus | Potamophila NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| growthForm | perennial grass ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater wetlands
ⓘ
riverine habitats ⓘ rivers ⓘ streams ⓘ wetland habitats ⓘ |
| isA |
aquatic grass genus
ⓘ
flowering plant genus ⓘ semi-aquatic grass genus ⓘ vascular plant genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| nativeRange | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Poales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via flowers ⓘ |
| seedType | caryopsis ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Oryzoideae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oryzoideae NERFINISHED ⓘ rice subfamily ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ |
| tribe |
Oryzeae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oryzeae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Potamophila Description of subject: Potamophila is a small genus of aquatic or semi-aquatic grasses within the rice subfamily, known for species adapted to riverine and wetland habitats.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.