Aloe
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Aloe is a genus of succulent plants known for their fleshy, water-storing leaves and medicinally used gels, especially from the species Aloe vera.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aloe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10249271 — 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: Aloe Context triple: [Asparagales, includesGenus, Aloe]
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A.
Agave
Agave is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as the Theban princess and Maenad who, in a Dionysus-induced frenzy, killed her son Pentheus.
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B.
Acastus
Acastus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of King Pelias of Iolcus and one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece.
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C.
Lavatera
Lavatera is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as tree mallows, valued in gardens for their showy, hibiscus-like blooms and fast-growing, shrubby habit.
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D.
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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E.
Yucca
Yucca is a hardy, evergreen desert plant known for its sword-like leaves and tall clusters of white flowers, commonly found in arid regions of the Americas.
- 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: Aloe Target entity description: Aloe is a genus of succulent plants known for their fleshy, water-storing leaves and medicinally used gels, especially from the species Aloe vera.
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A.
Agave
Agave is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as the Theban princess and Maenad who, in a Dionysus-induced frenzy, killed her son Pentheus.
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B.
Acastus
Acastus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of King Pelias of Iolcus and one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece.
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C.
Lavatera
Lavatera is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as tree mallows, valued in gardens for their showy, hibiscus-like blooms and fast-growing, shrubby habit.
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D.
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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E.
Yucca
Yucca is a hardy, evergreen desert plant known for its sword-like leaves and tall clusters of white flowers, commonly found in arid regions of the Americas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
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succulent plant ⓘ |
| adaptedTo |
arid environments
ⓘ
semi-arid environments ⓘ |
| containsTissue | water-storing parenchyma ⓘ |
| cultivatedAs |
garden plant
ⓘ
houseplant ⓘ |
| describedIn | Linnaean taxonomy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Asphodelaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
orange
ⓘ
red ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| flowerType | tubular flowers ⓘ |
| growthForm |
evergreen
ⓘ
perennial ⓘ |
| hasLatex | yes ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Aloe arborescens
NERFINISHED
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Aloe ferox NERFINISHED ⓘ Aloe vera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Aloe arborescens
NERFINISHED
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Aloe dichotoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Aloe ferox NERFINISHED ⓘ Aloe marlothii NERFINISHED ⓘ Aloe plicatilis NERFINISHED ⓘ Aloe vera ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | rosette ⓘ |
| leafMargin | spiny ⓘ |
| leafType | succulent leaves ⓘ |
| namedBy | Carl Linnaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
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Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Ocean islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Asparagales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosynthesisType | CAM photosynthesis ⓘ |
| pollinatedBy |
birds
ⓘ
insects ⓘ |
| reproduction |
seeds
ⓘ
vegetative offsets ⓘ |
| subfamily | Asphodeloideae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Aloe perfoliata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cosmetic products
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ornamental horticulture ⓘ skin care ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
| usedPart |
leaf gel
ⓘ
leaf latex ⓘ |
| waterStorageOrgan | leaves ⓘ |
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: Aloe Description of subject: Aloe is a genus of succulent plants known for their fleshy, water-storing leaves and medicinally used gels, especially from the species Aloe vera.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.