Fuki (butterbur)
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Fuki (butterbur) is a perennial Japanese wild vegetable and ornamental plant known for its large leaves and edible leaf stalks, commonly used in traditional cuisine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fuki (butterbur) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10546805 — 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: Fuki (butterbur) Context triple: [Akita Prefecture, hasFlower, Fuki (butterbur)]
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A.
Fumaria
Fumaria is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants commonly known as fumitories, characterized by delicate, divided leaves and tubular flowers, and traditionally placed in or near the poppy-related family Fumariaceae.
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B.
Urtica
Urtica is a genus of herbaceous plants best known for its stinging nettles, which have tiny hairs that can irritate the skin.
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C.
Schildkraut
Schildkraut is a surname most notably associated with Austrian-American actor Joseph Schildkraut, an Academy Award winner known for his work in early 20th-century film and theater.
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D.
Oldenswort
Oldenswort is a small village in the Nordfriesland district of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany, known as the birthplace of sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies.
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E.
Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
- 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: Fuki (butterbur) Target entity description: Fuki (butterbur) is a perennial Japanese wild vegetable and ornamental plant known for its large leaves and edible leaf stalks, commonly used in traditional cuisine.
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A.
Fumaria
Fumaria is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants commonly known as fumitories, characterized by delicate, divided leaves and tubular flowers, and traditionally placed in or near the poppy-related family Fumariaceae.
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B.
Urtica
Urtica is a genus of herbaceous plants best known for its stinging nettles, which have tiny hairs that can irritate the skin.
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C.
Schildkraut
Schildkraut is a surname most notably associated with Austrian-American actor Joseph Schildkraut, an Academy Award winner known for his work in early 20th-century film and theater.
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D.
Oldenswort
Oldenswort is a small village in the Nordfriesland district of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany, known as the birthplace of sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies.
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E.
Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ornamental plant
ⓘ
perennial herb ⓘ plant species ⓘ wild vegetable ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
butterbur
ⓘ
sweet coltsfoot ⓘ |
| category |
leaf vegetable
ⓘ
traditional food plant ⓘ |
| commonNameOf | Petasites japonicus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | pyrrolizidine alkaloids ⓘ |
| culinaryPreparation |
nimono (simmered dishes)
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pickles ⓘ tempura ⓘ tsukudani ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | traditional Japanese mountain vegetable (sansai) ⓘ |
| ediblePart |
flower buds
ⓘ
leaf stalks ⓘ |
| family |
Asteraceae
NERFINISHED
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Asteraceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | early spring ⓘ |
| genus | Petasites ⓘ |
| growthRegion | temperate climate ⓘ |
| habitat |
moist areas
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mountain slopes ⓘ stream banks ⓘ |
| hasGrowthForm | rhizomatous perennial ⓘ |
| hasPart |
large leaves
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leaf stalks ⓘ |
| JapaneseName | フキ ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafAppearanceSeason | spring ⓘ |
| lightRequirement | partial shade ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
China
NERFINISHED
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East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Asterales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
division of rhizomes
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seeds ⓘ |
| requiresPreparationStep |
parboiling
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soaking in water ⓘ |
| soilPreference | moist soil ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedAs |
edible wild plant
ⓘ
ornamental foliage plant ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Japanese cuisine
ⓘ
home gardens in Japan ⓘ |
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: Fuki (butterbur) Description of subject: Fuki (butterbur) is a perennial Japanese wild vegetable and ornamental plant known for its large leaves and edible leaf stalks, commonly used in traditional cuisine.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.