Obetia
E91808
Obetia is a small genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Cannabaceae, known for its stinging hairs and occurrence in parts of Africa and nearby regions.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T674385 — 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: Obetia Context triple: [Cannabaceae, containsGenus, Obetia]
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A.
Loralai
Loralai is a town and district in northern Balochistan, Pakistan, known historically as a regional administrative and trade center.
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B.
Pauletta
Pauletta is a feminine given name, typically considered a diminutive or variant of Paula or Pauline.
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C.
Cassandane
Cassandane was a Persian noblewoman of the Achaemenid dynasty, best known as the queen consort of Cyrus the Great and mother of his successor Cambyses II.
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D.
Cassibile
Cassibile is a village in southeastern Sicily, Italy, historically notable as the site where the 1943 armistice between Italy and the Allies was signed during World War II.
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E.
Beni
Beni is a sparsely populated, largely Amazonian department in northeastern Bolivia known for its tropical lowlands, cattle ranching, and rich indigenous cultures.
- 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: Obetia Target entity description: Obetia is a small genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Cannabaceae, known for its stinging hairs and occurrence in parts of Africa and nearby regions.
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A.
Loralai
Loralai is a town and district in northern Balochistan, Pakistan, known historically as a regional administrative and trade center.
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B.
Pauletta
Pauletta is a feminine given name, typically considered a diminutive or variant of Paula or Pauline.
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C.
Cassandane
Cassandane was a Persian noblewoman of the Achaemenid dynasty, best known as the queen consort of Cyrus the Great and mother of his successor Cambyses II.
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D.
Cassibile
Cassibile is a village in southeastern Sicily, Italy, historically notable as the site where the 1943 armistice between Italy and the Allies was signed during World War II.
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E.
Beni
Beni is a sparsely populated, largely Amazonian department in northeastern Bolivia known for its tropical lowlands, cattle ranching, and rich indigenous cultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
Rosales
ⓘ
surface form:
Rosales sensu lato
|
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | stinging nettles ⓘ |
| describedBy | W. H. Harvey ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
subtropical Africa
ⓘ
tropical Africa ⓘ |
| family | Urticaceae ⓘ |
| fruitType | achene ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrubs
ⓘ
small trees ⓘ |
| habitat |
dry forests
ⓘ
scrublands ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
dioecious plants
ⓘ
flowering plants ⓘ stinging hairs ⓘ urticating hairs ⓘ |
| hasDefenseMechanism | chemical irritants in hairs ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Obetia carruthersiana
ⓘ
Obetia madagascariensis ⓘ Obetia radula ⓘ Obetia tenax ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate leaves ⓘ |
| leafMargin | serrated margins ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Obetia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Obet
|
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ East Africa ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Africa
Southern Africa ⓘ
surface form:
southern Africa
|
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | wind pollination ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | unisexual flowers ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | wind dispersal ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Obetia radula ⓘ |
| uses |
fiber source
ⓘ
traditional medicine ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Obetia Description of subject: Obetia is a small genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Cannabaceae, known for its stinging hairs and occurrence in parts of Africa and nearby regions.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Urticaceae
this entity surface form:
Obet