Bistorta
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Bistorta is a genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, known for its dense spikes of small flowers and often used as ornamentals or in traditional medicine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bistorta canonical | 1 |
| Polygonum bistorta | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11549491 — 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: Bistorta Context triple: [Polygonoideae, containsTaxon, Bistorta]
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A.
Caltha
Caltha is a small genus of marsh-dwelling flowering plants commonly known as marsh marigolds, found in temperate and cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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B.
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.
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C.
Larkspur
Larkspur is a small, affluent city in Marin County, California, known for its charming historic downtown and role as a commuter hub to San Francisco via nearby ferry services.
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D.
Claytonia
Claytonia is a small genus of flowering plants commonly known as spring beauties, valued for their delicate early-season blooms in temperate regions.
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E.
Saxifraga
Saxifraga is a large genus of mostly small, hardy flowering plants commonly known as saxifrages, often found in rocky or alpine habitats and valued in ornamental gardening.
- 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: Bistorta Target entity description: Bistorta is a genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, known for its dense spikes of small flowers and often used as ornamentals or in traditional medicine.
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A.
Caltha
Caltha is a small genus of marsh-dwelling flowering plants commonly known as marsh marigolds, found in temperate and cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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B.
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.
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C.
Larkspur
Larkspur is a small, affluent city in Marin County, California, known for its charming historic downtown and role as a commuter hub to San Francisco via nearby ferry services.
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D.
Claytonia
Claytonia is a small genus of flowering plants commonly known as spring beauties, valued for their delicate early-season blooms in temperate regions.
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E.
Saxifraga
Saxifraga is a large genus of mostly small, hardy flowering plants commonly known as saxifrages, often found in rocky or alpine habitats and valued in ornamental gardening.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | knotweed family ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Caryophyllales sensu lato NERFINISHED ⓘ Core eudicots NERFINISHED ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | bistort ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of flowering plants ⓘ |
| family | Polygonaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| genus | Bistorta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| habitat | temperate regions ⓘ |
| hasFlowerType | dense spikes of small flowers ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpecies | Bistorta officinalis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inflorescenceType | spike ⓘ |
| isSubdividedInto | multiple species ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | basal leaves common ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| reproduction |
by seeds
ⓘ
vegetative via rhizomes ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedAs |
ornamental plant
ⓘ
ornamental plant ⓘ |
| usedIn |
traditional herbal medicine
ⓘ
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
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: Bistorta Description of subject: Bistorta is a genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, known for its dense spikes of small flowers and often used as ornamentals or in traditional medicine.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Polygonum bistorta