Nesiota elliptica
E94218
Nesiota elliptica, commonly known as the St. Helena olive, was a critically endangered flowering plant species endemic to the island of Saint Helena and is now considered extinct in the wild.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nesiota elliptica canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T682134 — 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: Nesiota elliptica Context triple: [Rhamnaceae, hasMember, Nesiota elliptica]
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A.
Eulipoa wallacei
Eulipoa wallacei, commonly known as Wallace's scrubfowl or Moluccan megapode, is a ground-dwelling bird from Indonesia that incubates its eggs in warm sand or soil using geothermal or solar heat instead of brooding them.
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B.
Oreortyx
Oreortyx is a small genus of New World quails best known for the mountain quail, a ground-dwelling game bird native to western North America.
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C.
Reissekia
Reissekia is a small genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, native to parts of South America.
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D.
Hesperopeuce
Hesperopeuce is a little-known genus of coniferous trees in the pine family Pinaceae, native to South America and sometimes treated as part of the genus Podocarpus.
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E.
Philortyx fasciatus
Philortyx fasciatus, commonly known as the banded quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird native to Mexico and the type species of the genus Philortyx.
- 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: Nesiota elliptica Target entity description: Nesiota elliptica, commonly known as the St. Helena olive, was a critically endangered flowering plant species endemic to the island of Saint Helena and is now considered extinct in the wild.
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A.
Eulipoa wallacei
Eulipoa wallacei, commonly known as Wallace's scrubfowl or Moluccan megapode, is a ground-dwelling bird from Indonesia that incubates its eggs in warm sand or soil using geothermal or solar heat instead of brooding them.
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B.
Oreortyx
Oreortyx is a small genus of New World quails best known for the mountain quail, a ground-dwelling game bird native to western North America.
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C.
Reissekia
Reissekia is a small genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, native to parts of South America.
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D.
Hesperopeuce
Hesperopeuce is a little-known genus of coniferous trees in the pine family Pinaceae, native to South America and sometimes treated as part of the genus Podocarpus.
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E.
Philortyx fasciatus
Philortyx fasciatus, commonly known as the banded quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird native to Mexico and the type species of the genus Philortyx.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
endemic species
ⓘ
flowering plant ⓘ plant species ⓘ |
| binomialName | Nesiota elliptica self-link ⓘ |
| commonName |
St. Helena olive
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Helena olive
St. Helena olive ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
ⓘ
surface form:
IUCN Red List
|
| cultivationPurpose | conservation ⓘ |
| describedBy | William John Burchell ⓘ |
| describedIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| endemicTo |
Saint Helena
ⓘ
South Atlantic ⓘ
surface form:
South Atlantic Ocean
|
| extinctionType | extinct in the wild ⓘ |
| family | Rhamnaceae ⓘ |
| genus | Nesiota ⓘ |
| geographicLocation | island of Saint Helena ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| hasConservationSignificance | true ⓘ |
| hasFlower | true ⓘ |
| hasFruit | true ⓘ |
| hasLeafShape | elliptic leaves ⓘ |
| hasLimitedRange | true ⓘ |
| hasReproductiveSystem | angiosperm ⓘ |
| isCultivated | true ⓘ |
| isEndemic | true ⓘ |
| isExtinct | true ⓘ |
| isLandPlant | true ⓘ |
| isSymbolOf | biodiversity loss on islands ⓘ |
| isWoodyPlant | true ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus |
Critically Endangered (historical)
ⓘ
Extinct in the Wild ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| namedAfter | island of Saint Helena ⓘ |
| nativeHabitat |
dry slopes
ⓘ
rocky areas ⓘ woodland ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
disease
ⓘ
grazing ⓘ habitat loss ⓘ introduced species ⓘ |
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: Nesiota elliptica Description of subject: Nesiota elliptica, commonly known as the St. Helena olive, was a critically endangered flowering plant species endemic to the island of Saint Helena and is now considered extinct in the wild.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.