Poaceae
E202392
Poaceae is a large and economically important family of flowering grasses that includes major cereal crops such as rice, wheat, and maize.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Poaceae canonical | 98 |
| Gramineae | 3 |
| Isachneae | 1 |
| Poaceae by lack of true leaf blades | 1 |
| Pooideae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1802376 — 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: Poaceae Context triple: [Oryza sativa, family, Poaceae]
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A.
Polygonaceae
Polygonaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the knotweed or buckwheat family, which includes herbs, shrubs, and vines such as buckwheat, sorrel, and rhubarb.
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B.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes amaranths, beets, spinach, and many halophytic and weedy species found worldwide.
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C.
Picramniaceae
Picramniaceae is a small family of flowering plants comprising mostly tropical trees and shrubs, recognized in modern classifications as part of the order Rosales.
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D.
Faboideae
Faboideae is a large and diverse subfamily of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae), known for its pea-like flowers and many agriculturally important species such as beans, peas, and soybeans.
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E.
Liliopsida
Liliopsida is a major class of flowering plants commonly known as monocots, which includes grasses, lilies, orchids, and many staple crop species.
- 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: Poaceae Target entity description: Poaceae is a large and economically important family of flowering grasses that includes major cereal crops such as rice, wheat, and maize.
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A.
Polygonaceae
Polygonaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the knotweed or buckwheat family, which includes herbs, shrubs, and vines such as buckwheat, sorrel, and rhubarb.
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B.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes amaranths, beets, spinach, and many halophytic and weedy species found worldwide.
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C.
Picramniaceae
Picramniaceae is a small family of flowering plants comprising mostly tropical trees and shrubs, recognized in modern classifications as part of the order Rosales.
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D.
Faboideae
Faboideae is a large and diverse subfamily of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae), known for its pea-like flowers and many agriculturally important species such as beans, peas, and soybeans.
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E.
Liliopsida
Liliopsida is a major class of flowering plants commonly known as monocots, which includes grasses, lilies, orchids, and many staple crop species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
monocot family
ⓘ
plant family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Monocots ⓘ
linked to:
Liliopsida
|
| commonName |
grass family
ⓘ
grasses ⓘ |
| contains |
bamboos
ⓘ
cereal crops ⓘ forage grasses ⓘ lawn grasses ⓘ sugar crops ⓘ |
| describedAs | large and economically important family of flowering plants ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
major source of human food
ⓘ
major source of livestock feed ⓘ source of biofuel feedstocks ⓘ source of building materials ⓘ source of paper and pulp ⓘ |
| flowerType | inflorescences called spikelets ⓘ |
| grainType | caryopsis ⓘ |
| habitat |
forests
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ savannas ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily |
Arundinoideae
ⓘ
Bambusoideae ⓘ Chloridoideae ⓘ Danthonioideae ⓘ Ehrhartoideae ⓘ Micrairoideae ⓘ Oryzoideae ⓘ Panicoideae ⓘ Pooideae ⓘ |
| includes |
Avena sativa
ⓘ
Bambusoideae ⓘ Cynodon dactylon ⓘ Eleusine coracana ⓘ Hordeum vulgare ⓘ Lolium perenne ⓘ
linked to:
Kentucky bluegrass
Miscanthus giganteus ⓘ
linked to:
Avena fatua
Oryza glaberrima ⓘ Oryza sativa ⓘ Panicum miliaceum ⓘ Pennisetum glaucum ⓘ Phyllostachys edulis ⓘ
linked to:
Bamboo
Poa pratensis ⓘ
linked to:
Kentucky bluegrass
Saccharum officinarum ⓘ
linked to:
Sugarcane
Secale cereale ⓘ Setaria italica ⓘ Sorghum bicolor ⓘ Triticum aestivum ⓘ Triticum durum ⓘ Zea mays ⓘ Zea mays var. saccharata ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | narrow parallel-veined leaves ⓘ |
| order | Poales ⓘ |
| photosynthesisType |
C3
ⓘ
C4 ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | flowers producing grains (caryopses) ⓘ |
| scientificName | Poaceae ⓘ |
| stemType | usually hollow cylindrical culms ⓘ |
| synonym |
Gramineae
ⓘ
linked to:
Poaceae
|
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Poa ⓘ |
| usedFor |
bioenergy crops
ⓘ
cereals ⓘ construction materials ⓘ ornamental plants ⓘ pasture ⓘ turf ⓘ |
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: Poaceae Description of subject: Poaceae is a large and economically important family of flowering grasses that includes major cereal crops such as rice, wheat, and maize.
Referenced by (104)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Poaceae
subject linked to:
Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass)
subject linked to:
Deschampsia
subject linked to:
big bluestem
linked to: Poaceae
linked to: Poaceae
linked to: Poaceae