Liliaceae
E285068
Liliaceae is a family of flowering monocot plants that includes many well-known ornamental and bulbous species such as lilies and tulips.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Liliaceae canonical | 12 |
| Liliaceae s.l. | 2 |
| Liliaceae (historically, in older systems) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2645952 — 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: Liliaceae Context triple: [Liliopsida, includesFamily, Liliaceae]
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A.
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae is a large family of mostly herbaceous flowering plants, including buttercups, clematis, and columbines, known for their often showy but sometimes toxic flowers.
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B.
Asterales
Asterales is a large order of flowering plants that includes daisies, sunflowers, and many other familiar ornamental and wild species.
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C.
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae is a diverse family of flowering monocot plants that includes asparagus, agaves, yuccas, and related species found in a wide range of habitats.
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D.
Ranunculidae
Ranunculidae is a botanical subclass of flowering plants that includes buttercups and related families characterized by mostly herbaceous species with often showy, radially symmetrical flowers.
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E.
Berberidaceae
Berberidaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the barberry family, comprising shrubs and herbaceous species often recognized for their spiny stems and ornamental or medicinal uses.
- 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: Liliaceae Target entity description: Liliaceae is a family of flowering monocot plants that includes many well-known ornamental and bulbous species such as lilies and tulips.
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A.
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae is a large family of mostly herbaceous flowering plants, including buttercups, clematis, and columbines, known for their often showy but sometimes toxic flowers.
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B.
Asterales
Asterales is a large order of flowering plants that includes daisies, sunflowers, and many other familiar ornamental and wild species.
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C.
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae is a diverse family of flowering monocot plants that includes asparagus, agaves, yuccas, and related species found in a wide range of habitats.
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D.
Ranunculidae
Ranunculidae is a botanical subclass of flowering plants that includes buttercups and related families characterized by mostly herbaceous species with often showy, radially symmetrical flowers.
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E.
Berberidaceae
Berberidaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the barberry family, comprising shrubs and herbaceous species often recognized for their spiny stems and ornamental or medicinal uses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| APGSystemPlacement | order Liliales ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Monocots ⓘ
linked to:
Liliopsida
|
| commonName | lily family ⓘ |
| contains |
Cardiocrinum
ⓘ
Clintonia ⓘ Erythronium ⓘ Fritillaria ⓘ Gagea ⓘ Gagea lutea ⓘ Lilium ⓘ Lilium candidum ⓘ
linked to:
Lilium
Lilium martagon ⓘ Medeola ⓘ Nomocharis ⓘ Notholirion ⓘ Prosartes ⓘ Scoliopus ⓘ Streptopus ⓘ Tricyrtis ⓘ Tulipa ⓘ Tulipa gesneriana ⓘ |
| describedAs | family of flowering plants ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| economicUse |
cut flowers
ⓘ
garden bulbs ⓘ ornamental plants ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| growthForm | geophytes ⓘ |
| gynoecium | superior ovary ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
flowering plants
ⓘ
monocotyledonous ⓘ mostly herbaceous perennials ⓘ often bulb-forming ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
garden tulip
ⓘ
true lilies ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafVenation | parallel venation ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
genus Lilium
ⓘ
linked to:
Lilium
|
| nativeTo | temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| order | Liliales ⓘ |
| perianthParts | six tepals ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| stamenNumber | six stamens ⓘ |
| taxonomicHistory | circumscription revised by modern phylogenetics ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Lilium ⓘ |
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: Liliaceae Description of subject: Liliaceae is a family of flowering monocot plants that includes many well-known ornamental and bulbous species such as lilies and tulips.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Liliaceae
linked to: Liliaceae
linked to: Liliaceae