Gentianaceae
E293092
Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants known for its often intensely blue, trumpet-shaped flowers and widespread occurrence in temperate and alpine regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gentianaceae canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2671223 — 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: Gentianaceae Context triple: [Asterids, includesFamily, Gentianaceae]
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A.
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pink or carnation family, that includes many herbaceous species found worldwide, especially in temperate regions.
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B.
Campanulaceae
Campanulaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the bellflower family, characterized by mostly herbaceous species with bell-shaped or tubular flowers.
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C.
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the mint or deadnettle family, that includes many aromatic herbs such as mint, basil, rosemary, and lavender.
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D.
Potentilleae
Potentilleae is a tribe of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) that includes genera such as strawberries (Fragaria), cinquefoils (Potentilla), and related herbaceous species.
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E.
Rosoideae
Rosoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) that includes genera such as roses, strawberries, and raspberries.
- 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: Gentianaceae Target entity description: Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants known for its often intensely blue, trumpet-shaped flowers and widespread occurrence in temperate and alpine regions.
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A.
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pink or carnation family, that includes many herbaceous species found worldwide, especially in temperate regions.
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B.
Campanulaceae
Campanulaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the bellflower family, characterized by mostly herbaceous species with bell-shaped or tubular flowers.
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C.
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the mint or deadnettle family, that includes many aromatic herbs such as mint, basil, rosemary, and lavender.
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D.
Potentilleae
Potentilleae is a tribe of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) that includes genera such as strawberries (Fragaria), cinquefoils (Potentilla), and related herbaceous species.
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E.
Rosoideae
Rosoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) that includes genera such as roses, strawberries, and raspberries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Asterids ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | gentian family ⓘ |
| distribution |
alpine regions
ⓘ
cosmopolitan ⓘ temperate regions ⓘ tropical mountains ⓘ |
| economicUse |
medicinal plants
ⓘ
ornamental plants ⓘ source of bitter flavoring agents ⓘ |
| floralFormulaFeature | typically 4- or 5-merous perianth ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| habitat |
alpine slopes
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ meadows ⓘ woodland clearings ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
flowering plants
ⓘ
mostly herbaceous plants ⓘ often intensely blue flowers ⓘ opposite leaves ⓘ presence of bitter iridoid compounds ⓘ trumpet-shaped flowers ⓘ usually entire leaf margins ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Blackstonia
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Centaurium ⓘ Eustoma ⓘ Frasera ⓘ Gentiana ⓘ Gentianella ⓘ
linked to:
Gentiana
Sabatia ⓘ Swertia ⓘ
linked to:
Gentiana
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| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gentiana ⓘ |
| order | Gentianales ⓘ |
| ovaryPosition | superior ovary ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | APG IV system ⓘ |
| subdivisionRanks | genera ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Gentiana ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aperitifs and liqueurs
ⓘ
digestive tonics ⓘ |
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: Gentianaceae Description of subject: Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants known for its often intensely blue, trumpet-shaped flowers and widespread occurrence in temperate and alpine regions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.