Neesiaceae
E575092
Neesiaceae is a family of fungi classified within the order Xenospadicoidales, comprising species typically associated with decaying plant material.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neesiaceae canonical | 1 |
| Niessliaceae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6199281 — 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: Neesiaceae Context triple: [Xenospadicoidales, contains, Neesiaceae]
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A.
Neuradaceae
Neuradaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Malvales, comprising mostly herbaceous species found in arid and semi-arid regions.
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B.
Crypteroniaceae
Crypteroniaceae is a small family of flowering trees and shrubs native mainly to tropical Asia, classified within the order Myrtales.
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C.
Octoknemaceae
Octoknemaceae is a small family of flowering plants classified within the order Cucurbitales.
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D.
Fouquieriaceae
Fouquieriaceae is a small family of desert-adapted flowering plants best known for the ocotillo and its relatives, which are native to arid regions of the southwestern United States and Mexico.
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E.
Rhynchocalycaceae
Rhynchocalycaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Myrtales, comprising tropical trees or shrubs native to regions such as South America and Africa.
- 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: Neesiaceae Target entity description: Neesiaceae is a family of fungi classified within the order Xenospadicoidales, comprising species typically associated with decaying plant material.
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A.
Neuradaceae
Neuradaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Malvales, comprising mostly herbaceous species found in arid and semi-arid regions.
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B.
Crypteroniaceae
Crypteroniaceae is a small family of flowering trees and shrubs native mainly to tropical Asia, classified within the order Myrtales.
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C.
Octoknemaceae
Octoknemaceae is a small family of flowering plants classified within the order Cucurbitales.
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D.
Fouquieriaceae
Fouquieriaceae is a small family of desert-adapted flowering plants best known for the ocotillo and its relatives, which are native to arid regions of the southwestern United States and Mexico.
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E.
Rhynchocalycaceae
Rhynchocalycaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Myrtales, comprising tropical trees or shrubs native to regions such as South America and Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fungal family ⓘ |
| associatedWith | decaying plant material ⓘ |
| cellType | eukaryotic ⓘ |
| class | Sordariomycetes ⓘ |
| contains | Neesia ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| division | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | saprobic ⓘ |
| habitat |
dead wood
ⓘ
plant litter ⓘ terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ |
| kingdom |
Fungi
ⓘ
Mycota ⓘ
linked to:
Fungi
|
| lifestyle | saprotrophic ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Ascomycota families
ⓘ
Sordariomycetes families ⓘ Xenospadicoidales families ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Nees ⓘ |
| nomenclaturalCode | International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants ⓘ |
| order | Xenospadicoidales ⓘ |
| phylum | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| reproduction | spores ⓘ |
| sporeType | ascospores ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| trophicMode | heterotrophic ⓘ |
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: Neesiaceae Description of subject: Neesiaceae is a family of fungi classified within the order Xenospadicoidales, comprising species typically associated with decaying plant material.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Neesiaceae