Podosporaceae
E577071
Podosporaceae is a family of fungi within the order Sordariales, comprising mainly saprobic species that decompose organic matter.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Podosporaceae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6216846 — 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: Podosporaceae Context triple: [Sordariales, contains, Podosporaceae]
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A.
Fusoidisporellaceae
Fusoidisporellaceae is a family of fungi within the order Pisorisporiales, comprising filamentous ascomycetes typically found in aquatic or damp terrestrial habitats.
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B.
Microascaceae
Microascaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi that includes many saprobic and opportunistically pathogenic species, often associated with decaying organic matter and human infections.
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C.
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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D.
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.
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E.
Trapaceae
Trapaceae is a small family of aquatic flowering plants best known for the water chestnut genus Trapa, characterized by floating rosettes of leaves and spiny, nut-like fruits.
- 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: Podosporaceae Target entity description: Podosporaceae is a family of fungi within the order Sordariales, comprising mainly saprobic species that decompose organic matter.
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A.
Fusoidisporellaceae
Fusoidisporellaceae is a family of fungi within the order Pisorisporiales, comprising filamentous ascomycetes typically found in aquatic or damp terrestrial habitats.
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B.
Microascaceae
Microascaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi that includes many saprobic and opportunistically pathogenic species, often associated with decaying organic matter and human infections.
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C.
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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D.
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.
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E.
Trapaceae
Trapaceae is a small family of aquatic flowering plants best known for the water chestnut genus Trapa, characterized by floating rosettes of leaves and spiny, nut-like fruits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fungal family ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup |
Ascomycetes
ⓘ
linked to:
Ascomycota
|
| cellType | eukaryotic ⓘ |
| class | Sordariomycetes ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
decomposition of organic matter
ⓘ
nutrient cycling ⓘ |
| division | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| ecologicalRole | saprobe ⓘ |
| habitat | terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
filamentous fungi
ⓘ
microscopic ascomata ⓘ production of ascospores in asci ⓘ |
| isMulticellular | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| memberOf | Sordariales families ⓘ |
| metabolism | heterotrophic ⓘ |
| order | Sordariales ⓘ |
| phylum | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| reproductionType |
asexual
ⓘ
sexual ⓘ |
| roleInEcosystem | decomposer ⓘ |
| sporeType | ascospore ⓘ |
| subdivision | Pezizomycotina ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| trophicMode | saprobic ⓘ |
| typicalSubstrate |
decaying organic matter
ⓘ
herbivore dung ⓘ plant debris ⓘ |
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: Podosporaceae Description of subject: Podosporaceae is a family of fungi within the order Sordariales, comprising mainly saprobic species that decompose organic matter.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.