Thyrsopteridaceae
E850313
Thyrsopteridaceae is a small family of tropical ferns known for their distinctive frond morphology and placement within the order Cyatheales.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thyrsopteridaceae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10225120 — 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: Thyrsopteridaceae Context triple: [Cyatheales, containsFamily, Thyrsopteridaceae]
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A.
Tetrachondraceae
Tetrachondraceae is a small family of flowering plants comprising a few herbaceous species found mainly in wet, often high-altitude habitats in the Southern Hemisphere.
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B.
Diatrypaceae
Diatrypaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi, many of which are wood-inhabiting species that can act as plant pathogens or saprobes.
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C.
Tetracarpaeaceae
Tetracarpaeaceae is a small family of flowering plants comprising a single genus, Tetracarpaea, known for its shrubby species native to Tasmania.
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D.
Pentaphragmataceae
Pentaphragmataceae is a small family of flowering plants comprising herbaceous species native mainly to Southeast Asia and the Pacific region.
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E.
Crypteroniaceae
Crypteroniaceae is a small family of flowering trees and shrubs native mainly to tropical Asia, classified within the order Myrtales.
- 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: Thyrsopteridaceae Target entity description: Thyrsopteridaceae is a small family of tropical ferns known for their distinctive frond morphology and placement within the order Cyatheales.
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A.
Tetrachondraceae
Tetrachondraceae is a small family of flowering plants comprising a few herbaceous species found mainly in wet, often high-altitude habitats in the Southern Hemisphere.
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B.
Diatrypaceae
Diatrypaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi, many of which are wood-inhabiting species that can act as plant pathogens or saprobes.
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C.
Tetracarpaeaceae
Tetracarpaeaceae is a small family of flowering plants comprising a single genus, Tetracarpaea, known for its shrubby species native to Tasmania.
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D.
Pentaphragmataceae
Pentaphragmataceae is a small family of flowering plants comprising herbaceous species native mainly to Southeast Asia and the Pacific region.
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E.
Crypteroniaceae
Crypteroniaceae is a small family of flowering trees and shrubs native mainly to tropical Asia, classified within the order Myrtales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fern family
ⓘ
plant family ⓘ taxonomic family ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Eupolypods ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | ferns ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | cellulose ⓘ |
| characteristic |
circinate vernation
ⓘ
distinctive frond morphology ⓘ pinnate to highly divided fronds ⓘ |
| chlorophyll |
chlorophyll a
ⓘ
chlorophyll b ⓘ |
| class |
Polypodiopsida
ⓘ
linked to:
Polypodiidae
|
| distribution |
New Zealand region
ⓘ
Pacific islands ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Islands
tropical Americas ⓘ |
| division | Polypodiophyta ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | understory fern component in tropical forests ⓘ |
| fertilization | water-dependent sperm motility ⓘ |
| growthForm | terrestrial fern ⓘ |
| habitat | tropical regions ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Monilophytes ⓘ |
| includedGenus | Thyrsopteris ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | frond ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | alternation of generations ⓘ |
| notableFeature | placement within order Cyatheales ⓘ |
| order | Cyatheales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticOrgan | fronds ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 photosynthesis ⓘ |
| pollination | not applicable (spore-producing plant) ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | modern fern classification systems ⓘ |
| relativeSize | small family ⓘ |
| reproduction | spores ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure |
gametophyte
ⓘ
sporophyte ⓘ |
| seedPresence | seedless vascular plant ⓘ |
| sorusPosition | abaxial side of fronds ⓘ |
| speciesCount | very few species ⓘ |
| sporangiaType | leptosporangiate ⓘ |
| sporeDispersal | wind-dispersed spores ⓘ |
| sporeType | homosporous ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Thyrsopteris ⓘ |
| typeSpeciesOfTypeGenus |
Thyrsopteris elegans
ⓘ
linked to:
Thyrsopteris
|
| vascularPlant | true ⓘ |
| vascularSystem | present ⓘ |
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: Thyrsopteridaceae Description of subject: Thyrsopteridaceae is a small family of tropical ferns known for their distinctive frond morphology and placement within the order Cyatheales.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.