Fabaceae
E9008
Fabaceae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, commonly known as the legume or pea family, that includes beans, peas, lentils, and many other nitrogen-fixing species.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fabaceae canonical | 106 |
| Leguminosae | 3 |
| Fabaceae (legume family) | 1 |
| Leguminosae (Fabaceae) | 1 |
| Leguminosae sensu lato | 1 |
| bean family (Fabaceae) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T59971 — 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: Fabaceae Context triple: [Bluebonnet, belongsToFamily, Fabaceae]
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A.
Rosales
Rosales is an order of flowering plants that includes many familiar trees, shrubs, and herbs such as elms, roses, and nettles.
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B.
Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the elms, which are widespread in temperate regions.
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C.
Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the poppy family, which includes many species with showy, often brightly colored flowers.
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D.
Cactaceae
Cactaceae is a large family of predominantly succulent, spiny plants adapted to arid environments, commonly known as cacti.
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E.
Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae is a large family of coniferous trees and shrubs that includes cypresses, redwoods, and junipers, many of which are important for timber, ornamentals, and ecological habitats.
- 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: Fabaceae Target entity description: Fabaceae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, commonly known as the legume or pea family, that includes beans, peas, lentils, and many other nitrogen-fixing species.
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A.
Rosales
Rosales is an order of flowering plants that includes many familiar trees, shrubs, and herbs such as elms, roses, and nettles.
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B.
Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the elms, which are widespread in temperate regions.
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C.
Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the poppy family, which includes many species with showy, often brightly colored flowers.
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D.
Cactaceae
Cactaceae is a large family of predominantly succulent, spiny plants adapted to arid environments, commonly known as cacti.
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E.
Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae is a large family of coniferous trees and shrubs that includes cypresses, redwoods, and junipers, many of which are important for timber, ornamentals, and ecological habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
angiosperm family
ⓘ
plant family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| class |
Magnoliopsida
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
|
| commonName |
legume family
ⓘ
pea family ⓘ |
| contains |
acacias
ⓘ
alfalfa ⓘ beans ⓘ carob ⓘ chickpeas ⓘ clovers ⓘ indigo-producing plants ⓘ lentils ⓘ locust trees ⓘ lupins ⓘ mimosas ⓘ peas ⓘ soybeans ⓘ tamarind ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | improves soil fertility through nitrogen fixation ⓘ |
| economicUse |
dye production
ⓘ
fiber crops ⓘ food crops ⓘ forage crops ⓘ green manure ⓘ gum production ⓘ oil crops ⓘ ornamental plants ⓘ timber ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfGenera | over 700 ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfSpecies | over 19000 ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | often zygomorphic ⓘ |
| fruitType | legume ⓘ |
| habitat | terrestrial ecosystems worldwide ⓘ |
| is |
economically important plant family
ⓘ
large plant family ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | usually compound leaves ⓘ |
| nitrogenFixation | many species form symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria ⓘ |
| order | Fabales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 in most species ⓘ |
| rankAmongLargestPlantFamilies | one of the three largest angiosperm families ⓘ |
| rootStructure | root nodules in many species ⓘ |
| symbiontType | rhizobia ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeOf | flowering plant family ⓘ |
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: Fabaceae Description of subject: Fabaceae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, commonly known as the legume or pea family, that includes beans, peas, lentils, and many other nitrogen-fixing species.
Referenced by (113)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fabaceae
subject linked to:
pau-brasil (brazilwood)
subject linked to:
Rhizobium bacteria