Brassicaceae
E94597
Brassicaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the mustard or cabbage family, that includes many important crops such as cabbage, broccoli, and canola.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brassicaceae canonical | 22 |
| Broccoli family | 1 |
| Cabbage family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T767722 — 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: Brassicaceae Context triple: [Eudicots, includes, Brassicaceae]
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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.
Asteraceae
Asteraceae is one of the largest families of flowering plants, commonly known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family, encompassing a wide variety of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees found worldwide.
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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.
Rosaceae
Rosaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes roses, apples, cherries, strawberries, and many other economically and ornamentally important species.
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E.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes amaranths, beets, spinach, and many halophytic and weedy species found worldwide.
- 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: Brassicaceae Target entity description: Brassicaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the mustard or cabbage family, that includes many important crops such as cabbage, broccoli, and canola.
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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.
Asteraceae
Asteraceae is one of the largest families of flowering plants, commonly known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family, encompassing a wide variety of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees found worldwide.
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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.
Rosaceae
Rosaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes roses, apples, cherries, strawberries, and many other economically and ornamentally important species.
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E.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes amaranths, beets, spinach, and many halophytic and weedy species found worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| approximateGeneraCount | about 338 ⓘ |
| approximateSpeciesCount | about 3700 ⓘ |
| centerOfDiversity | temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| characteristicCompound | glucosinolate ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName |
cabbage family
ⓘ
mustard family ⓘ |
| containsAllergen | mustard allergens ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
condiment crops
ⓘ
forage crops ⓘ major oilseed crops ⓘ major vegetable crops ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | radial to slightly bilateral ⓘ |
| flowerType | flowering plant ⓘ |
| fruitType |
silicle
ⓘ
silique ⓘ |
| hasCropSpecies |
Armoracia rusticana
ⓘ
Brassica juncea ⓘ Brassica napus ⓘ Brassica oleracea ⓘ Brassica rapa ⓘ Nasturtium officinale ⓘ Raphanus sativus ⓘ Sinapis alba ⓘ |
| hasDisease |
blackleg disease
ⓘ
clubroot ⓘ |
| hasPest |
cabbage white butterfly
ⓘ
flea beetles ⓘ |
| includesCrop |
Brussels sprouts
ⓘ
Chinese cabbage ⓘ arugula ⓘ bok choy ⓘ broccoli ⓘ cabbage ⓘ canola ⓘ cauliflower ⓘ horseradish ⓘ kale ⓘ kohlrabi ⓘ mustard ⓘ radish ⓘ rapeseed ⓘ rocket ⓘ turnip ⓘ wasabi ⓘ watercress ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafType | simple ⓘ |
| modelOrganism | Arabidopsis thaliana ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Arabidopsis
ⓘ
Brassica ⓘ Capsella ⓘ Raphanus ⓘ Sinapis ⓘ |
| order | Brassicales ⓘ |
| petalArrangement | cross-shaped ⓘ |
| petalCount | four ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| stamenCount | six ⓘ |
| stamenPattern | tetradynamous ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Brassica ⓘ |
| usedFor |
animal feed
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edible oils ⓘ human food ⓘ spices and condiments ⓘ |
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: Brassicaceae Description of subject: Brassicaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the mustard or cabbage family, that includes many important crops such as cabbage, broccoli, and canola.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Brassicaceae