Apiaceae
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Apiaceae is a large family of mostly aromatic flowering plants that includes many culinary herbs and vegetables such as parsley, carrot, celery, and coriander.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apiaceae canonical | 17 |
| Umbelliferae | 2 |
| family Apiaceae in many modern treatments | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T767726 — 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: Apiaceae Context triple: [Eudicots, includes, Apiaceae]
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A.
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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B.
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the mint or deadnettle family, that includes many aromatic herbs such as mint, basil, rosemary, and lavender.
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C.
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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D.
Brassicaceae
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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E.
Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the poppy family, which includes many species with showy, often brightly colored flowers.
- 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: Apiaceae Target entity description: Apiaceae is a large family of mostly aromatic flowering plants that includes many culinary herbs and vegetables such as parsley, carrot, celery, and coriander.
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A.
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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B.
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the mint or deadnettle family, that includes many aromatic herbs such as mint, basil, rosemary, and lavender.
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C.
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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D.
Brassicaceae
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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E.
Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the poppy family, which includes many species with showy, often brightly colored flowers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| approximateGeneraCount | about 450 genera ⓘ |
| approximateSpeciesCount | about 3700 species ⓘ |
| characteristic |
compound leaves in many species
ⓘ
hollow stems in many species ⓘ inflorescences usually in umbels ⓘ mostly aromatic plants ⓘ often sheathing leaf bases ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName |
carrot family
ⓘ
parsley family ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Anethum graveolens
ⓘ
Angelica archangelica ⓘ Apium graveolens ⓘ Carum carvi ⓘ Cicuta virosa ⓘ Conium maculatum ⓘ Coriandrum sativum ⓘ Cuminum cyminum ⓘ Daucus carota ⓘ Foeniculum vulgare ⓘ Heracleum mantegazzianum ⓘ Pastinaca sativa ⓘ Petroselinum crispum ⓘ Pimpinella anisum ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| division | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| economicUse |
culinary herbs
ⓘ
medicinal plants ⓘ spice plants ⓘ vegetables ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from genus Apium ⓘ |
| flowerColor | usually white or yellow flowers ⓘ |
| flowerType | actinomorphic flowers ⓘ |
| formerName |
Umbelliferae
ⓘ
linked to:
Apiaceae
|
| fruitType | schizocarp ⓘ |
| habitat |
Mediterranean region
ⓘ
linked to:
Mediterranean Basin
temperate regions ⓘ |
| includesCommonCrop |
anise
ⓘ
caraway ⓘ carrot ⓘ celery ⓘ coriander ⓘ cumin ⓘ dill ⓘ fennel ⓘ parsley ⓘ parsnip ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| nomenclaturalSynonym |
Umbelliferae
ⓘ
linked to:
Apiaceae
|
| notableProperty | includes both edible and highly poisonous species ⓘ |
| order | Apiales ⓘ |
| pollination | mainly by insects ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| toxicMembers |
Cicuta virosa
ⓘ
Conium maculatum ⓘ Heracleum mantegazzianum ⓘ |
| 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: Apiaceae Description of subject: Apiaceae is a large family of mostly aromatic flowering plants that includes many culinary herbs and vegetables such as parsley, carrot, celery, and coriander.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Apiaceae
linked to: Apiaceae
subject linked to:
Tetrataenium (Penaeaceae context may vary; check current taxonomy)
subject linked to:
Tetrataenium (Penaeaceae context may vary; check current taxonomy)
linked to: Apiaceae