Maleae
E134088
Maleae is a tribe of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) that includes many economically important fruit-bearing genera such as apples and pears.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maleae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1112241 — 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: Maleae Context triple: [Malus, tribe, Maleae]
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A.
Malthace
Malthace was a wife of Herod the Great and the mother of several of his children, including Herod Antipas, placing her within the Herodian royal family of Judea.
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B.
Meliae
The Meliae are nymphs from Greek mythology associated with ash trees and often linked to the early generations of humanity and rustic woodland life.
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C.
Hersilia
Hersilia is a figure from Roman mythology, traditionally known as the wife of Romulus and a central mediator in the legendary conflict between the Romans and the Sabine women.
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D.
Maashees
Maashees is a small village in the Dutch province of North Brabant, situated along the river Meuse and known for its rural character and historic church.
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E.
Benthesikyme
Benthesikyme is a minor sea goddess in Greek mythology, known primarily as a daughter of Poseidon.
- 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: Maleae Target entity description: Maleae is a tribe of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) that includes many economically important fruit-bearing genera such as apples and pears.
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A.
Malthace
Malthace was a wife of Herod the Great and the mother of several of his children, including Herod Antipas, placing her within the Herodian royal family of Judea.
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B.
Meliae
The Meliae are nymphs from Greek mythology associated with ash trees and often linked to the early generations of humanity and rustic woodland life.
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C.
Hersilia
Hersilia is a figure from Roman mythology, traditionally known as the wife of Romulus and a central mediator in the legendary conflict between the Romans and the Sabine women.
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D.
Maashees
Maashees is a small village in the Dutch province of North Brabant, situated along the river Meuse and known for its rural character and historic church.
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E.
Benthesikyme
Benthesikyme is a minor sea goddess in Greek mythology, known primarily as a daughter of Poseidon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant tribe
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | apple tribe ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Amelanchier
ⓘ
Aronia ⓘ Aronia melanocarpa ⓘ Chaenomeles ⓘ Cotoneaster ⓘ Crataegus ⓘ Cydonia ⓘ Docynia ⓘ Eriobotrya ⓘ Heteromeles ⓘ Malus ⓘ Mespilus ⓘ Photinia ⓘ Cotoneaster ⓘ
surface form:
Pyracantha
Pyrus ⓘ Sorbus ⓘ Stranvaesia ⓘ Torminalis ⓘ |
| describedAs | tribe of flowering plants in the rose family Rosaceae that includes many economically important fruit-bearing genera such as apples and pears ⓘ |
| distribution | primarily temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| economicImportance | includes major fruit crops such as apples and pears ⓘ |
| family | Rosaceae ⓘ |
| flowerType | flowering plants ⓘ |
| fruitTypeCharacteristic | accessory fruit with fleshy hypanthium ⓘ |
| growthForm | trees and shrubs ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Rosaceae ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| notableCrop |
apple
ⓘ
loquat ⓘ pear ⓘ quince ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Rosaceae ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | flowers ⓘ |
| subfamily | Amygdaloideae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | tribe ⓘ |
| typeOfFruitProduced | pome ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fruit production
ⓘ
ornamental planting ⓘ |
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: Maleae Description of subject: Maleae is a tribe of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) that includes many economically important fruit-bearing genera such as apples and pears.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.