Polygalaceae
E231040
Polygalaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the milkwort family, that includes herbs, shrubs, and small trees found in diverse habitats worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polygalaceae canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2082079 — 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: Polygalaceae Context triple: [Fabales, includesFamily, Polygalaceae]
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A.
Hydrastidaceae
Hydrastidaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Ranunculales, best known for the medicinal herb goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis).
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B.
Rhamnaceae
Rhamnaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the buckthorn family, that includes shrubs, trees, and some vines found in diverse habitats worldwide.
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C.
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of mostly tropical climbing plants known for their often toxic alkaloids and distinctive curved or crescent-shaped seeds.
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D.
Phytolaccaceae
Phytolaccaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pokeweed family, that includes mostly herbaceous species and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical regions.
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E.
Barbeyaceae
Barbeyaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Rosales, comprising shrubs or small trees native to arid and semi-arid regions of East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
- 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: Polygalaceae Target entity description: Polygalaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the milkwort family, that includes herbs, shrubs, and small trees found in diverse habitats worldwide.
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A.
Hydrastidaceae
Hydrastidaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Ranunculales, best known for the medicinal herb goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis).
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B.
Rhamnaceae
Rhamnaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the buckthorn family, that includes shrubs, trees, and some vines found in diverse habitats worldwide.
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C.
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of mostly tropical climbing plants known for their often toxic alkaloids and distinctive curved or crescent-shaped seeds.
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D.
Phytolaccaceae
Phytolaccaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pokeweed family, that includes mostly herbaceous species and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical regions.
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E.
Barbeyaceae
Barbeyaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Rosales, comprising shrubs or small trees native to arid and semi-arid regions of East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | milkwort family ⓘ |
| describedAs | family of flowering plants ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| flowerType | zygomorphic flowers ⓘ |
| foundInHabitat |
grasslands
ⓘ
rocky slopes ⓘ scrublands ⓘ temperate regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance | minor compared to Fabaceae ⓘ |
| hasFruitType |
capsule
ⓘ
samara in some genera ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName_en | Polygalaceae self-link ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName_la | Polygalaceae self-link ⓘ |
| hasNotableGenus |
Bredemeyera
ⓘ
Comesperma ⓘ Monnina ⓘ Muraltia ⓘ Polygala ⓘ Securidaca ⓘ Xanthophyllum ⓘ |
| hasPetalCharacteristic | petals often resembling papilionoid legumes ⓘ |
| hasTypeGenus | Polygala ⓘ |
| includesGrowthForm |
herbs
ⓘ
shrubs ⓘ small trees ⓘ |
| inflorescenceType | racemes in many species ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| order | Fabales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollinationMode | insect pollination ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | APG IV system ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Fabaceae
ⓘ
Quillajaceae ⓘ Surianaceae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ornamental plants
ⓘ
traditional medicine ⓘ |
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: Polygalaceae Description of subject: Polygalaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the milkwort family, that includes herbs, shrubs, and small trees found in diverse habitats worldwide.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.