Asparagaceae
E237808
Asparagaceae is a diverse family of flowering monocot plants that includes asparagus, agaves, yuccas, and related species found in a wide range of habitats.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asparagaceae canonical | 5 |
| Asparagoideae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2128818 — 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: Asparagaceae Context triple: [Joshua tree, family, Asparagaceae]
-
A.
Asterales
Asterales is a large order of flowering plants that includes daisies, sunflowers, and many other familiar ornamental and wild species.
-
B.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes amaranths, beets, spinach, and many halophytic and weedy species found worldwide.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Dirachmaceae
Dirachmaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Rosales, comprising rare shrubs or small trees native to arid regions of the Horn of Africa and nearby areas.
-
E.
Basellaceae
Basellaceae is a small family of flowering plants, including mostly tropical climbing herbs and vines such as Malabar spinach, known for their succulent stems and edible leaves.
- 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: Asparagaceae Target entity description: Asparagaceae is a diverse family of flowering monocot plants that includes asparagus, agaves, yuccas, and related species found in a wide range of habitats.
-
A.
Asterales
Asterales is a large order of flowering plants that includes daisies, sunflowers, and many other familiar ornamental and wild species.
-
B.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes amaranths, beets, spinach, and many halophytic and weedy species found worldwide.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Dirachmaceae
Dirachmaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Rosales, comprising rare shrubs or small trees native to arid regions of the Horn of Africa and nearby areas.
-
E.
Basellaceae
Basellaceae is a small family of flowering plants, including mostly tropical climbing herbs and vines such as Malabar spinach, known for their succulent stems and edible leaves.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| APGIIIClassification |
includes former Agavaceae
ⓘ
includes former Convallariaceae ⓘ includes former Dracaenaceae ⓘ includes former Hyacinthaceae ⓘ includes former Nolinaceae ⓘ includes former Ruscaceae ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Liliopsida ⓘ
surface form:
Monocots
|
| commonName | asparagus family ⓘ |
| containsSecondaryMetabolites | saponins ⓘ |
| describedBy | Jussieu ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1789 ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| economicUse |
food crops
ⓘ
ornamental plants ⓘ |
| flowerType | monocot flowers ⓘ |
| habitat |
deserts
ⓘ
temperate forests ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Agave tequilana
ⓘ
surface form:
Agave
Asparagus ⓘ Beschorneria ⓘ Camassia ⓘ Chamaedorea ⓘ Chlorophytum ⓘ Convallaria ⓘ Cordyline ⓘ Dracaena ⓘ Furcraea ⓘ Hosta ⓘ Liriope ⓘ Muscari ⓘ Nolina ⓘ Ophiopogon ⓘ Polygonatum ⓘ Dracaena ⓘ
surface form:
Sansevieria
Scilla ⓘ Yucca ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Agave tequilana
ⓘ
Asparagus ⓘ
surface form:
Asparagus officinalis
Yucca ⓘ
surface form:
Yucca filamentosa
|
| order | Asparagales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway |
C3
ⓘ
CAM in some genera ⓘ |
| reproduction | flowers and seeds ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Agavoideae
ⓘ
Aphyllanthoideae ⓘ Asparagaceae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Asparagoideae
Brodiaeoideae ⓘ Lomandroideae ⓘ Nolinoideae ⓘ Nolinoideae ⓘ
surface form:
Scilloideae
|
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Asparagus ⓘ |
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: Asparagaceae Description of subject: Asparagaceae is a diverse family of flowering monocot plants that includes asparagus, agaves, yuccas, and related species found in a wide range of habitats.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joshua tree
this entity surface form:
Asparagoideae