Lauraceae
E252306
Lauraceae is a large family of mostly aromatic flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important species such as laurels, cinnamon, avocado, and camphor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lauraceae canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2284874 — 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: Lauraceae Context triple: [Camphor tree, family, Lauraceae]
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A.
Meliaceae
Meliaceae is a family of mostly tropical flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important timber and ornamental species such as mahogany and neem.
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B.
Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes many trees and shrubs such as maples, horse chestnuts, and lychees, known for their economic and ecological importance worldwide.
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C.
Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the elms, which are widespread in temperate regions.
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D.
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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E.
Anacardiaceae
Anacardiaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes economically important species such as mango, cashew, and pistachio.
- 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: Lauraceae Target entity description: Lauraceae is a large family of mostly aromatic flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important species such as laurels, cinnamon, avocado, and camphor.
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A.
Meliaceae
Meliaceae is a family of mostly tropical flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important timber and ornamental species such as mahogany and neem.
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B.
Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes many trees and shrubs such as maples, horse chestnuts, and lychees, known for their economic and ecological importance worldwide.
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C.
Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the elms, which are widespread in temperate regions.
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D.
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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E.
Anacardiaceae
Anacardiaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes economically important species such as mango, cashew, and pistachio.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| aromaticOilsPresent | true ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Magnoliids ⓘ |
| commonName | laurel family ⓘ |
| containsAlkaloids | true ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan in warm and subtropical areas ⓘ |
| flowerType | flowering plant ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry-like drupe ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance | true ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Cinnamomum
ⓘ
Laurus nobilis ⓘ
surface form:
Laurus
Litsea ⓘ Nectandra ⓘ Neolitsea ⓘ Ocotea ⓘ Persea ⓘ Sassafras ⓘ Umbellularia ⓘ |
| includesProduct |
avocado
ⓘ
bay leaf ⓘ camphor ⓘ cinnamon ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Camphor tree
ⓘ
surface form:
Cinnamomum camphora
Cinnamomum ⓘ
surface form:
Cinnamomum cassia
Cinnamomum verum ⓘ Laurus nobilis ⓘ Persea ⓘ
surface form:
Persea americana
Sassafras ⓘ
surface form:
Sassafras albidum
California bay laurel (Umbellularia californica) ⓘ
surface form:
Umbellularia californica
|
| isAromatic | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafCharacteristic | simple leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | evergreen ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
temperate regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| order | Laurales ⓘ |
| pollination | mainly by insects ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Laurus ⓘ |
| typicalGrowthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| usedFor |
culinary herbs
ⓘ
essential oils ⓘ medicinal purposes ⓘ spices ⓘ |
| woodUse |
furniture
ⓘ
timber ⓘ |
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: Lauraceae Description of subject: Lauraceae is a large family of mostly aromatic flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important species such as laurels, cinnamon, avocado, and camphor.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Persea