Cyperaceae
E285070
Cyperaceae is a large family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as sedges, characterized by grass-like leaves and solid, often triangular stems, and typically found in wetlands and other moist habitats worldwide.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cyperaceae canonical | 2 |
| Carex | 1 |
| Schoenoplectus | 1 |
| Scirpus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2645957 — 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: Cyperaceae Context triple: [Liliopsida, includesFamily, Cyperaceae]
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A.
Polygonaceae
Polygonaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the knotweed or buckwheat family, which includes herbs, shrubs, and vines such as buckwheat, sorrel, and rhubarb.
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B.
Tamaricaceae
Tamaricaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as tamarisks or salt cedars, that typically grow as shrubs or small trees adapted to arid and saline environments.
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C.
Poales
Poales is a large order of flowering monocot plants that includes grasses, sedges, and many major cereal crops fundamental to global ecosystems and agriculture.
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D.
Poaceae
Poaceae is a large and economically important family of flowering grasses that includes major cereal crops such as rice, wheat, and maize.
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E.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes amaranths, beets, spinach, and many halophytic and weedy species found worldwide.
- 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: Cyperaceae Target entity description: Cyperaceae is a large family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as sedges, characterized by grass-like leaves and solid, often triangular stems, and typically found in wetlands and other moist habitats worldwide.
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A.
Polygonaceae
Polygonaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the knotweed or buckwheat family, which includes herbs, shrubs, and vines such as buckwheat, sorrel, and rhubarb.
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B.
Tamaricaceae
Tamaricaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as tamarisks or salt cedars, that typically grow as shrubs or small trees adapted to arid and saline environments.
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C.
Poales
Poales is a large order of flowering monocot plants that includes grasses, sedges, and many major cereal crops fundamental to global ecosystems and agriculture.
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D.
Poaceae
Poaceae is a large and economically important family of flowering grasses that includes major cereal crops such as rice, wheat, and maize.
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E.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes amaranths, beets, spinach, and many halophytic and weedy species found worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfGenera | about 90–100 ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfSpecies | about 5500–6000 ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Liliopsida ⓘ
surface form:
Monocots
|
| commonName | sedges ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Juncaceae
ⓘ
Poaceae ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| economicUse |
food plants in some species (e.g., tiger nuts, water chestnut)
ⓘ
habitat for wildlife ⓘ ornamental plants ⓘ soil stabilization in wetlands ⓘ traditional weaving materials ⓘ |
| foundOnContinent |
Africa
ⓘ
Antarctica (coastal areas, some species) ⓘ Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
fibrous roots
ⓘ
grass-like leaves ⓘ often triangular stems ⓘ reduced perianth ⓘ rhizomatous growth in many species ⓘ solid stems ⓘ spikelet inflorescences ⓘ wind-pollinated flowers ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Cyperaceae
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Carex
Cyperus ⓘ Eleocharis ⓘ Eriophorum ⓘ Cyperaceae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schoenoplectus
Cyperaceae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Scirpus
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | usually three-ranked ⓘ |
| order | Poales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway |
C3 in most species
ⓘ
C4 in some species ⓘ |
| reproduction |
primarily by seeds
ⓘ
vegetative spread via rhizomes or stolons in many species ⓘ |
| stemCrossSection | often triangular ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Cyperus ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
bogs
ⓘ
lake and river margins ⓘ marshes ⓘ moist grasslands ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
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: Cyperaceae Description of subject: Cyperaceae is a large family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as sedges, characterized by grass-like leaves and solid, often triangular stems, and typically found in wetlands and other moist habitats worldwide.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Carex
this entity surface form:
Scirpus
this entity surface form:
Schoenoplectus