Faboideae
E41885
Faboideae is a large and diverse subfamily of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae), known for its pea-like flowers and many agriculturally important species such as beans, peas, and soybeans.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Faboideae canonical | 24 |
| Trifolieae | 2 |
| Fabeae | 1 |
| Genisteae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T320892 — 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: Faboideae Context triple: [Lupinus texensis, belongsToSubfamily, Faboideae]
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A.
Fabaceae
Fabaceae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, commonly known as the legume or pea family, that includes beans, peas, lentils, and many other nitrogen-fixing species.
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B.
Rosids
Rosids are a large and diverse clade of flowering plants that includes many familiar trees, shrubs, and herbs such as roses, legumes, and oaks.
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C.
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.
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D.
Rosales
Rosales is an order of flowering plants that includes many familiar trees, shrubs, and herbs such as elms, roses, and nettles.
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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: Faboideae Target entity description: Faboideae is a large and diverse subfamily of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae), known for its pea-like flowers and many agriculturally important species such as beans, peas, and soybeans.
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A.
Fabaceae
Fabaceae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, commonly known as the legume or pea family, that includes beans, peas, lentils, and many other nitrogen-fixing species.
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B.
Rosids
Rosids are a large and diverse clade of flowering plants that includes many familiar trees, shrubs, and herbs such as roses, legumes, and oaks.
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C.
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.
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D.
Rosales
Rosales is an order of flowering plants that includes many familiar trees, shrubs, and herbs such as elms, roses, and nettles.
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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 (84)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant subfamily
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName |
papilionoid legumes
ⓘ
pea subfamily ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
alkaloids
ⓘ
isoflavonoids ⓘ saponins ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| diversity | one of the largest subfamilies of Fabaceae ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
source of dyes
ⓘ
source of food crops ⓘ source of forage crops ⓘ source of medicinal plants ⓘ source of timber ⓘ |
| flowerStructure | standard-wing-keel petal arrangement ⓘ |
| habitat |
Mediterranean regions
ⓘ
temperate regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
compound leaves
ⓘ
nitrogen-fixing root nodules ⓘ papilionaceous corolla ⓘ pea-like flowers ⓘ zygomorphic flowers ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Arachis
ⓘ
Astragalus ⓘ Cicer ⓘ Cytisus ⓘ Dalbergia ⓘ Galega ⓘ Cytisus ⓘ
surface form:
Genista
Glycine ⓘ Glycyrrhiza ⓘ Hedysarum ⓘ Indigofera ⓘ Lathyrus ⓘ Lotus ⓘ Lupinus ⓘ Medicago ⓘ Melilotus ⓘ Millettia ⓘ Onobrychis ⓘ Phaseolus ⓘ Pisum ⓘ Pterocarpus ⓘ Robinia ⓘ Sesbania ⓘ Sophora ⓘ Stylosanthes ⓘ Trifolium ⓘ Ulex ⓘ Vicia ⓘ Vigna ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Arachis
ⓘ
surface form:
Arachis hypogaea
Cicer arietinum ⓘ Glycine max ⓘ Lupinus albus ⓘ Medicago ⓘ
surface form:
Medicago sativa
Phaseolus vulgaris ⓘ Pisum ⓘ
surface form:
Pisum sativum
Trifolium ⓘ
surface form:
Trifolium pratense
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType |
pinnate leaves
ⓘ
trifoliate leaves ⓘ |
| nitrogenFixation | improves soil fertility ⓘ |
| order | Fabales ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Fabaceae ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination |
bee-pollinated
ⓘ
insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | APG IV system ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | legume fruit ⓘ |
| seedType |
oil-rich seeds
ⓘ
protein-rich seeds ⓘ |
| subdivision | multiple tribes ⓘ |
| symbiosisWith |
Bradyrhizobium bacteria
ⓘ
Rhizobium bacteria ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subfamily ⓘ |
| usedFor |
animal fodder
ⓘ
cover crops ⓘ green manure ⓘ human food ⓘ |
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: Faboideae Description of subject: Faboideae is a large and diverse subfamily of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae), known for its pea-like flowers and many agriculturally important species such as beans, peas, and soybeans.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Trifolieae