Sphalmioideae
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Sphalmioideae is a subfamily within the Proteaceae, a family of flowering plants known for its predominantly Southern Hemisphere distribution and diverse woody species.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sphalmioideae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4810652 — 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: Sphalmioideae Context triple: [Proteaceae, hasSubfamily, Sphalmioideae]
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A.
Ehrhartoideae
Ehrhartoideae is a subfamily of grasses that includes important cereal crops such as rice and related species.
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B.
Betoideae
Betoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the amaranth family (Amaranthaceae), best known for including beets and related genera.
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C.
Grevilleoideae
Grevilleoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants within the Proteaceae, comprising many predominantly Southern Hemisphere shrubs and trees including genera such as Grevillea and Banksia.
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D.
Maloideae
Maloideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae), best known for including many fruit-bearing trees and shrubs such as apples, pears, and related genera.
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E.
Moroideae
Moroideae is a subfamily within the mulberry family (Moraceae), comprising various genera of flowering trees and shrubs primarily found in tropical regions.
- 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: Sphalmioideae Target entity description: Sphalmioideae is a subfamily within the Proteaceae, a family of flowering plants known for its predominantly Southern Hemisphere distribution and diverse woody species.
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A.
Ehrhartoideae
Ehrhartoideae is a subfamily of grasses that includes important cereal crops such as rice and related species.
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B.
Betoideae
Betoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the amaranth family (Amaranthaceae), best known for including beets and related genera.
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C.
Grevilleoideae
Grevilleoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants within the Proteaceae, comprising many predominantly Southern Hemisphere shrubs and trees including genera such as Grevillea and Banksia.
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D.
Maloideae
Maloideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae), best known for including many fruit-bearing trees and shrubs such as apples, pears, and related genera.
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E.
Moroideae
Moroideae is a subfamily within the mulberry family (Moraceae), comprising various genera of flowering trees and shrubs primarily found in tropical regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (16)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant subfamily
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Proteaceae subfamilies ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Proteales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution |
Southern Hemisphere
ⓘ
regions where Proteaceae occur ⓘ |
| family | Proteaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
flowering plants
ⓘ
woody plants ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Proteaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Proteaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | subfamily ⓘ |
| taxonType | subfamily within Proteaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Sphalmioideae Description of subject: Sphalmioideae is a subfamily within the Proteaceae, a family of flowering plants known for its predominantly Southern Hemisphere distribution and diverse woody species.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.