Caryophyllaceae
E54962
Caryophyllaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pink or carnation family, that includes many herbaceous species found worldwide, especially in temperate regions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caryophyllaceae canonical | 17 |
| carnation family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T435110 — 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: Caryophyllaceae Context triple: [Caryophyllales, containsTaxon, Caryophyllaceae]
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A.
Asteraceae
Asteraceae is one of the largest families of flowering plants, commonly known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family, encompassing a wide variety of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees found worldwide.
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B.
Rosaceae
Rosaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes roses, apples, cherries, strawberries, and many other economically and ornamentally important species.
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C.
Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the poppy family, which includes many species with showy, often brightly colored flowers.
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D.
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllales is a large and diverse order of flowering plants that includes cacti, carnations, amaranths, and many succulent and halophytic species adapted to extreme environments.
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E.
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.
- 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: Caryophyllaceae Target entity description: Caryophyllaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pink or carnation family, that includes many herbaceous species found worldwide, especially in temperate regions.
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A.
Asteraceae
Asteraceae is one of the largest families of flowering plants, commonly known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family, encompassing a wide variety of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees found worldwide.
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B.
Rosaceae
Rosaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes roses, apples, cherries, strawberries, and many other economically and ornamentally important species.
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C.
Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the poppy family, which includes many species with showy, often brightly colored flowers.
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D.
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllales is a large and diverse order of flowering plants that includes cacti, carnations, amaranths, and many succulent and halophytic species adapted to extreme environments.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
Eudicots ⓘ
surface form:
Core eudicots
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName |
Caryophyllaceae
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
carnation family
pink family ⓘ pink or carnation family ⓘ |
| distribution |
cosmopolitan
ⓘ
especially in temperate regions ⓘ worldwide ⓘ |
| economicUse |
cut flowers
ⓘ
ornamental plants ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| flowerType | flowering plants ⓘ |
| habitat |
grasslands
ⓘ
open habitats ⓘ rocky slopes ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
capsular fruits
ⓘ
five-petaled flowers ⓘ free-central placentation ⓘ opposite leaves ⓘ swollen nodes ⓘ |
| includes |
annual herbs
ⓘ
herbaceous species ⓘ perennial herbs ⓘ subshrubs ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Agrostemma
ⓘ
Arenaria ⓘ Cerastium ⓘ Dianthus ⓘ Gypsophila ⓘ Lychnis ⓘ Saponaria ⓘ Silene ⓘ Stellaria ⓘ Vaccaria ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Dianthus caryophyllus
ⓘ
Gypsophila ⓘ
surface form:
Gypsophila paniculata
Silene ⓘ
surface form:
Silene latifolia
|
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| ovaryPosition | superior ovary ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 photosynthesis ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | capsule dehiscence ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus |
Caryophyllus
ⓘ
Dianthus ⓘ |
| typicalGrowthForm | herbaceous plants ⓘ |
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: Caryophyllaceae Description of subject: Caryophyllaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pink or carnation family, that includes many herbaceous species found worldwide, especially in temperate regions.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
carnation family