Colchicaceae
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Colchicaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Liliales, best known for bulbous or cormous species that often contain the alkaloid colchicine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colchicaceae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7589905 — 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: Colchicaceae Context triple: [Gloriosa lily, family, Colchicaceae]
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A.
Liliaceae
Liliaceae is a family of flowering monocot plants that includes many well-known ornamental and bulbous species such as lilies and tulips.
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B.
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae is a diverse family of flowering plants within the asterid clade, including plantains and many herbaceous species found worldwide.
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C.
Hydrastidaceae
Hydrastidaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Ranunculales, best known for the medicinal herb goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis).
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D.
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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E.
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae is a large family of mostly herbaceous flowering plants, including buttercups, clematis, and columbines, known for their often showy but sometimes toxic flowers.
- 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: Colchicaceae Target entity description: Colchicaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Liliales, best known for bulbous or cormous species that often contain the alkaloid colchicine.
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A.
Liliaceae
Liliaceae is a family of flowering monocot plants that includes many well-known ornamental and bulbous species such as lilies and tulips.
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B.
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae is a diverse family of flowering plants within the asterid clade, including plantains and many herbaceous species found worldwide.
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C.
Hydrastidaceae
Hydrastidaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Ranunculales, best known for the medicinal herb goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis).
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D.
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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E.
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae is a large family of mostly herbaceous flowering plants, including buttercups, clematis, and columbines, known for their often showy but sometimes toxic flowers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Monocots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colchicineUse | gout treatment ⓘ |
| colchicineUse | plant cytogenetics ⓘ |
| commonName | colchicum family ⓘ |
| containsAlkaloid | colchicine ⓘ |
| containsToxicCompounds | yes ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean region NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicUse |
ornamental plants
ⓘ
source of colchicine ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| hasGenus |
Androcymbium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baeometra NERFINISHED ⓘ Colchicum NERFINISHED ⓘ Gethyllis NERFINISHED ⓘ Gloriosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Hesperantha NERFINISHED ⓘ Hexacyrtis NERFINISHED ⓘ Iphigenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Merendera NERFINISHED ⓘ Neodregea NERFINISHED ⓘ Onixotis NERFINISHED ⓘ Ornithoglossum NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandersonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Syncolostemon NERFINISHED ⓘ Wurmbea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| lifeForm | perennial herbs ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Colchis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Liliales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ovaryPosition | superior ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| previousCircumscription | included in Liliaceae in older systems ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | APG IV system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | flower ⓘ |
| storageOrgan |
bulb
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corm ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeOf | flowering plant family ⓘ |
| typicalGrowthForm |
bulbous
ⓘ
cormous ⓘ |
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: Colchicaceae Description of subject: Colchicaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Liliales, best known for bulbous or cormous species that often contain the alkaloid colchicine.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.