Commelinidae
E742878
Commelinidae is a major subclass of flowering plants that includes grasses, sedges, and related monocot families characterized by often wind-pollinated, herbaceous species.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Commelinidae canonical | 1 |
| Commelinids | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8564325 — 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: Commelinidae Context triple: [Poales, subclass, Commelinidae]
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A.
Commelinales
Commelinales is an order of monocot flowering plants that includes families such as Commelinaceae and Pontederiaceae, many of which are herbaceous and found in tropical and subtropical regions.
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B.
Myelospermataceae
Myelospermataceae is a small family of ascomycete fungi known from the order Xenospadicoidales, comprising saprobic species typically associated with decaying plant material.
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C.
Surianaceae
Surianaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Fabales, comprising mostly tropical trees and shrubs such as those in the genus Suriana.
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D.
Vochysiaceae
Vochysiaceae is a family of flowering plants, primarily tropical trees and shrubs, known for their distinctive floral structures and occurrence mainly in the Neotropics.
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E.
Restionaceae
Restionaceae is a family of rush-like, grass-like flowering plants characteristic of nutrient-poor, fire-prone habitats such as South African fynbos and Australian heaths.
- 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: Commelinidae Target entity description: Commelinidae is a major subclass of flowering plants that includes grasses, sedges, and related monocot families characterized by often wind-pollinated, herbaceous species.
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A.
Commelinales
Commelinales is an order of monocot flowering plants that includes families such as Commelinaceae and Pontederiaceae, many of which are herbaceous and found in tropical and subtropical regions.
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B.
Myelospermataceae
Myelospermataceae is a small family of ascomycete fungi known from the order Xenospadicoidales, comprising saprobic species typically associated with decaying plant material.
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C.
Surianaceae
Surianaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Fabales, comprising mostly tropical trees and shrubs such as those in the genus Suriana.
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D.
Vochysiaceae
Vochysiaceae is a family of flowering plants, primarily tropical trees and shrubs, known for their distinctive floral structures and occurrence mainly in the Neotropics.
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E.
Restionaceae
Restionaceae is a family of rush-like, grass-like flowering plants characteristic of nutrient-poor, fire-prone habitats such as South African fynbos and Australian heaths.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade of monocots
ⓘ
plant subclass ⓘ taxonomic rank ⓘ |
| characteristic |
monocotyledonous flowering plants
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mostly herbaceous plants ⓘ often wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| circumscribedBy | APG IV system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class |
Liliopsida
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Monocots ⓘ |
| contains |
economically important grasses
ⓘ
many crop species via Poaceae ⓘ |
| division |
Angiosperms
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| higherClade | core monocots ⓘ |
| includes |
Alismataceae
NERFINISHED
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Anarthriaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Arecaceae ⓘ Arecales ⓘ Bromeliaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Cannaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Centrolepidaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Commelinaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Commelinales NERFINISHED ⓘ Costaceae ⓘ Cyperaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Dasypogonales NERFINISHED ⓘ Ecdeiocoleaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Eriocaulaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Flagellariaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Haemodoraceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Heliconiaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Hydrocharitaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Joinvilleaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Juncaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Juncaginaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Marantaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Musaceae ⓘ Poaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Poales NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontederiaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Rapateaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Restionaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Scheuchzeriaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Strelitziaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Typhaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Xyridaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Zingiberaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Zingiberales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Commelina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | subclass ⓘ |
| unrankedClade | commelinids ⓘ |
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: Commelinidae Description of subject: Commelinidae is a major subclass of flowering plants that includes grasses, sedges, and related monocot families characterized by often wind-pollinated, herbaceous species.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.