Hernandiaceae
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Hernandiaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Laurales, comprising mostly tropical trees and shrubs known for their aromatic properties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hernandiaceae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10913576 — 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: Hernandiaceae Context triple: [Laurales, containsFamily, Hernandiaceae]
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A.
Lardizabalaceae
Lardizabalaceae is a small family of mostly woody, often climbing flowering plants known for their ornamental foliage and sometimes edible fruits, native primarily to East Asia and the Andes.
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B.
Togniniaceae
Togniniaceae is a family of fungi within the order Togniniales, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with wood and plant material.
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C.
Donatiaceae
Donatiaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Asterales, known for its limited number of species and specialized distribution.
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D.
Asteliaceae
Asteliaceae is a small family of flowering monocot plants, often herbaceous or tufted, primarily found in the Southern Hemisphere, especially in New Zealand and surrounding regions.
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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: Hernandiaceae Target entity description: Hernandiaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Laurales, comprising mostly tropical trees and shrubs known for their aromatic properties.
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A.
Lardizabalaceae
Lardizabalaceae is a small family of mostly woody, often climbing flowering plants known for their ornamental foliage and sometimes edible fruits, native primarily to East Asia and the Andes.
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B.
Togniniaceae
Togniniaceae is a family of fungi within the order Togniniales, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with wood and plant material.
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C.
Donatiaceae
Donatiaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Asterales, known for its limited number of species and specialized distribution.
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D.
Asteliaceae
Asteliaceae is a small family of flowering monocot plants, often herbaceous or tufted, primarily found in the Southern Hemisphere, especially in New Zealand and surrounding regions.
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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 (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| barkProperty | often aromatic ⓘ |
| characteristic |
aromatic properties
ⓘ
simple leaves ⓘ woody habit ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Magnoliids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Lauraceae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Monimiaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Gyrocarpus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hazomalania NERFINISHED ⓘ Hernandia NERFINISHED ⓘ Illigera NERFINISHED ⓘ Sparattanthelium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| economicUse |
perfume and fragrance sources
ⓘ
timber ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | drupe-like fruit ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal forests
ⓘ
lowland tropical forests ⓘ secondary forests ⓘ |
| isA |
family of flowering plants
ⓘ
family of woody plants ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafMargin | entire or lobed ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Hernandia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
New World tropics
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old World tropics ⓘ |
| numberOfGenera | about 5 ⓘ |
| numberOfSpecies | about 50 ⓘ |
| order | Laurales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ovaryPosition | inferior or semi-inferior ⓘ |
| perianth | tepals in whorls ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insects ⓘ |
| stemType | woody stems ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalGrowthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| woodProperty | aromatic wood ⓘ |
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: Hernandiaceae Description of subject: Hernandiaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Laurales, comprising mostly tropical trees and shrubs known for their aromatic properties.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.