Sapotaceae
E1000531
Sapotaceae is a family of mainly tropical flowering trees and shrubs known for their latex-rich sap and edible fruits such as sapodilla.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sapotaceae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12728513 — 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: Sapotaceae Context triple: [Ericales, containsFamily, Sapotaceae]
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A.
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of mostly tropical climbing plants known for their often toxic alkaloids and distinctive curved or crescent-shaped seeds.
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B.
Chrysobalanaceae
Chrysobalanaceae is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants, including trees and shrubs often found in rainforest and savanna ecosystems.
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C.
Meliaceae
Meliaceae is a family of mostly tropical flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important timber and ornamental species such as mahogany and neem.
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D.
Arecales
Arecales is an order of flowering monocot plants that primarily comprises palms and related tropical, woody species.
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E.
Vitaceae
Vitaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for grapevines, many of which produce edible grapes and are cultivated worldwide for fruit and wine.
- 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: Sapotaceae Target entity description: Sapotaceae is a family of mainly tropical flowering trees and shrubs known for their latex-rich sap and edible fruits such as sapodilla.
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A.
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of mostly tropical climbing plants known for their often toxic alkaloids and distinctive curved or crescent-shaped seeds.
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B.
Chrysobalanaceae
Chrysobalanaceae is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants, including trees and shrubs often found in rainforest and savanna ecosystems.
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C.
Meliaceae
Meliaceae is a family of mostly tropical flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important timber and ornamental species such as mahogany and neem.
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D.
Arecales
Arecales is an order of flowering monocot plants that primarily comprises palms and related tropical, woody species.
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E.
Vitaceae
Vitaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for grapevines, many of which produce edible grapes and are cultivated worldwide for fruit and wine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Asterids ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | sapot family ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Aningeria
ⓘ
Chrysophyllum ⓘ Isonandra ⓘ Madhuca ⓘ Manilkara ⓘ Micropholis ⓘ Mimusops ⓘ Nesoluma ⓘ Palaquium ⓘ Payena ⓘ Pouteria ⓘ Sideroxylon ⓘ Synsepalum ⓘ Vitellaria ⓘ |
| distribution | mainly tropical regions ⓘ |
| economicProduct |
chicle latex
ⓘ
shea butter ⓘ |
| flowerCharacteristic | usually small and inconspicuous ⓘ |
| fruitExample |
canistel
ⓘ
mamey sapote ⓘ miracle fruit ⓘ sapodilla ⓘ star apple ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry-like fleshy fruit ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Chrysophyllum cainito
ⓘ
linked to:
Chrysophyllum
Manilkara zapota ⓘ
linked to:
Manilkara
Mimusops elengi ⓘ
linked to:
Mimusops
Pouteria campechiana ⓘ
linked to:
Pouteria
Pouteria sapota ⓘ Synsepalum dulcificum ⓘ
linked to:
Synsepalum
Vitellaria paradoxa ⓘ |
| isComposedMostlyOf |
shrubs
ⓘ
trees ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | evergreen in most species ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| notableUse |
edible fruits
ⓘ
latex production ⓘ timber ⓘ |
| order | Ericales ⓘ |
| ovaryPosition | superior ovary ⓘ |
| sapCharacteristic | latex-rich ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| woodProperty | often hard and heavy ⓘ |
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: Sapotaceae Description of subject: Sapotaceae is a family of mainly tropical flowering trees and shrubs known for their latex-rich sap and edible fruits such as sapodilla.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.