Symplocaceae
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Symplocaceae is a family of flowering plants, primarily trees and shrubs, known for their occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Symplocaceae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12728523 — 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: Symplocaceae Context triple: [Ericales, containsFamily, Symplocaceae]
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A.
Combretaceae
Combretaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales that includes trees, shrubs, and lianas such as Terminalia and Combretum, many of which are important in tropical and subtropical ecosystems.
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B.
Tetramelaceae
Tetramelaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Cucurbitales, comprising a few tree species native to tropical regions.
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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.
Valsaceae
Valsaceae is a family of fungi within the order Diaporthales, comprising mainly plant-pathogenic species that often cause cankers and other diseases in woody plants.
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E.
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of mostly tropical climbing plants known for their often toxic alkaloids and distinctive curved or crescent-shaped seeds.
- 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: Symplocaceae Target entity description: Symplocaceae is a family of flowering plants, primarily trees and shrubs, known for their occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
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A.
Combretaceae
Combretaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales that includes trees, shrubs, and lianas such as Terminalia and Combretum, many of which are important in tropical and subtropical ecosystems.
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B.
Tetramelaceae
Tetramelaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Cucurbitales, comprising a few tree species native to tropical regions.
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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.
Valsaceae
Valsaceae is a family of fungi within the order Diaporthales, comprising mainly plant-pathogenic species that often cause cankers and other diseases in woody plants.
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E.
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of mostly tropical climbing plants known for their often toxic alkaloids and distinctive curved or crescent-shaped seeds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
ⓘ
plant family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName | sweetleaf family ⓘ |
| describedBy | Robert Brown ⓘ |
| distribution |
Americas
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Pacific Islands ⓘ subtropical regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1814 ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | drupe ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrubs
ⓘ
trees ⓘ |
| habitat |
evergreen forests
ⓘ
moist woodlands ⓘ montane forests ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Cordyloblaste
ⓘ
Symplocos ⓘ Symplocos chinensis ⓘ
linked to:
Symplocos
Symplocos cochinchinensis ⓘ
linked to:
Symplocos
Symplocos crassifolia ⓘ
linked to:
Symplocos
Symplocos glauca ⓘ
linked to:
Symplocos
Symplocos paniculata ⓘ
linked to:
Symplocos
Symplocos racemosa ⓘ
linked to:
Symplocos
Symplocos theiformis ⓘ
linked to:
Symplocos
Symplocos tinctoria ⓘ
linked to:
Symplocos
|
| includedInAPGSystem |
APG III
ⓘ
APG IV ⓘ
linked to:
APG IV system
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafMargin | entire or serrate ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| namedBy | Robert Brown ⓘ |
| order | Ericales ⓘ |
| petalNumber | 5 ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Angiosperm Phylogeny Group ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Symplocos ⓘ |
| woodType | hardwood ⓘ |
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: Symplocaceae Description of subject: Symplocaceae is a family of flowering plants, primarily trees and shrubs, known for their occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.