Polemoniaceae
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Polemoniaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the phlox family, that includes many herbaceous species and shrubs often valued as ornamentals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polemoniaceae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12728515 — 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: Polemoniaceae Context triple: [Ericales, containsFamily, Polemoniaceae]
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A.
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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B.
Scrophulariaceae
Scrophulariaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales, traditionally known as the figwort family and including many herbaceous species and shrubs found worldwide.
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C.
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the mint or deadnettle family, that includes many aromatic herbs such as mint, basil, rosemary, and lavender.
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D.
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pink or carnation family, that includes many herbaceous species found worldwide, especially in temperate regions.
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E.
Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae is a family of mostly parasitic flowering plants, including broomrapes and related genera, known for their specialized adaptations to obtain nutrients from host plants.
- 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: Polemoniaceae Target entity description: Polemoniaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the phlox family, that includes many herbaceous species and shrubs often valued as ornamentals.
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A.
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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B.
Scrophulariaceae
Scrophulariaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales, traditionally known as the figwort family and including many herbaceous species and shrubs found worldwide.
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C.
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the mint or deadnettle family, that includes many aromatic herbs such as mint, basil, rosemary, and lavender.
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D.
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pink or carnation family, that includes many herbaceous species found worldwide, especially in temperate regions.
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E.
Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae is a family of mostly parasitic flowering plants, including broomrapes and related genera, known for their specialized adaptations to obtain nutrients from host plants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
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plant family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
flowers typically pentamerous
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flowers usually actinomorphic ⓘ includes annuals and perennials ⓘ includes some shrubs ⓘ inflorescences often cymose ⓘ mostly herbaceous plants ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName | phlox family ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Acanthogilia
ⓘ
Allophyllum ⓘ Alsinidendron ⓘ Bonplandia ⓘ Bryantiella ⓘ Cantua ⓘ Cobaea ⓘ Collomia ⓘ Dayia ⓘ Eriastrum ⓘ Gilia ⓘ Gymnosteris ⓘ Ipomopsis ⓘ Langloisia ⓘ Langloisiella ⓘ Lathrocasis ⓘ Leptosiphon ⓘ
linked to:
Orthocarpus
Linanthus ⓘ Loeseliastrum ⓘ Microsteris ⓘ Navarretia ⓘ Phlox ⓘ Polemonium ⓘ Saltugilia ⓘ Tricardia ⓘ |
| distribution | primarily in western North America ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| economicUse |
garden plants
ⓘ
ornamental plants ⓘ |
| habitat |
alpine regions
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deserts ⓘ grasslands ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Gilia tricolor
ⓘ
linked to:
Gilia
Ipomopsis aggregata ⓘ
linked to:
Ipomopsis
Phlox paniculata ⓘ Phlox subulata ⓘ Polemonium caeruleum ⓘ
linked to:
Polemonium
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| namedBy |
Constantin Samuel Rafinesque
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linked to:
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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| nativeRange |
Eurasia
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North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| order | Ericales ⓘ |
| pollination |
bird-pollinated in some species
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insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Polemonium ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1836 ⓘ |
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: Polemoniaceae Description of subject: Polemoniaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the phlox family, that includes many herbaceous species and shrubs often valued as ornamentals.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.