Boraginales
E289112
Boraginales is an order of flowering plants that includes families such as Boraginaceae, characterized by often rough, hairy leaves and typically coiled inflorescences.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boraginaceae | 2 |
| Boraginales canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2661131 — 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: Boraginales Context triple: [Superasterids, includes, Boraginales]
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A.
Asparagales
Asparagales is a large order of flowering monocot plants that includes diverse families such as asparagus, orchids, irises, and agaves.
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B.
Asterales
Asterales is a large order of flowering plants that includes daisies, sunflowers, and many other familiar ornamental and wild species.
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C.
Lamiales
Lamiales is a large order of flowering plants that includes diverse families such as mints, olives, and snapdragons, many of which are important in ecology, horticulture, and agriculture.
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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.
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllales is a large and diverse order of flowering plants that includes cacti, carnations, amaranths, and many succulent and halophytic species adapted to extreme environments.
- 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: Boraginales Target entity description: Boraginales is an order of flowering plants that includes families such as Boraginaceae, characterized by often rough, hairy leaves and typically coiled inflorescences.
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A.
Asparagales
Asparagales is a large order of flowering monocot plants that includes diverse families such as asparagus, orchids, irises, and agaves.
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B.
Asterales
Asterales is a large order of flowering plants that includes daisies, sunflowers, and many other familiar ornamental and wild species.
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C.
Lamiales
Lamiales is a large order of flowering plants that includes diverse families such as mints, olives, and snapdragons, many of which are important in ecology, horticulture, and agriculture.
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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.
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllales is a large and diverse order of flowering plants that includes cacti, carnations, amaranths, and many succulent and halophytic species adapted to extreme environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant order
ⓘ
taxonomic rank ⓘ |
| APGIIISystem | order of asterids ⓘ |
| APGIVStatus | recognized order ⓘ |
| characteristicInflorescence |
coiled inflorescence
ⓘ
scorpioid cyme ⓘ |
| characteristicLeafIndumentum | often hairy ⓘ |
| characteristicLeafTexture | often rough ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Asterids ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonMorphologicalFeature |
coiled flowering cymes
ⓘ
rough hairy foliage ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Borago
ⓘ
Cordia ⓘ Ehretia ⓘ Heliotropium ⓘ Myosotis ⓘ |
| corollaType | sympetalous ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual ⓘ |
| growthForm |
herbs
ⓘ
shrubs ⓘ trees ⓘ |
| habitat | terrestrial ⓘ |
| hasEconomicUse |
medicinal plants
ⓘ
ornamental plants ⓘ source of dyes ⓘ |
| includesFamily |
Boraginales
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Boraginaceae
Cordiaceae ⓘ Ehretiaceae ⓘ Heliotropiaceae ⓘ Hydrophyllaceae ⓘ Lennoaceae ⓘ Wellstediaceae ⓘ |
| isA | order of flowering plants ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| ovaryPosition | superior ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| reproductiveFeature |
five-lobed corolla
ⓘ
usually 5 stamens ⓘ |
| seedPlantGroup | angiosperms ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | order ⓘ |
| typeFamily | Boraginaceae ⓘ |
| typicalFruitType |
nutlet
ⓘ
schizocarp ⓘ |
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: Boraginales Description of subject: Boraginales is an order of flowering plants that includes families such as Boraginaceae, characterized by often rough, hairy leaves and typically coiled inflorescences.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Boraginaceae
this entity surface form:
Boraginaceae