Tetramelaceae
E427293
Tetramelaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Cucurbitales, comprising a few tree species native to tropical regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tetramelaceae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4272801 — 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: Tetramelaceae Context triple: [Cucurbitales, includesFamily, Tetramelaceae]
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A.
Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the elms, which are widespread in temperate regions.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Tetramelaceae Target entity description: 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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A.
Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the elms, which are widespread in temperate regions.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
Core eudicots
ⓘ
linked to:
Eudicots
|
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Octomeles
ⓘ
Tetrameles ⓘ |
| distributionZone | tropical regions ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | canopy trees in tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasFlower | yes ⓘ |
| hasFruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| hasGrowthForm | trees ⓘ |
| hasLifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | broadleaf ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Cucurbitales sensu APG IV
ⓘ
linked to:
Cucurbitales
|
| namedAfterGenus | Tetrameles ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Malesia
ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ Pacific Islands ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ tropical Asia ⓘ |
| order | Cucurbitales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| reproductionType | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| vascularSystem | vascular plants ⓘ |
| woodType | softwood-like broadleaf timber ⓘ |
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: Tetramelaceae Description of subject: Tetramelaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Cucurbitales, comprising a few tree species native to tropical regions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.