Nectriaceae
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Nectriaceae is a family of fungi within the order Hypocreales, many of whose species are important plant pathogens and decomposers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nectriaceae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6307139 — 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: Nectriaceae Context triple: [Hypocreales, hasMember, Nectriaceae]
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A.
Plectosphaerellaceae
Plectosphaerellaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi that includes several plant-associated and soil-dwelling species, some of which are important plant pathogens.
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B.
Lasiosphaeriaceae
Lasiosphaeriaceae is a family of filamentous ascomycete fungi known for decomposing organic matter in soil and dung.
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C.
Trichocomaceae
Trichocomaceae is a family of filamentous fungi that includes many important molds such as Aspergillus and Penicillium, some of which are significant in medicine, industry, and food production.
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D.
Ceratocystidaceae
Ceratocystidaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi that includes several important plant pathogens known for causing wilt and canker diseases in trees and other plants.
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E.
Chaetomiaceae
Chaetomiaceae is a family of filamentous ascomycete fungi that includes many cellulose-degrading species commonly found in soil, dung, and decaying plant material.
- 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: Nectriaceae Target entity description: Nectriaceae is a family of fungi within the order Hypocreales, many of whose species are important plant pathogens and decomposers.
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A.
Plectosphaerellaceae
Plectosphaerellaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi that includes several plant-associated and soil-dwelling species, some of which are important plant pathogens.
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B.
Lasiosphaeriaceae
Lasiosphaeriaceae is a family of filamentous ascomycete fungi known for decomposing organic matter in soil and dung.
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C.
Trichocomaceae
Trichocomaceae is a family of filamentous fungi that includes many important molds such as Aspergillus and Penicillium, some of which are significant in medicine, industry, and food production.
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D.
Ceratocystidaceae
Ceratocystidaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi that includes several important plant pathogens known for causing wilt and canker diseases in trees and other plants.
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E.
Chaetomiaceae
Chaetomiaceae is a family of filamentous ascomycete fungi that includes many cellulose-degrading species commonly found in soil, dung, and decaying plant material.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fungal family ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup |
Ascomycetes
ⓘ
linked to:
Ascomycota
|
| causesDiseaseType |
cankers
ⓘ
fruit rots ⓘ root rots ⓘ wilt diseases ⓘ |
| cellType | eukaryotic ⓘ |
| class | Sordariomycetes ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| division | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
decomposer
ⓘ
plant pathogen ⓘ saprobe ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
crop yield losses
ⓘ
timber quality reduction ⓘ |
| habitat |
plant debris
ⓘ
soil ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
many species are decomposers
ⓘ
many species are plant pathogens ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Calonectria
ⓘ
Cosmospora ⓘ Cylindrocarpon ⓘ Dactylonectria ⓘ
linked to:
Ilyonectria
Fusarium ⓘ Gibberella ⓘ
linked to:
Fusarium
Haematonectria ⓘ
linked to:
Nectria
Ilyonectria ⓘ Nectria ⓘ Neonectria ⓘ
linked to:
Nectria
Paracylindrocarpon ⓘ
linked to:
Cylindrocarpon
Thyronectria ⓘ
linked to:
Nectria
|
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| morphology |
often brightly colored fruiting bodies
ⓘ
perithecial ascomata ⓘ |
| nutritionType | heterotrophic ⓘ |
| order | Hypocreales ⓘ |
| pathogenicOn |
herbaceous plants
ⓘ
woody plants ⓘ |
| reproductionType | sexual and asexual reproduction ⓘ |
| sporeType |
ascospores
ⓘ
conidia ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
mycology
ⓘ
plant pathology ⓘ |
| subdivision | Pezizomycotina ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeOf | filamentous fungi ⓘ |
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: Nectriaceae Description of subject: Nectriaceae is a family of fungi within the order Hypocreales, many of whose species are important plant pathogens and decomposers.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.