Mazaceae
E730355
Mazaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Lamiales, comprising mostly herbaceous species formerly included in the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mazaceae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8348328 — 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: Mazaceae Context triple: [Lamiales, includesFamily, Mazaceae]
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A.
Alzateaceae
Alzateaceae is a small family of flowering plants comprising mainly tropical trees and shrubs native to Central and South America.
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B.
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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C.
Dirachmaceae
Dirachmaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Rosales, comprising rare shrubs or small trees native to arid regions of the Horn of Africa and nearby areas.
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D.
Datiscaceae
Datiscaceae is a small family of flowering plants known for its herbaceous species, such as Datisca, that often exhibit unusual reproductive traits like dioecy and are native to regions in Eurasia and North America.
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E.
Vitaceae
Vitaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for grapevines, many of which produce edible grapes and are cultivated worldwide for fruit and wine.
- 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: Mazaceae Target entity description: Mazaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Lamiales, comprising mostly herbaceous species formerly included in the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae).
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A.
Alzateaceae
Alzateaceae is a small family of flowering plants comprising mainly tropical trees and shrubs native to Central and South America.
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B.
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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C.
Dirachmaceae
Dirachmaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Rosales, comprising rare shrubs or small trees native to arid regions of the Horn of Africa and nearby areas.
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D.
Datiscaceae
Datiscaceae is a small family of flowering plants known for its herbaceous species, such as Datisca, that often exhibit unusual reproductive traits like dioecy and are native to regions in Eurasia and North America.
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E.
Vitaceae
Vitaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for grapevines, many of which produce edible grapes and are cultivated worldwide for fruit and wine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | core Lamiales ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Asterids NERFINISHED ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| contains |
Dodartia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dodartia orientalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Gymnandra NERFINISHED ⓘ Lancea ⓘ Lancea hirsuta NERFINISHED ⓘ Lancea tibetica ⓘ Mazus NERFINISHED ⓘ Mazus miquelii NERFINISHED ⓘ Mazus pumilus NERFINISHED ⓘ Mazus reptans NERFINISHED ⓘ Puchiumazus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| corolla | two-lipped corolla ⓘ |
| distribution |
Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ Himalayan region ⓘ New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| flowerType | zygomorphic flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| habitat |
moist habitats
ⓘ
stream banks ⓘ wet meadows ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | mazus family ⓘ |
| isA | family of flowering plants ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite leaves ⓘ |
| mostlyIncludes | herbaceous species ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Mazus ⓘ |
| order | Lamiales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| previouslyClassifiedAs | part of the figwort family ⓘ |
| previouslyIncludedIn | Scrophulariaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
APG III system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
APG IV system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via seeds ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Mazus ⓘ |
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: Mazaceae Description of subject: Mazaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Lamiales, comprising mostly herbaceous species formerly included in the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae).
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.