Micrairoideae
E741366
Micrairoideae is a subfamily of grasses comprising mostly tropical and subtropical species, many of which inhabit sandy or nutrient-poor soils.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Micrairoideae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8548780 — 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: Micrairoideae Context triple: [Poaceae, hasSubfamily, Micrairoideae]
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A.
Callosciurinae
Callosciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels that includes many colorful tree squirrel species native primarily to Southeast Asia.
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B.
Microbiotheria
Microbiotheria is a small and ancient order of South American marsupials best known for the monito del monte, a species considered a living fossil and key to understanding marsupial evolution.
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C.
Scepomycter
Scepomycter is a small genus of Old World warblers, insectivorous passerine birds native to parts of Africa and classified within the family Sylviidae.
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D.
Petinomys
Petinomys is a genus of small flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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E.
Myosciurus
Myosciurus is a genus of small African squirrels in the family Sciuridae, best known for the African pygmy squirrel, one of the world’s smallest squirrel species.
- 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: Micrairoideae Target entity description: Micrairoideae is a subfamily of grasses comprising mostly tropical and subtropical species, many of which inhabit sandy or nutrient-poor soils.
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A.
Callosciurinae
Callosciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels that includes many colorful tree squirrel species native primarily to Southeast Asia.
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B.
Microbiotheria
Microbiotheria is a small and ancient order of South American marsupials best known for the monito del monte, a species considered a living fossil and key to understanding marsupial evolution.
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C.
Scepomycter
Scepomycter is a small genus of Old World warblers, insectivorous passerine birds native to parts of Africa and classified within the family Sylviidae.
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D.
Petinomys
Petinomys is a genus of small flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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E.
Myosciurus
Myosciurus is a genus of small African squirrels in the family Sciuridae, best known for the African pygmy squirrel, one of the world’s smallest squirrel species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Poaceae subfamily
ⓘ
plant subfamily ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
adapted to low-nutrient environments
ⓘ
mostly small to medium-sized grasses ⓘ often found on sandy substrates ⓘ primarily warm-climate taxa ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Monocots ⓘ
linked to:
Liliopsida
|
| cladeMembership | PACMAD grasses ⓘ |
| commonName | micrairoid grasses ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Eriachne
ⓘ
Isachne ⓘ Micraira ⓘ Panicum laxum group (sometimes placed here in some classifications) ⓘ |
| containsTribe |
Eriachneae
ⓘ
Isachneae ⓘ
linked to:
Poaceae
Micraireae ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
primary producers in tropical and subtropical grasslands
ⓘ
stabilization of sandy soils ⓘ |
| family | Poaceae ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | spikelets typical of Poaceae ⓘ |
| hasUse | mostly ecological importance rather than major crops ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Poaceae subfamilies ⓘ |
| isSubfamilyOf | Poaceae ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| nomenclaturalCode | International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants ⓘ |
| order | Poales ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
PACMAD clade
ⓘ
Poaceae ⓘ |
| partOf | PACMAD clade of Poaceae ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway |
C3
ⓘ
C4 ⓘ |
| taxonAuthor | described by botanical taxonomists of Poaceae (various authors) ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subfamily ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
nutrient-poor soils
ⓘ
sandy soils ⓘ |
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: Micrairoideae Description of subject: Micrairoideae is a subfamily of grasses comprising mostly tropical and subtropical species, many of which inhabit sandy or nutrient-poor soils.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.