Xyridaceae
E742881
Xyridaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as yellow-eyed grasses, that are mostly herbaceous and often found in wet or aquatic habitats.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xyridaceae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8564332 — 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: Xyridaceae Context triple: [Poales, contains, Xyridaceae]
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A.
Lythraceae
Lythraceae is a family of flowering plants that includes species such as loosestrifes and crape myrtles, many of which are known for their ornamental value and showy flowers.
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B.
Tiliaceae
Tiliaceae is a former family of flowering plants, traditionally including linden and basswood trees, that is now largely subsumed within the mallow family Malvaceae in modern classifications.
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C.
Tamaricaceae
Tamaricaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as tamarisks or salt cedars, that typically grow as shrubs or small trees adapted to arid and saline environments.
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D.
Violaceae
Violaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for the violets and pansies, which are often small herbaceous species with distinctive, asymmetrical flowers.
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E.
Kirkiaceae
Kirkiaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales, comprising tropical trees and shrubs primarily found in Africa and nearby regions.
- 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: Xyridaceae Target entity description: Xyridaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as yellow-eyed grasses, that are mostly herbaceous and often found in wet or aquatic habitats.
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A.
Lythraceae
Lythraceae is a family of flowering plants that includes species such as loosestrifes and crape myrtles, many of which are known for their ornamental value and showy flowers.
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B.
Tiliaceae
Tiliaceae is a former family of flowering plants, traditionally including linden and basswood trees, that is now largely subsumed within the mallow family Malvaceae in modern classifications.
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C.
Tamaricaceae
Tamaricaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as tamarisks or salt cedars, that typically grow as shrubs or small trees adapted to arid and saline environments.
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D.
Violaceae
Violaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for the violets and pansies, which are often small herbaceous species with distinctive, asymmetrical flowers.
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E.
Kirkiaceae
Kirkiaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales, comprising tropical trees and shrubs primarily found in Africa and nearby regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| adaptation |
adapted to high light environments
ⓘ
adapted to waterlogged soils ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Monocots ⓘ
linked to:
Liliopsida
|
| commonName | yellow-eyed grasses ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ warm temperate regions ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | wetland vegetation component ⓘ |
| flowerColor | yellow ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | zygomorphic flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsules ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous plants ⓘ |
| habitat |
aquatic habitats
ⓘ
bogs ⓘ marshes ⓘ swamps ⓘ wet habitats ⓘ wet savannas ⓘ |
| hasEconomicUse | ornamental plants ⓘ |
| hasGenus |
Abolboda
ⓘ
Aratitiyopea ⓘ Orectanthe ⓘ Xyris ⓘ |
| hasTypeGenus | Xyris ⓘ |
| inflorescenceType | capitate inflorescences ⓘ |
| isAngiosperm | true ⓘ |
| isHerbaceous | true ⓘ |
| isMonocot | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | basal rosette ⓘ |
| leafType |
grass-like leaves
ⓘ
linear leaves ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Xyris ⓘ |
| order | Poales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 photosynthesis ⓘ |
| pollination | insect pollination ⓘ |
| reproductiveType | flowering plants ⓘ |
| rootType | fibrous roots ⓘ |
| seedDispersal |
by water
ⓘ
by wind ⓘ |
| stemType | often tufted stems ⓘ |
| subfamily | Xyridoideae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
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: Xyridaceae Description of subject: Xyridaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as yellow-eyed grasses, that are mostly herbaceous and often found in wet or aquatic habitats.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.