Solanaceae
E91550
Solanaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes important crops like potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants, as well as many ornamental and medicinal species.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Solanaceae canonical | 15 |
| nightshade family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T767723 — 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: Solanaceae Context triple: [Eudicots, includes, Solanaceae]
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A.
Phytolaccaceae
Phytolaccaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pokeweed family, that includes mostly herbaceous species and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical regions.
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B.
Nyctaginaceae
Nyctaginaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the four o'clock family, that includes ornamental and tropical species such as bougainvillea.
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C.
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pink or carnation family, that includes many herbaceous species found worldwide, especially in temperate regions.
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D.
Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the poppy family, which includes many species with showy, often brightly colored flowers.
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E.
Fumariaceae
Fumariaceae is a family of flowering plants known for their often delicate, dissected leaves and irregular, spurred flowers, which includes genera such as Corydalis and Dicentra (bleeding hearts).
- 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: Solanaceae Target entity description: Solanaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes important crops like potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants, as well as many ornamental and medicinal species.
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A.
Phytolaccaceae
Phytolaccaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pokeweed family, that includes mostly herbaceous species and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical regions.
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B.
Nyctaginaceae
Nyctaginaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the four o'clock family, that includes ornamental and tropical species such as bougainvillea.
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C.
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pink or carnation family, that includes many herbaceous species found worldwide, especially in temperate regions.
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D.
Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the poppy family, which includes many species with showy, often brightly colored flowers.
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E.
Fumariaceae
Fumariaceae is a family of flowering plants known for their often delicate, dissected leaves and irregular, spurred flowers, which includes genera such as Corydalis and Dicentra (bleeding hearts).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName |
Solanaceae
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
nightshade family
|
| containsCompounds |
alkaloids
ⓘ
capsaicin ⓘ nicotine ⓘ solanine ⓘ tropane alkaloids ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
food crops
ⓘ
medicinal plants ⓘ ornamental plants ⓘ psychoactive plants ⓘ |
| flowerStructure | pentamerous ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | radial ⓘ |
| flowerType | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| fruitType |
berry
ⓘ
capsule ⓘ |
| growthForm |
herbaceous plants
ⓘ
shrubs ⓘ small trees ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Atropa
ⓘ
Brugmansia ⓘ Capsicum ⓘ Cestrum ⓘ Datura ⓘ Hyoscyamus ⓘ Lycianthes ⓘ Mandragora ⓘ Nicotiana ⓘ Nolana ⓘ Petunia ⓘ Physalis ⓘ Schizanthus ⓘ Solandra ⓘ Solanum ⓘ Withania ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Atropa belladonna
ⓘ
Capsicum ⓘ
surface form:
Capsicum annuum
Datura ⓘ
surface form:
Datura stramonium
Mandragora ⓘ
surface form:
Mandragora officinarum
Nicotiana ⓘ
surface form:
Nicotiana rustica
Nicotiana tabacum ⓘ Petunia × atkinsiana ⓘ Physalis peruviana ⓘ Physalis ⓘ
surface form:
Physalis philadelphica
Solanum lycopersicum ⓘ Solanum ⓘ
surface form:
Solanum melongena
Solanum tuberosum ⓘ Withania ⓘ
surface form:
Withania somnifera
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Americas ⓘ Eurasia ⓘ |
| notableToxicity |
many species poisonous to humans
ⓘ
many species poisonous to livestock ⓘ |
| order | Solanales ⓘ |
| ovaryPosition | superior ovary ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination |
insect-pollinated
ⓘ
self-compatible species ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Solanum ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ornamental horticulture
ⓘ
spice production ⓘ tobacco production ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ vegetable production ⓘ |
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: Solanaceae Description of subject: Solanaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes important crops like potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants, as well as many ornamental and medicinal species.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
nightshade family