Cercidoideae
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Cercidoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae), notable for including the redbuds (genus Cercis) and related ornamental trees and shrubs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cercidoideae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11765306 — 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: Cercidoideae Context triple: [Cercis, subfamily, Cercidoideae]
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A.
Betoideae
Betoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the amaranth family (Amaranthaceae), best known for including beets and related genera.
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B.
Prunoideae
Prunoideae is a former subfamily of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) that traditionally included stone fruits such as plums, cherries, peaches, and apricots.
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C.
Arundinoideae
Arundinoideae is a subfamily of grasses within the Poaceae family, comprising mostly tall, perennial species often found in wetlands and other moist habitats.
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D.
Nolinoideae
Nolinoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants within the asparagus family that includes a diverse group of mostly herbaceous and shrubby monocots such as Solomon’s seal and lilyturf.
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E.
Moroideae
Moroideae is a subfamily within the mulberry family (Moraceae), comprising various genera of flowering trees and shrubs primarily found in tropical 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: Cercidoideae Target entity description: Cercidoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae), notable for including the redbuds (genus Cercis) and related ornamental trees and shrubs.
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A.
Betoideae
Betoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the amaranth family (Amaranthaceae), best known for including beets and related genera.
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B.
Prunoideae
Prunoideae is a former subfamily of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) that traditionally included stone fruits such as plums, cherries, peaches, and apricots.
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C.
Arundinoideae
Arundinoideae is a subfamily of grasses within the Poaceae family, comprising mostly tall, perennial species often found in wetlands and other moist habitats.
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D.
Nolinoideae
Nolinoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants within the asparagus family that includes a diverse group of mostly herbaceous and shrubby monocots such as Solomon’s seal and lilyturf.
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E.
Moroideae
Moroideae is a subfamily within the mulberry family (Moraceae), comprising various genera of flowering trees and shrubs primarily found in tropical regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant subfamily
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | legume family ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | cercis subfamily ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
temperate regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| family | Fabaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerType | flowering plants ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
bilobed leaves in many genera
ⓘ
legume fruits ⓘ woody growth forms ⓘ |
| hasEconomicUse | ornamental horticulture ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Bauhinia variegata
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cercis canadensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Cercis siliquastrum NERFINISHED ⓘ Tylosema esculentum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Barklya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bauhinia NERFINISHED ⓘ Bauhinia s.l. NERFINISHED ⓘ Brenierea NERFINISHED ⓘ Brenierella NERFINISHED ⓘ Cercis ⓘ Cheniella NERFINISHED ⓘ Gigasiphon NERFINISHED ⓘ Griffonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lasiobema NERFINISHED ⓘ Lysiphyllum NERFINISHED ⓘ Phanera NERFINISHED ⓘ Piliostigma NERFINISHED ⓘ Ticanto NERFINISHED ⓘ Tylosema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ornamental shrubs
ⓘ
ornamental trees ⓘ redbuds ⓘ |
| order | Fabales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Fabaceae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leguminosae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 photosynthesis ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Fabaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | subfamily ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Cercis ⓘ |
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: Cercidoideae Description of subject: Cercidoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae), notable for including the redbuds (genus Cercis) and related ornamental trees and shrubs.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.