Vitaceae
E99928
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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vitaceae canonical | 35 |
| Vitaceae sensu lato | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T767728 — 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: Vitaceae Context triple: [Eudicots, includes, Vitaceae]
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A.
Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the elms, which are widespread in temperate regions.
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B.
Lardizabalaceae
Lardizabalaceae is a small family of mostly woody, often climbing flowering plants known for their ornamental foliage and sometimes edible fruits, native primarily to East Asia and the Andes.
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C.
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of mostly tropical climbing plants known for their often toxic alkaloids and distinctive curved or crescent-shaped seeds.
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D.
Barbeyaceae
Barbeyaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Rosales, comprising shrubs or small trees native to arid and semi-arid regions of East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
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E.
Eupteleaceae
Eupteleaceae is a small family of deciduous flowering trees and shrubs native to East Asia, known for their simple leaves and wind-pollinated flowers.
- 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: Vitaceae Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the elms, which are widespread in temperate regions.
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B.
Lardizabalaceae
Lardizabalaceae is a small family of mostly woody, often climbing flowering plants known for their ornamental foliage and sometimes edible fruits, native primarily to East Asia and the Andes.
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C.
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of mostly tropical climbing plants known for their often toxic alkaloids and distinctive curved or crescent-shaped seeds.
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D.
Barbeyaceae
Barbeyaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Rosales, comprising shrubs or small trees native to arid and semi-arid regions of East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
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E.
Eupteleaceae
Eupteleaceae is a small family of deciduous flowering trees and shrubs native to East Asia, known for their simple leaves and wind-pollinated flowers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristicGrowthForm |
herbaceous vine
ⓘ
liana ⓘ woody climber ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| climbingMechanism | tendrils ⓘ |
| commonName | grape family ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Acareosperma
ⓘ
Afrocayratia ⓘ Ampelocissus ⓘ Ampelopsis ⓘ Cayratia ⓘ Cissus ⓘ Clematicissus ⓘ Cyphostemma ⓘ Leea ⓘ Muscadinia ⓘ Nekemias ⓘ Nothocissus ⓘ
linked to:
Tetrastigma
Parthenocissus ⓘ Pseudocayratia ⓘ
linked to:
Cayratia
Pseudovitis ⓘ Pterisanthes ⓘ Pterocissus ⓘ Rhoicissus ⓘ Tetrastigma ⓘ Vitis ⓘ Yua ⓘ |
| describedBy | Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| division | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| economicUse |
fruit production
ⓘ
ornamental plants ⓘ wine production ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| flowerType | small flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
ⓘ
linked to:
Parthenocissus
Parthenocissus tricuspidata ⓘ
linked to:
Parthenocissus
Vitis labrusca ⓘ Vitis vinifera ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate leaves ⓘ |
| leafType |
compound leaves
ⓘ
simple leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
temperate regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| notableCrop | grapes ⓘ |
| order | Vitales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination |
insect-pollinated
ⓘ
self-pollinated ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Vitis ⓘ |
| usedFor |
juice production
ⓘ
raisin production ⓘ rootstocks for viticulture ⓘ table grapes ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1789 ⓘ |
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: Vitaceae Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Vitaceae