Asymmetronidae
E377927
Asymmetronidae is a family of lancelets (cephalochordates), small fish-like marine invertebrates that are important for studying early chordate evolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asymmetronidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3653664 — 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: Asymmetronidae Context triple: [Asymmetron, family, Asymmetronidae]
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A.
Odobenidae
Odobenidae is the biological family that comprises walruses, large marine mammals known for their long tusks and Arctic habitat.
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B.
Mimidae
Mimidae is a family of passerine birds known for their vocal mimicry, including mockingbirds, thrashers, and catbirds.
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C.
Odontophoridae
Odontophoridae is a family of New World quails, small ground-dwelling game birds known for their rounded bodies, short tails, and often elaborate head plumes.
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D.
Plectrogeniidae
Plectrogeniidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes within the order Scorpaeniformes, known for their bottom-dwelling habits and spiny, often well-camouflaged bodies.
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E.
Chlopsidae
Chlopsidae is a family of small, often burrowing eels commonly known as false morays, found in tropical and subtropical marine waters.
- 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: Asymmetronidae Target entity description: Asymmetronidae is a family of lancelets (cephalochordates), small fish-like marine invertebrates that are important for studying early chordate evolution.
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A.
Odobenidae
Odobenidae is the biological family that comprises walruses, large marine mammals known for their long tusks and Arctic habitat.
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B.
Mimidae
Mimidae is a family of passerine birds known for their vocal mimicry, including mockingbirds, thrashers, and catbirds.
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C.
Odontophoridae
Odontophoridae is a family of New World quails, small ground-dwelling game birds known for their rounded bodies, short tails, and often elaborate head plumes.
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D.
Plectrogeniidae
Plectrogeniidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes within the order Scorpaeniformes, known for their bottom-dwelling habits and spiny, often well-camouflaged bodies.
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E.
Chlopsidae
Chlopsidae is a family of small, often burrowing eels commonly known as false morays, found in tropical and subtropical marine waters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animal family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodyPlan | fish-like ⓘ |
| bodySymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| circulatorySystem | closed circulatory system without true heart ⓘ |
| coelomType | true coelom ⓘ |
| commonName | asymmetronid lancelets ⓘ |
| development | indirect development ⓘ |
| diet |
microplankton
ⓘ
suspended organic particles ⓘ |
| environment | benthic ⓘ |
| feedingMechanism | filter feeding via pharyngeal slits ⓘ |
| feedingType | suspension feeder ⓘ |
| fertilization | external fertilization ⓘ |
| genusContained | Asymmetron ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
subtropical marine waters
ⓘ
tropical marine waters ⓘ |
| habitat | marine environment ⓘ |
| hasCaudalFin | yes ⓘ |
| hasDorsalFin | yes ⓘ |
| hasDorsalNerveCord | yes ⓘ |
| hasNotochord | yes ⓘ |
| hasPairedAppendages | no true paired appendages ⓘ |
| hasPharyngealSlits | yes ⓘ |
| hasSegmentation | myomere segmentation ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpecies | Asymmetron lucayanum ⓘ |
| hasVentralFin | yes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| larvalStage | planktonic larva ⓘ |
| lifestyle | infaunal ⓘ |
| memberOf |
cephalochordates
ⓘ
lancelets ⓘ |
| motility |
burrowing
ⓘ
swimming via lateral undulation ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| researchUse |
comparative genomics of chordates
ⓘ
evo-devo studies of chordate body plan ⓘ |
| respiration | cutaneous and pharyngeal gas exchange ⓘ |
| scientificImportance |
model for early chordate evolution
ⓘ
reference group for vertebrate origins ⓘ |
| sensoryStructures |
chemosensory cells
ⓘ
simple ocelli ⓘ |
| skeletonType | notochord-based axial support ⓘ |
| subphylum | Cephalochordata ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalSubstrate | sandy sediments ⓘ |
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: Asymmetronidae Description of subject: Asymmetronidae is a family of lancelets (cephalochordates), small fish-like marine invertebrates that are important for studying early chordate evolution.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.