Tardigrada
E394915
Tardigrada is a phylum of microscopic, water-dwelling animals known as water bears, famous for their extreme resilience to harsh environmental conditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tardigrada canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3841552 — 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: Tardigrada Context triple: [Lophotrochozoa, includesTaxon, Tardigrada]
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A.
Rotifera
Rotifera is a phylum of microscopic, mostly aquatic invertebrates known for their wheel-like ciliated structures used for feeding and locomotion.
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B.
Excavata
Excavata is a major supergroup of unicellular eukaryotes characterized by a ventral feeding groove and often modified mitochondria, including many free-living flagellates and important parasites.
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C.
Metischnogaster
Metischnogaster is a genus of small, primitively eusocial hover wasps within the subfamily Stenogastrinae, known for their distinctive nesting behavior in tropical Asia.
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D.
Capnoides
Capnoides is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order Papaverales, known for delicate, often tubular flowers and typically found in temperate regions.
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E.
Micrognathozoa
Micrognathozoa is a tiny, jaw-bearing group of microscopic invertebrates known from freshwater habitats and notable for their complex feeding apparatus and uncertain placement among other animal phyla.
- 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: Tardigrada Target entity description: Tardigrada is a phylum of microscopic, water-dwelling animals known as water bears, famous for their extreme resilience to harsh environmental conditions.
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A.
Rotifera
Rotifera is a phylum of microscopic, mostly aquatic invertebrates known for their wheel-like ciliated structures used for feeding and locomotion.
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B.
Excavata
Excavata is a major supergroup of unicellular eukaryotes characterized by a ventral feeding groove and often modified mitochondria, including many free-living flagellates and important parasites.
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C.
Metischnogaster
Metischnogaster is a genus of small, primitively eusocial hover wasps within the subfamily Stenogastrinae, known for their distinctive nesting behavior in tropical Asia.
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D.
Capnoides
Capnoides is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order Papaverales, known for delicate, often tubular flowers and typically found in temperate regions.
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E.
Micrognathozoa
Micrognathozoa is a tiny, jaw-bearing group of microscopic invertebrates known from freshwater habitats and notable for their complex feeding apparatus and uncertain placement among other animal phyla.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (79)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | phylum ⓘ |
| bodyPlan | segmented body ⓘ |
| bodySymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| canEnterState | tun state ⓘ |
| cellNumber | fixed cell number in many species (eutely) ⓘ |
| clade | Panarthropoda ⓘ |
| commonName |
moss piglets
ⓘ
tardigrades ⓘ water bears ⓘ |
| cuticleType | chitinous cuticle ⓘ |
| describedBy | Johann August Ephraim Goeze ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1773 ⓘ |
| developmentType | direct development ⓘ |
| diet |
algae
ⓘ
bacteria ⓘ plant cells ⓘ small invertebrates ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| eggLaying | eggs often laid in molted cuticle ⓘ |
| eggType | yolky eggs ⓘ |
| etymology | Latin for “slow stepper” ⓘ |
| feedingType |
carnivorous
ⓘ
herbivorous ⓘ omnivorous ⓘ |
| fossilRecord |
Cambrian period
ⓘ
linked to:
Cambrian Period
Cretaceous amber ⓘ |
| foundIn |
deep sea
ⓘ
high mountains ⓘ polar regions ⓘ |
| foundOn | all continents ⓘ |
| gasExchange | across body surface ⓘ |
| genomeFeature |
genes associated with DNA damage repair
ⓘ
proteins that protect against radiation damage ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
marine ⓘ soil ⓘ terrestrial mosses and lichens ⓘ |
| hasApproximateSpeciesCount | 1300 ⓘ |
| hasCirculatorySystem | no specialized circulatory system ⓘ |
| hasClaws | true ⓘ |
| hasCryptobiosis | true ⓘ |
| hasCuticle | true ⓘ |
| hasLegCount | 8 ⓘ |
| hasLegPairs | 4 ⓘ |
| hasMolting | true ⓘ |
| hasNervousSystem | true ⓘ |
| hasRespiratorySystem | no specialized respiratory organs ⓘ |
| hasSexes | dioecious in many species ⓘ |
| includedIn | invertebrates ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeSpan | a few months to a few years depending on conditions ⓘ |
| locomotion | walking on claws ⓘ |
| movementSpeed | very slow ⓘ |
| notableExperiment | survival in open space exposure ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Arthropoda
ⓘ
Onychophora ⓘ |
| reproductionMode |
asexual reproduction
ⓘ
parthenogenesis ⓘ sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| researchUse |
model for astrobiology
ⓘ
model for desiccation tolerance ⓘ model for extremophile biology ⓘ |
| sentTo | low Earth orbit experiments ⓘ |
| sizeRange | 0.05–1.2 mm ⓘ |
| studyField | tardigradology ⓘ |
| superphylum | Ecdysozoa ⓘ |
| survivalStrategy |
anhydrobiosis
ⓘ
anoxybiosis ⓘ cryobiosis ⓘ osmobiosis ⓘ |
| tolerates |
extreme cold
ⓘ
extreme desiccation ⓘ extreme heat ⓘ high levels of ionizing radiation ⓘ high pressure ⓘ high salinity ⓘ low oxygen ⓘ vacuum of outer space ⓘ |
| typicalSize | 0.3–0.5 mm ⓘ |
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: Tardigrada Description of subject: Tardigrada is a phylum of microscopic, water-dwelling animals known as water bears, famous for their extreme resilience to harsh environmental conditions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.