Carukia barnesi
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Carukia barnesi is a small but highly venomous box jellyfish species known for causing Irukandji syndrome in humans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carukia barnesi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3946967 — 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: Carukia barnesi Context triple: [Cubozoa, hasNotableSpecies, Carukia barnesi]
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A.
Paracanthurus hepatus
Paracanthurus hepatus is a brightly colored Indo-Pacific reef fish, commonly known as the blue tang or regal tang, popularized worldwide by the character Dory in the film "Finding Nemo."
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B.
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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C.
Penelope bridgesi
Penelope bridgesi is a species of guan, a medium-sized arboreal game bird in the family Cracidae native to Neotropical forests.
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D.
Liostenogaster
Liostenogaster is a genus of hover wasps within the subfamily Stenogastrinae, known for their social behavior and distinctive nest-building in tropical regions.
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E.
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.
- 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: Carukia barnesi Target entity description: Carukia barnesi is a small but highly venomous box jellyfish species known for causing Irukandji syndrome in humans.
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A.
Paracanthurus hepatus
Paracanthurus hepatus is a brightly colored Indo-Pacific reef fish, commonly known as the blue tang or regal tang, popularized worldwide by the character Dory in the film "Finding Nemo."
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B.
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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C.
Penelope bridgesi
Penelope bridgesi is a species of guan, a medium-sized arboreal game bird in the family Cracidae native to Neotropical forests.
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D.
Liostenogaster
Liostenogaster is a genus of hover wasps within the subfamily Stenogastrinae, known for their social behavior and distinctive nest-building in tropical regions.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
box jellyfish species
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cnidarian ⓘ marine invertebrate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | pelagic ⓘ |
| associatedWithDisease | Irukandji syndrome ⓘ |
| bellShape | transparent, cube-shaped bell ⓘ |
| causes | severe systemic envenomation in humans ⓘ |
| class | Cubozoa ⓘ |
| commonName | Irukandji jellyfish ⓘ |
| describedBy | Jack Barnes ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
small fish ⓘ |
| family |
Carybdeidae
ⓘ
linked to:
Carybdeida
|
| foundInEcosystem | coral reef ecosystems ⓘ |
| genus | Carukia ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Coral Sea
ⓘ
northern Queensland, Australia ⓘ
linked to:
North Queensland
|
| hasBodySize | approximately 1 to 2 centimeters bell diameter ⓘ |
| hasHabitat |
Great Barrier Reef region
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Barrier Reef
coastal waters of northern Australia ⓘ tropical marine waters ⓘ |
| hasLifeStage |
medusa
ⓘ
polyp ⓘ |
| hasNematocysts | yes ⓘ |
| hasTentacleLength | up to about 1 meter ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jack Barnes ⓘ |
| phylum | Cnidaria ⓘ |
| prevention | stinger nets and protective clothing in affected waters ⓘ |
| riskToHumans | potentially life-threatening stings ⓘ |
| seasonality | stings more common in warmer months in northern Australia ⓘ |
| stingOnset | initial sting often minimally painful ⓘ |
| symptomOnsetTime | systemic symptoms typically begin 20 to 40 minutes after sting ⓘ |
| symptomsCaused |
abdominal pain
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anxiety ⓘ hypertension ⓘ impending sense of doom ⓘ nausea ⓘ profuse sweating ⓘ severe back pain ⓘ tachycardia ⓘ vomiting ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tentacleCount | one tentacle at each bell corner ⓘ |
| treatment | supportive intensive care for Irukandji syndrome ⓘ |
| venom | highly venomous to humans ⓘ |
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: Carukia barnesi Description of subject: Carukia barnesi is a small but highly venomous box jellyfish species known for causing Irukandji syndrome in humans.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.