Plagiolepis
E403631
Plagiolepis is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants in the subfamily Formicinae, found primarily in warm and temperate regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plagiolepis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3994985 — 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: Plagiolepis Context triple: [Formicinae, containsTaxon, Plagiolepis]
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A.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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B.
Cypholophus
Cypholophus is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, comprising species native to parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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C.
Casichelydia
Casichelydia is a major clade of turtles that unites modern hidden-neck turtles (Cryptodira) with their close fossil relatives.
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D.
Stenomylus
Stenomylus is an extinct genus of small, gazelle-like camelid that lived in North America during the early Miocene.
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E.
Oxydactylus
Oxydactylus is an extinct genus of early camelid-like mammals that lived in North America during the Oligocene epoch.
- 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: Plagiolepis Target entity description: Plagiolepis is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants in the subfamily Formicinae, found primarily in warm and temperate regions.
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A.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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B.
Cypholophus
Cypholophus is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, comprising species native to parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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C.
Casichelydia
Casichelydia is a major clade of turtles that unites modern hidden-neck turtles (Cryptodira) with their close fossil relatives.
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D.
Stenomylus
Stenomylus is an extinct genus of small, gazelle-like camelid that lived in North America during the early Miocene.
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E.
Oxydactylus
Oxydactylus is an extinct genus of early camelid-like mammals that lived in North America during the Oligocene epoch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | ants ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Formicinae ⓘ |
| bodySize | small ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| distribution |
temperate regions
ⓘ
warm regions ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
insect scavenger
ⓘ
soil invertebrate ⓘ |
| family | Formicidae ⓘ |
| feedingType | omnivorous ⓘ |
| habitat | terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ |
| hasAntennae | yes ⓘ |
| hasExoskeleton | yes ⓘ |
| hasMaleCaste | yes ⓘ |
| hasQueenCaste | yes ⓘ |
| hasWorkerCaste | yes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | colonial ⓘ |
| order | Hymenoptera ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Formicinae ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| reproduction | eusocial colony reproduction ⓘ |
| socialStructure | eusocial ⓘ |
| subfamily | Formicinae ⓘ |
| suborder | Apocrita ⓘ |
| superfamily | Formicoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalAppearance | often inconspicuous ⓘ |
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: Plagiolepis Description of subject: Plagiolepis is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants in the subfamily Formicinae, found primarily in warm and temperate regions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.