Apis nigrocincta
E409766
Apis nigrocincta is a species of cavity-nesting honey bee native to parts of Southeast Asia, known for its close similarity to the western honey bee and its role in regional pollination.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apis nigrocincta canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4052349 — 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: Apis nigrocincta Context triple: [Apis, includesSpecies, Apis nigrocincta]
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A.
Atta cephalotes
Atta cephalotes is a species of leafcutter ant known for its complex social organization and large underground fungus-farming colonies in the Neotropics.
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B.
Oecophylla
Oecophylla is a genus of arboreal weaver ants known for constructing leaf nests using silk produced by their larvae and for their complex social organization.
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C.
Wasmannia
Wasmannia is a genus of small, often invasive myrmicine ants best known for species like the little fire ant, which can form dense colonies and cause ecological and agricultural damage.
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D.
Aquila fasciata
Aquila fasciata, commonly known as the Bonelli's eagle, is a medium-to-large bird of prey found in parts of southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, known for its powerful build and agile hunting.
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E.
Solenopsis invicta
Solenopsis invicta, commonly known as the red imported fire ant, is an aggressive, invasive ant species notorious for its painful sting and significant ecological and agricultural impacts.
- 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: Apis nigrocincta Target entity description: Apis nigrocincta is a species of cavity-nesting honey bee native to parts of Southeast Asia, known for its close similarity to the western honey bee and its role in regional pollination.
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A.
Atta cephalotes
Atta cephalotes is a species of leafcutter ant known for its complex social organization and large underground fungus-farming colonies in the Neotropics.
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B.
Oecophylla
Oecophylla is a genus of arboreal weaver ants known for constructing leaf nests using silk produced by their larvae and for their complex social organization.
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C.
Wasmannia
Wasmannia is a genus of small, often invasive myrmicine ants best known for species like the little fire ant, which can form dense colonies and cause ecological and agricultural damage.
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D.
Aquila fasciata
Aquila fasciata, commonly known as the Bonelli's eagle, is a medium-to-large bird of prey found in parts of southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, known for its powerful build and agile hunting.
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E.
Solenopsis invicta
Solenopsis invicta, commonly known as the red imported fire ant, is an aggressive, invasive ant species notorious for its painful sting and significant ecological and agricultural impacts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
honey bee
ⓘ
species of bee ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
corbiculate bees
ⓘ
true honey bees ⓘ |
| cavityNesting | true ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| commonName | cavity-nesting honey bee ⓘ |
| diet |
nectar
ⓘ
pollen ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| ecologicalRole | pollinator ⓘ |
| family | Apidae ⓘ |
| foragingTime | diurnal ⓘ |
| genus | Apis ⓘ |
| hasCommunication | waggle dance ⓘ |
| hasSting | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | colonial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to:
Celebes
|
| nestType | cavity nest ⓘ |
| order | Hymenoptera ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| pollinationRole | regional pollinator ⓘ |
| reproduction | swarming ⓘ |
| reproductiveCastes |
drone
ⓘ
queen ⓘ |
| similarTo | Apis mellifera ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | eusocial ⓘ |
| subfamily | Apinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tribe | Apini ⓘ |
| uses | pollination of local flora ⓘ |
| workerCastes | worker bee ⓘ |
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: Apis nigrocincta Description of subject: Apis nigrocincta is a species of cavity-nesting honey bee native to parts of Southeast Asia, known for its close similarity to the western honey bee and its role in regional pollination.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.