Andrenidae
E409775
Andrenidae is a large family of solitary, ground-nesting bees commonly known as mining bees, many of which are important early-spring pollinators.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Andrenidae canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4052406 — 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: Andrenidae Context triple: [Nomadinae, hostGroup, Andrenidae]
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A.
Asymmetronidae
Asymmetronidae is a family of lancelets (cephalochordates), small fish-like marine invertebrates that are important for studying early chordate evolution.
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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.
Regulidae
Regulidae is a family of tiny, insectivorous passerine birds known as kinglets, found mainly in the Northern Hemisphere’s forests.
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D.
Moronidae
Moronidae is a family of temperate bass fishes that includes several popular game and food species found in freshwater and coastal marine environments.
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E.
Eumeninae
Eumeninae is a large subfamily of solitary wasps, commonly known as potter or mason wasps, recognized for their mud-built nests and role as predators of caterpillars.
- 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: Andrenidae Target entity description: Andrenidae is a large family of solitary, ground-nesting bees commonly known as mining bees, many of which are important early-spring pollinators.
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A.
Asymmetronidae
Asymmetronidae is a family of lancelets (cephalochordates), small fish-like marine invertebrates that are important for studying early chordate evolution.
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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.
Regulidae
Regulidae is a family of tiny, insectivorous passerine birds known as kinglets, found mainly in the Northern Hemisphere’s forests.
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D.
Moronidae
Moronidae is a family of temperate bass fishes that includes several popular game and food species found in freshwater and coastal marine environments.
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E.
Eumeninae
Eumeninae is a large subfamily of solitary wasps, commonly known as potter or mason wasps, recognized for their mud-built nests and role as predators of caterpillars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hymenoptera family
ⓘ
bee family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| clade | Anthophila ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| commonName |
andrenid bees
ⓘ
mining bees ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Ancylandrena
ⓘ
Andrena ⓘ Calliopsis ⓘ Claraeola ⓘ Hesperapis ⓘ
linked to:
Calliopsis
Macrotera ⓘ Melitturga ⓘ Oxaea ⓘ Panurginus ⓘ Panurgus ⓘ Perdita ⓘ Protandrena ⓘ Pseudopanurgus ⓘ |
| describedAs | large family of solitary bees ⓘ |
| diet |
nectar
ⓘ
pollen ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide in temperate regions ⓘ |
| ecologicalImportance | pollination of early-flowering plants ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Pierre André Latreille ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1802 ⓘ |
| foragingTime |
early spring
ⓘ
spring ⓘ |
| habitat |
bare or sparsely vegetated ground
ⓘ
sandy soils ⓘ |
| includesSpeciesWithTrait |
oligolectic pollen specialization
ⓘ
univoltine life cycle ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| morphologicalTrait |
facial foveae in females
ⓘ
strong mandibles for digging ⓘ two subantennal sutures on the face ⓘ |
| nestingBehavior | ground-nesting ⓘ |
| nestingSite | underground burrows ⓘ |
| notableIn | temperate ecosystems ⓘ |
| order | Hymenoptera ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| pollinationRole |
crop pollinators
ⓘ
early-spring pollinators ⓘ wild plant pollinators ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | solitary ⓘ |
| superfamily | Apoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| threats |
climate change
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ pesticide exposure ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Andrena ⓘ |
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: Andrenidae Description of subject: Andrenidae is a large family of solitary, ground-nesting bees commonly known as mining bees, many of which are important early-spring pollinators.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.