Dorylus
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Dorylus is a genus of African and Asian army ants known for their massive, aggressive foraging swarms and highly organized social structure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dorylus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4138372 — 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: Dorylus Context triple: [Dorylinae, includesGenus, Dorylus]
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A.
Myrmecia
Myrmecia is a genus of large, aggressive Australian ants commonly known as bull ants or jack jumper ants, noted for their powerful stings and excellent vision.
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B.
Anoplolepis
Anoplolepis is a genus of Old World ants that includes several ecologically dominant and often invasive species, such as the yellow crazy ant.
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C.
Lasius
Lasius is a genus of small, often soil-dwelling ants commonly found in temperate regions, known for tending aphids for honeydew and forming large, populous colonies.
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D.
Eciton
Eciton is a genus of New World army ants known for their highly organized nomadic raids and complex social behavior.
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E.
Solenopsis
Solenopsis is a genus of ants best known for including the aggressive, stinging fire ants found in many regions worldwide.
- 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: Dorylus Target entity description: Dorylus is a genus of African and Asian army ants known for their massive, aggressive foraging swarms and highly organized social structure.
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A.
Myrmecia
Myrmecia is a genus of large, aggressive Australian ants commonly known as bull ants or jack jumper ants, noted for their powerful stings and excellent vision.
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B.
Anoplolepis
Anoplolepis is a genus of Old World ants that includes several ecologically dominant and often invasive species, such as the yellow crazy ant.
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C.
Lasius
Lasius is a genus of small, often soil-dwelling ants commonly found in temperate regions, known for tending aphids for honeydew and forming large, populous colonies.
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D.
Eciton
Eciton is a genus of New World army ants known for their highly organized nomadic raids and complex social behavior.
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E.
Solenopsis
Solenopsis is a genus of ants best known for including the aggressive, stinging fire ants found in many regions worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| casteSystem |
queens
ⓘ
soldiers ⓘ workers ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| colonyMobility |
nomadic phases
ⓘ
statary phases ⓘ |
| colonySize | up to several million individuals ⓘ |
| commonName |
African army ants
ⓘ
driver ants ⓘ safari ants ⓘ |
| defenseMechanism |
mass attack behavior
ⓘ
powerful biting mandibles ⓘ |
| diet |
omnivorous scavenger
ⓘ
predatory ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
influence local invertebrate communities
ⓘ
scavengers ⓘ top invertebrate predators ⓘ |
| family | Formicidae ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior |
collective foraging columns
ⓘ
mass raiding swarms ⓘ |
| habitat |
agricultural landscapes
ⓘ
savannas ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasType | army ant ⓘ |
| impactOnHumans |
can cause painful bites
ⓘ
can damage livestock and poultry ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ |
| nestingBehavior |
bivouacs formed by workers
ⓘ
temporary nests ⓘ |
| order | Hymenoptera ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| prey |
invertebrates
ⓘ
small vertebrates ⓘ |
| recognizedFor |
highly organized social structure
ⓘ
massive aggressive foraging swarms ⓘ |
| reproduction |
winged males
ⓘ
winged queens ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
eusocial
ⓘ
highly organized colonies ⓘ |
| soldierMorphology | very large mandibles ⓘ |
| subfamily | Dorylinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| workerPolymorphism | present ⓘ |
| workerSizeVariation | extreme ⓘ |
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: Dorylus Description of subject: Dorylus is a genus of African and Asian army ants known for their massive, aggressive foraging swarms and highly organized social structure.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.