Drosophilidae
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Drosophilidae is a large family of small flies, commonly known as fruit flies or vinegar flies, that includes many species widely used as model organisms in genetics and developmental biology.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Drosophilidae canonical | 2 |
| Drosophilinae | 1 |
| genus Scaptomyza | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4645638 — 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: Drosophilidae Context triple: [Drosophila melanogaster, family, Drosophilidae]
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A.
Dryophthorinae
Dryophthorinae is a subfamily of weevils that includes several economically important pest species, such as those that attack palms and stored products.
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B.
Paratrechina
Paratrechina is a genus of small, fast-moving ants in the subfamily Formicinae, known for species such as the longhorn crazy ant.
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C.
Andrenidae
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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D.
Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophila melanogaster is a small fruit fly species widely used as a model organism in genetics and developmental biology research.
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E.
Valenciidae
Valenciidae is a small family of killifish-like ray-finned fishes within the order Cyprinodontiformes, known for inhabiting freshwater and brackish environments in parts of Europe.
- 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: Drosophilidae Target entity description: Drosophilidae is a large family of small flies, commonly known as fruit flies or vinegar flies, that includes many species widely used as model organisms in genetics and developmental biology.
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A.
Dryophthorinae
Dryophthorinae is a subfamily of weevils that includes several economically important pest species, such as those that attack palms and stored products.
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B.
Paratrechina
Paratrechina is a genus of small, fast-moving ants in the subfamily Formicinae, known for species such as the longhorn crazy ant.
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C.
Andrenidae
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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D.
Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophila melanogaster is a small fruit fly species widely used as a model organism in genetics and developmental biology research.
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E.
Valenciidae
Valenciidae is a small family of killifish-like ray-finned fishes within the order Cyprinodontiformes, known for inhabiting freshwater and brackish environments in parts of Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fly family
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taxonomic family ⓘ |
| characteristic |
association with fermenting fruit
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high fecundity ⓘ saprophagous larvae ⓘ short generation time ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| commonName |
fruit flies
ⓘ
vinegar flies ⓘ |
| contains | thousands of described species ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
some species are agricultural pests
ⓘ
some species are important laboratory organisms ⓘ |
| eyeType | compound eyes ⓘ |
| geneticFeatures | polytene chromosomes in salivary glands of some species ⓘ |
| habitat |
decaying vegetation
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fermenting fruit ⓘ sap flows ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Drosophila ananassae
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Drosophila melanogaster ⓘ Drosophila mojavensis ⓘ Drosophila pseudoobscura ⓘ Drosophila sechellia ⓘ Drosophila simulans ⓘ Drosophila virilis ⓘ Drosophila willistoni ⓘ Drosophila yakuba ⓘ genus Amiota ⓘ genus Chymomyza ⓘ genus Dichaetophora ⓘ genus Drosophila ⓘ genus Hawaiian Drosophila ⓘ genus Hirtodrosophila ⓘ genus Leucophenga ⓘ genus Liodrosophila ⓘ genus Lordiphosa ⓘ genus Microdrosophila ⓘ genus Mycodrosophila ⓘ genus Parascaptomyza ⓘ genus Samoaia ⓘ genus Scaptodrosophila ⓘ
linked to:
Drosophila
genus Scaptomyza ⓘ
linked to:
Drosophilidae
genus Sophophora ⓘ genus Stegana ⓘ genus Zaprionus ⓘ |
| infraorder | Muscomorpha ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeCycleStage |
adult
ⓘ
egg ⓘ larva ⓘ pupa ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
genus Drosophila
ⓘ
linked to:
Drosophila
|
| notableSpecies | Drosophila melanogaster ⓘ |
| order | Diptera ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| reproductiveMode | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| researchContribution |
development of genetic linkage maps
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discovery of basic principles of heredity ⓘ elucidation of Hox gene function ⓘ insights into circadian rhythms ⓘ insights into developmental patterning ⓘ |
| suborder |
Brachycera
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linked to:
Diptera
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| superfamily | Ephydroidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalModelOrganism | Drosophila melanogaster ⓘ |
| usedIn |
developmental biology research
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evolutionary biology research ⓘ genetics research ⓘ neurobiology research ⓘ population genetics research ⓘ |
| wingType | single pair of functional wings ⓘ |
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: Drosophilidae Description of subject: Drosophilidae is a large family of small flies, commonly known as fruit flies or vinegar flies, that includes many species widely used as model organisms in genetics and developmental biology.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Drosophilidae
linked to: Drosophilidae