Neodermata
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Neodermata is a major parasitic clade of flatworms that includes flukes and tapeworms characterized by a specialized neodermis adapted for life on or within vertebrate hosts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Neodermata canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5559621 — 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: Neodermata Context triple: [Monogenea, subphylum, Neodermata]
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A.
Arthropoda
Arthropoda is the largest phylum of animals, comprising invertebrates with exoskeletons, segmented bodies, and jointed appendages such as insects, spiders, and crustaceans.
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B.
Chelicerata
Chelicerata is a major subphylum of arthropods that includes spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, and horseshoe crabs, characterized by having chelicerae (mouthparts) instead of mandibles.
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C.
Ecdysozoa
Ecdysozoa is a major animal clade of molting invertebrates that includes arthropods, nematodes, and several related phyla.
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D.
Myriapoda
Myriapoda is a subphylum of many-legged arthropods that includes centipedes and millipedes, characterized by elongated segmented bodies with numerous pairs of legs.
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E.
Insecta
Insecta is the largest class of arthropods, comprising all insects—small, typically six-legged invertebrates with segmented bodies and exoskeletons found in nearly every terrestrial and freshwater habitat.
- 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: Neodermata Target entity description: Neodermata is a major parasitic clade of flatworms that includes flukes and tapeworms characterized by a specialized neodermis adapted for life on or within vertebrate hosts.
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A.
Arthropoda
Arthropoda is the largest phylum of animals, comprising invertebrates with exoskeletons, segmented bodies, and jointed appendages such as insects, spiders, and crustaceans.
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B.
Chelicerata
Chelicerata is a major subphylum of arthropods that includes spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, and horseshoe crabs, characterized by having chelicerae (mouthparts) instead of mandibles.
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C.
Ecdysozoa
Ecdysozoa is a major animal clade of molting invertebrates that includes arthropods, nematodes, and several related phyla.
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D.
Myriapoda
Myriapoda is a subphylum of many-legged arthropods that includes centipedes and millipedes, characterized by elongated segmented bodies with numerous pairs of legs.
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E.
Insecta
Insecta is the largest class of arthropods, comprising all insects—small, typically six-legged invertebrates with segmented bodies and exoskeletons found in nearly every terrestrial and freshwater habitat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
ⓘ
parasitic flatworm group ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| adaptedFor |
life on vertebrate hosts
ⓘ
life within vertebrate hosts ⓘ |
| bodyPlan | acoelomate ⓘ |
| bodySymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
neodermis
ⓘ
parasitic lifestyle ⓘ syncytial tegument ⓘ |
| commonName | neodermatans ⓘ |
| contains |
flukes
ⓘ
monogenean ectoparasites ⓘ tapeworms ⓘ |
| digestiveSystem | often reduced or absent in cestodes ⓘ |
| diseaseAssociation |
cestodiases
ⓘ
trematodiases ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | free-living flatworms ⓘ |
| ectoparasiticGroups | many Monogenea ⓘ |
| endoparasiticGroups |
all Cestoda
ⓘ
most Trematoda ⓘ |
| evolutionaryInnovation | development of neodermis ⓘ |
| feedingMode | absorption through tegument ⓘ |
| hasLarvalEpidermis | replaced by neodermis at metamorphosis ⓘ |
| hostInteraction |
attachment to host tissues
ⓘ
nutrient absorption from host ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Cestoda
ⓘ
Monogenea ⓘ Trematoda ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | often complex with multiple hosts ⓘ |
| lifestyle | obligate parasites ⓘ |
| medicalRelevance | includes many human parasites ⓘ |
| nervousSystem | ladder-like nervous system ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Platyhelminthes ⓘ |
| phylum | Platyhelminthes ⓘ |
| reproduction | often hermaphroditic ⓘ |
| subphylum | Neodermata ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subphylum ⓘ |
| tegumentType | neodermis replacing larval epidermis ⓘ |
| tissueOrganization | triploblastic ⓘ |
| typicalHosts |
amphibians
ⓘ
birds ⓘ fish ⓘ mammals ⓘ reptiles ⓘ vertebrates ⓘ |
| veterinaryRelevance | includes many livestock parasites ⓘ |
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: Neodermata Description of subject: Neodermata is a major parasitic clade of flatworms that includes flukes and tapeworms characterized by a specialized neodermis adapted for life on or within vertebrate hosts.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.