Belidae
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Belidae is a family of primitive weevils within the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts and association with specific host plants.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Belidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6667750 — 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: Belidae Context triple: [Curculionoidea, contains, Belidae]
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A.
Sebastidae
Sebastidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as rockfishes, many of which are long-lived, bottom-dwelling species important in commercial and recreational fisheries.
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B.
Cebidae
Cebidae is a family of New World monkeys that includes capuchins and squirrel monkeys, known for their intelligence and arboreal lifestyles in Central and South American forests.
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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.
Doradidae
Doradidae is a family of South American freshwater catfishes commonly known as thorny or talking catfishes, noted for their bony armor and ability to produce sounds.
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E.
Andrenidae
Andrenidae is a large family of solitary, ground-nesting bees commonly known as mining bees, many of which are important early-spring pollinators.
- 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: Belidae Target entity description: Belidae is a family of primitive weevils within the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts and association with specific host plants.
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A.
Sebastidae
Sebastidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as rockfishes, many of which are long-lived, bottom-dwelling species important in commercial and recreational fisheries.
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B.
Cebidae
Cebidae is a family of New World monkeys that includes capuchins and squirrel monkeys, known for their intelligence and arboreal lifestyles in Central and South American forests.
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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.
Doradidae
Doradidae is a family of South American freshwater catfishes commonly known as thorny or talking catfishes, noted for their bony armor and ability to produce sounds.
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E.
Andrenidae
Andrenidae is a large family of solitary, ground-nesting bees commonly known as mining bees, many of which are important early-spring pollinators.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | insect family ⓘ |
| adultFeedingHabit | on host plant tissues ⓘ |
| associatedWith | specific host plants ⓘ |
| belongsToSuborder | Polyphaga ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| commonName |
belid weevils
ⓘ
primitive weevils ⓘ |
| conservationRelevance | some species may be locally restricted to specific host plants ⓘ |
| containsSubfamily |
Aglycyderinae
ⓘ
Belinae ⓘ Oxycoryninae ⓘ |
| diagnosedBy | combination of straight antennae and primitive weevil characters ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide but most diverse in Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
herbivore
ⓘ
plant stem borer ⓘ |
| fossilRecord | known from Mesozoic fossils ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
elongated snout
ⓘ
larvae typically stem or wood borers ⓘ often slender body form ⓘ straight antennae without distinct elbow ⓘ |
| hasType | holometabolous insects ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Curculionomorpha ⓘ |
| hostPlantAssociation |
often associated with Araucariaceae in some lineages
ⓘ
often associated with other woody plants ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| larvalHabitat |
cones or reproductive structures of host plants
ⓘ
stems of host plants ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | complete metamorphosis ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
elytra usually completely covering abdomen
ⓘ
rostrum usually well developed ⓘ tarsi appearing 4-segmented (pseudotetramerous) ⓘ |
| notableDiversityRegion |
Australia
ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| order | Coleoptera ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | one of the more basal lineages of Curculionoidea ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Curculionidae
ⓘ
Nemonychidae ⓘ |
| reproduction | eggs laid in plant tissue ⓘ |
| studiedFor | evolution of weevils ⓘ |
| studiedIn | systematic entomology ⓘ |
| superfamily | Curculionoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
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: Belidae Description of subject: Belidae is a family of primitive weevils within the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts and association with specific host plants.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.