Lasius niger
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Lasius niger is a common European black garden ant species known for forming large colonies and nesting in soil, lawns, and under stones.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lasius niger canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T692217 — 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: Lasius niger Context triple: [Formicidae, containsSpecies, Lasius niger]
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A.
Formica rufa
Formica rufa is a common European red wood ant species known for building large mound nests and playing a key role in forest ecosystems.
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B.
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Camponotus pennsylvanicus is a common North American carpenter ant species known for nesting in wood and often inhabiting human structures.
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C.
Solenopsis invicta
Solenopsis invicta, commonly known as the red imported fire ant, is an aggressive, invasive ant species notorious for its painful sting and significant ecological and agricultural impacts.
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D.
Formicinae
Formicinae is a large and diverse subfamily of ants known for their ability to spray formic acid as a defense mechanism.
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E.
Atta cephalotes
Atta cephalotes is a species of leafcutter ant known for its complex social organization and large underground fungus-farming colonies in the Neotropics.
- 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: Lasius niger Target entity description: Lasius niger is a common European black garden ant species known for forming large colonies and nesting in soil, lawns, and under stones.
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A.
Formica rufa
Formica rufa is a common European red wood ant species known for building large mound nests and playing a key role in forest ecosystems.
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B.
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Camponotus pennsylvanicus is a common North American carpenter ant species known for nesting in wood and often inhabiting human structures.
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C.
Solenopsis invicta
Solenopsis invicta, commonly known as the red imported fire ant, is an aggressive, invasive ant species notorious for its painful sting and significant ecological and agricultural impacts.
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D.
Formicinae
Formicinae is a large and diverse subfamily of ants known for their ability to spray formic acid as a defense mechanism.
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E.
Atta cephalotes
Atta cephalotes is a species of leafcutter ant known for its complex social organization and large underground fungus-farming colonies in the Neotropics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ant species
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eusocial organism ⓘ insect ⓘ |
| behavior |
forms trails to food sources
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tends aphids for honeydew ⓘ |
| binomialName | Lasius niger ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| colonySize | up to several tens of thousands of workers ⓘ |
| commonName |
black garden ant
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common black ant ⓘ |
| communication | pheromones ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet |
honeydew from aphids
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small insects ⓘ sugary substances ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
predator of small arthropods
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soil aeration ⓘ |
| family | Formicidae ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior | surface foraging ⓘ |
| foragingTime | primarily daytime ⓘ |
| genus | Lasius ⓘ |
| habitat |
gardens
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lawns ⓘ soil ⓘ under stones ⓘ |
| introducedTo | North America ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| matingSystem | monogynous colonies are common ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Europe ⓘ |
| nestLocation |
in cracks in walls
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under pavements ⓘ |
| nestType | soil nest ⓘ |
| nuptialFlightSeason | summer ⓘ |
| nuptialFlightTrigger | warm humid weather ⓘ |
| order | Hymenoptera ⓘ |
| overwintering | colony becomes dormant in winter ⓘ |
| pestStatus | common household nuisance species in Europe ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| queenColor | dark brown to black ⓘ |
| queenLength | 7–9 mm ⓘ |
| queenLongevity | up to about 15 years or more in captivity ⓘ |
| reproduction | nuptial flight ⓘ |
| socialStructure | colony-forming ⓘ |
| subfamily | Formicinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| workerColor | dark brown to black ⓘ |
| workerLength | 3–5 mm ⓘ |
| workerLongevity | up to a few years ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
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: Lasius niger Description of subject: Lasius niger is a common European black garden ant species known for forming large colonies and nesting in soil, lawns, and under stones.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.