Apoidea
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Apoidea is a large superfamily of bees and related wasps that includes many of the world’s primary pollinators.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apoidea canonical | 19 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T713197 — 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: Apoidea Context triple: [Apidae, higherClassification, Apoidea]
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A.
Vespoidea
Vespoidea is a large superfamily of wasp-like insects that includes ants, social wasps, and related species within the order Hymenoptera.
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B.
Apidae
Apidae is a large and diverse family of bees that includes honey bees, bumblebees, stingless bees, and many other important pollinators found worldwide.
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C.
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects that includes ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies, many of which are known for complex social behavior and important ecological roles such as pollination and biological control.
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D.
Vespidae
Vespidae is a large family of wasps that includes many social and solitary species such as yellowjackets, hornets, and paper wasps, known for their often complex colony structures and sometimes painful stings.
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E.
Formicidae
Formicidae is the biological family comprising all ant species, known for their complex social organization and widespread ecological impact.
- 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: Apoidea Target entity description: Apoidea is a large superfamily of bees and related wasps that includes many of the world’s primary pollinators.
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A.
Vespoidea
Vespoidea is a large superfamily of wasp-like insects that includes ants, social wasps, and related species within the order Hymenoptera.
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B.
Apidae
Apidae is a large and diverse family of bees that includes honey bees, bumblebees, stingless bees, and many other important pollinators found worldwide.
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C.
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects that includes ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies, many of which are known for complex social behavior and important ecological roles such as pollination and biological control.
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D.
Vespidae
Vespidae is a large family of wasps that includes many social and solitary species such as yellowjackets, hornets, and paper wasps, known for their often complex colony structures and sometimes painful stings.
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E.
Formicidae
Formicidae is the biological family comprising all ant species, known for their complex social organization and widespread ecological impact.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
superfamily
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| containsGroup |
cavity-nesting bees
ⓘ
cleptoparasitic bees ⓘ eusocial bees ⓘ ground-nesting bees ⓘ social bees ⓘ solitary bees ⓘ |
| describedByTaxonomy | Hymenoptera classification ⓘ |
| diet |
nectar
ⓘ
pollen ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | pollinator ⓘ |
| foundIn | terrestrial ecosystems worldwide ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
modified mouthparts for nectar feeding
ⓘ
nectar-feeding behavior ⓘ often hairy bodies ⓘ often specialized structures for pollen transport ⓘ pollen-collecting behavior ⓘ |
| importance |
critical for pollination of crops
ⓘ
critical for pollination of wild plants ⓘ |
| includes |
Andrenidae
ⓘ
Anthophila ⓘ Apidae ⓘ Colletidae ⓘ Halictidae ⓘ Megachilidae ⓘ Melittidae ⓘ apoid wasps ⓘ bees ⓘ crabronid wasps ⓘ sphecoid wasps ⓘ |
| includesManyOf | world’s primary pollinators ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| larvalFood |
nectar provisions
ⓘ
pollen provisions ⓘ |
| nestingBehavior |
burrows in soil
ⓘ
nests constructed from plant material ⓘ nests in pre-existing cavities ⓘ |
| order | Hymenoptera ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| pollenTransportStructure |
corbicula
ⓘ
scopa ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Formicoidea
ⓘ
Vespoidea ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | egg-laying in nests ⓘ |
| suborder | Apocrita ⓘ |
| taxonRank | superfamily ⓘ |
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: Apoidea Description of subject: Apoidea is a large superfamily of bees and related wasps that includes many of the world’s primary pollinators.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.