Myriapoda
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Myriapoda is a subphylum of many-legged arthropods that includes centipedes and millipedes, characterized by elongated segmented bodies with numerous pairs of legs.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T808327 — 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: Myriapoda Context triple: [Arthropoda, includes, Myriapoda]
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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.
Ecdysozoa
Ecdysozoa is a major animal clade of molting invertebrates that includes arthropods, nematodes, and several related phyla.
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C.
Malacostraca
Malacostraca is the largest and most diverse class of crustaceans, including crabs, lobsters, shrimp, krill, and many other familiar marine and freshwater species.
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D.
Arachnida
Arachnida is a class of joint-legged invertebrate animals that includes spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites, typically characterized by eight legs and a two-part body.
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E.
Annelida
Annelida is a phylum of segmented worms that includes earthworms, leeches, and many marine worms characterized by their ring-like body segments.
- 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: Myriapoda Target entity description: 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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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.
Ecdysozoa
Ecdysozoa is a major animal clade of molting invertebrates that includes arthropods, nematodes, and several related phyla.
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C.
Malacostraca
Malacostraca is the largest and most diverse class of crustaceans, including crabs, lobsters, shrimp, krill, and many other familiar marine and freshwater species.
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D.
Arachnida
Arachnida is a class of joint-legged invertebrate animals that includes spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites, typically characterized by eight legs and a two-part body.
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E.
Annelida
Annelida is a phylum of segmented worms that includes earthworms, leeches, and many marine worms characterized by their ring-like body segments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
subphylum
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Mandibulata ⓘ |
| bodySegmentation | metameric segmentation ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
elongated segmented body
ⓘ
numerous pairs of legs ⓘ terrestrial lifestyle ⓘ |
| circulatorySystem | open circulatory system ⓘ |
| commonName | myriapods ⓘ |
| describedBy | Pierre André Latreille ⓘ |
| development | mostly direct development ⓘ |
| diet |
detritivorous in many millipedes
ⓘ
predatory in most centipedes ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
decomposers
ⓘ
soil aeration ⓘ |
| fertilization | internal or via spermatophores ⓘ |
| foundOnContinent |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| habitat |
leaf litter
ⓘ
soil ⓘ under stones and logs ⓘ |
| hasAntennae | one pair of antennae ⓘ |
| hasBodyPlan | head and trunk ⓘ |
| hasCompoundEyes | often reduced or absent ⓘ |
| hasExoskeleton | chitinous exoskeleton ⓘ |
| hasWings | no wings ⓘ |
| includes |
centipedes
ⓘ
millipedes ⓘ pauropods ⓘ symphylans ⓘ |
| includesClass |
Chilopoda
ⓘ
Diplopoda ⓘ Pauropoda ⓘ Symphyla ⓘ
linked to:
Myriapoda
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| legAttachment | one pair of legs per trunk segment or segment diplosegments ⓘ |
| locomotion | walking on multiple legs ⓘ |
| molting | ecdysis ⓘ |
| mouthparts | mandibulate mouthparts ⓘ |
| nervousSystem | ventral nerve cord ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| respiration | tracheal system ⓘ |
| sisterGroupHypothesis |
Chelicerata in some analyses
ⓘ
linked to:
Chelicerata
Pancrustacea in some analyses ⓘ |
| symmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| taxonAuthor | Pierre André Latreille ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | subphylum ⓘ |
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: Myriapoda Description of subject: Myriapoda is a subphylum of many-legged arthropods that includes centipedes and millipedes, characterized by elongated segmented bodies with numerous pairs of legs.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Myriapoda