Caenorhabditis tropicalis
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Caenorhabditis tropicalis is a species of free-living nematode used as a model organism in genetics and developmental biology, closely related to the well-studied Caenorhabditis elegans.
All labels observed (1)
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| Caenorhabditis tropicalis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16318432 — 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: Caenorhabditis tropicalis Context triple: [Caenorhabditis, hasSpecies, Caenorhabditis tropicalis]
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A.
Caenorhabditis remanei
Caenorhabditis remanei is a free-living, sexually reproducing nematode widely used as a model organism in evolutionary and developmental biology.
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B.
Caenorhabditis japonica
Caenorhabditis japonica is a species of free-living nematode in the genus Caenorhabditis, studied as a model organism in evolutionary and developmental biology.
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C.
Caenorhabditis briggsae
Caenorhabditis briggsae is a free-living nematode widely used as a model organism in genetics and developmental biology, closely related to the better-known Caenorhabditis elegans.
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D.
Caenorhabditis brenneri
Caenorhabditis brenneri is a free-living nematode species closely related to the model organism C. elegans and used in studies of evolution, genetics, and development.
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E.
Caenorhabditis
Caenorhabditis is a genus of small, free-living nematode worms widely used as model organisms in biological and genetic research.
- 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: Caenorhabditis tropicalis Target entity description: Caenorhabditis tropicalis is a species of free-living nematode used as a model organism in genetics and developmental biology, closely related to the well-studied Caenorhabditis elegans.
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A.
Caenorhabditis remanei
Caenorhabditis remanei is a free-living, sexually reproducing nematode widely used as a model organism in evolutionary and developmental biology.
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B.
Caenorhabditis japonica
Caenorhabditis japonica is a species of free-living nematode in the genus Caenorhabditis, studied as a model organism in evolutionary and developmental biology.
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C.
Caenorhabditis briggsae
Caenorhabditis briggsae is a free-living nematode widely used as a model organism in genetics and developmental biology, closely related to the better-known Caenorhabditis elegans.
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D.
Caenorhabditis brenneri
Caenorhabditis brenneri is a free-living nematode species closely related to the model organism C. elegans and used in studies of evolution, genetics, and development.
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E.
Caenorhabditis
Caenorhabditis is a genus of small, free-living nematode worms widely used as model organisms in biological and genetic research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.