Aculeata
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Aculeata is a large clade of stinging wasps, bees, and ants characterized by a modified ovipositor used as a sting and including many familiar social and solitary Hymenoptera.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aculeata canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16150186 — 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: Aculeata Context triple: [Sapygidae, higherClassification, Aculeata]
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A.
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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B.
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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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.
Apocrita
Apocrita is a large suborder of insects within the order Hymenoptera that includes wasps, bees, and ants, characterized by a narrow waist separating the thorax and abdomen.
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E.
Apoidea
Apoidea is a large superfamily of bees and related wasps that includes many of the world’s primary 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: Aculeata Target entity description: Aculeata is a large clade of stinging wasps, bees, and ants characterized by a modified ovipositor used as a sting and including many familiar social and solitary Hymenoptera.
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A.
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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B.
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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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.
Apocrita
Apocrita is a large suborder of insects within the order Hymenoptera that includes wasps, bees, and ants, characterized by a narrow waist separating the thorax and abdomen.
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E.
Apoidea
Apoidea is a large superfamily of bees and related wasps that includes many of the world’s primary pollinators.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.