Cestoda
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Cestoda is a class of parasitic flatworms commonly known as tapeworms, which live in the intestines of vertebrate hosts and absorb nutrients through their body surface.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cestoda canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1272620 — 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: Cestoda Context triple: [Platyhelminthes, includesClass, Cestoda]
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A.
Platyhelminthes
Platyhelminthes is a phylum of simple, soft-bodied, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates commonly known as flatworms, which includes both free-living and parasitic species.
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B.
Nematoda
Nematoda is a diverse phylum of elongated, unsegmented roundworms found in nearly every habitat on Earth, many of which are important parasites of plants, animals, and humans.
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C.
Trichinella spiralis
Trichinella spiralis is a parasitic roundworm that causes trichinosis in humans and other mammals, typically acquired by eating undercooked meat containing its larvae.
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D.
Ancylostoma duodenale
Ancylostoma duodenale is a parasitic hookworm species that infects the human small intestine, causing iron-deficiency anemia and other gastrointestinal symptoms.
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E.
Staurozoa
Staurozoa is a class of stalked jellyfish-like cnidarians characterized by their sessile, upside-down medusa form typically attached to substrates in cold, shallow marine waters.
- 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: Cestoda Target entity description: Cestoda is a class of parasitic flatworms commonly known as tapeworms, which live in the intestines of vertebrate hosts and absorb nutrients through their body surface.
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A.
Platyhelminthes
Platyhelminthes is a phylum of simple, soft-bodied, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates commonly known as flatworms, which includes both free-living and parasitic species.
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B.
Nematoda
Nematoda is a diverse phylum of elongated, unsegmented roundworms found in nearly every habitat on Earth, many of which are important parasites of plants, animals, and humans.
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C.
Trichinella spiralis
Trichinella spiralis is a parasitic roundworm that causes trichinosis in humans and other mammals, typically acquired by eating undercooked meat containing its larvae.
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D.
Ancylostoma duodenale
Ancylostoma duodenale is a parasitic hookworm species that infects the human small intestine, causing iron-deficiency anemia and other gastrointestinal symptoms.
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E.
Staurozoa
Staurozoa is a class of stalked jellyfish-like cnidarians characterized by their sessile, upside-down medusa form typically attached to substrates in cold, shallow marine waters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
class
ⓘ
taxonomic group ⓘ |
| bodyPlan | acoelomate ⓘ |
| bodyRegion |
neck
ⓘ
scolex ⓘ strobila ⓘ |
| bodySymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| causesDiseaseIn |
domestic animals
ⓘ
humans ⓘ |
| commonName | tapeworms ⓘ |
| eggType | shelled eggs ⓘ |
| feedsOn | nutrients in host intestine ⓘ |
| hasAnus | absent ⓘ |
| hasAttachmentOrgan |
hooks
ⓘ
suckers ⓘ |
| hasBodyCovering | syncytial tegument ⓘ |
| hasBodyUnit | proglottids ⓘ |
| hasCirculatorySystem | absent ⓘ |
| hasDigestiveSystem | absent ⓘ |
| hasExcretorySystem | protonephridial flame cells ⓘ |
| hasLifeCycle | indirect life cycle ⓘ |
| hasLifeStyle | obligate parasites ⓘ |
| hasMouth | absent ⓘ |
| hasNervousSystem | ladder-like nervous system ⓘ |
| hasRespiratorySystem | absent ⓘ |
| hasTissueOrganization | triploblastic ⓘ |
| hostType | vertebrates ⓘ |
| includesNotableSpecies |
Diphyllobothrium latum
ⓘ
Echinococcus granulosus ⓘ Taenia saginata ⓘ Taenia solium ⓘ |
| includesSubclass |
Cestodaria
ⓘ
Eucestoda ⓘ |
| isA |
endoparasites
ⓘ
parasitic flatworms ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| larvalStage |
cysticercoid
ⓘ
cysticercus ⓘ hydatid cyst ⓘ oncosphere ⓘ |
| nutritionMode | absorptive ⓘ |
| phylum | Platyhelminthes ⓘ |
| reproductionMode |
asexual reproduction by strobilation
ⓘ
sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| requiresDefinitiveHost | true ⓘ |
| requiresIntermediateHost | true ⓘ |
| sexualSystem | hermaphroditic ⓘ |
| taxonRank | class ⓘ |
| tegumentFunction |
nutrient absorption
ⓘ
protection from host defenses ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute |
ingestion of eggs in contaminated food or water
ⓘ
ingestion of larval cysts in undercooked meat ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat | intestines of vertebrates ⓘ |
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: Cestoda Description of subject: Cestoda is a class of parasitic flatworms commonly known as tapeworms, which live in the intestines of vertebrate hosts and absorb nutrients through their body surface.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.