Meloidogynidae
E396238
Meloidogynidae is a family of plant-parasitic root-knot nematodes known for causing significant damage to a wide range of agricultural crops worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meloidogynidae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3872186 — 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: Meloidogynidae Context triple: [Meloidogyne incognita, family, Meloidogynidae]
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A.
Plectrogeniidae
Plectrogeniidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes within the order Scorpaeniformes, known for their bottom-dwelling habits and spiny, often well-camouflaged bodies.
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B.
Moronidae
Moronidae is a family of temperate bass fishes that includes several popular game and food species found in freshwater and coastal marine environments.
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C.
Bembridae
Bembridae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as deepwater flatheads, found on continental shelf and slope bottoms in the Indo-Pacific region.
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D.
Sebastidae
Sebastidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as rockfishes, many of which are long-lived, bottom-dwelling species important in commercial and recreational fisheries.
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E.
Fundulidae
Fundulidae is a family of small ray-finned fishes commonly known as topminnows and killifishes, found primarily in freshwater and coastal habitats of North and Central America.
- 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: Meloidogynidae Target entity description: Meloidogynidae is a family of plant-parasitic root-knot nematodes known for causing significant damage to a wide range of agricultural crops worldwide.
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A.
Plectrogeniidae
Plectrogeniidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes within the order Scorpaeniformes, known for their bottom-dwelling habits and spiny, often well-camouflaged bodies.
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B.
Moronidae
Moronidae is a family of temperate bass fishes that includes several popular game and food species found in freshwater and coastal marine environments.
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C.
Bembridae
Bembridae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as deepwater flatheads, found on continental shelf and slope bottoms in the Indo-Pacific region.
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D.
Sebastidae
Sebastidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as rockfishes, many of which are long-lived, bottom-dwelling species important in commercial and recreational fisheries.
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E.
Fundulidae
Fundulidae is a family of small ray-finned fishes commonly known as topminnows and killifishes, found primarily in freshwater and coastal habitats of North and Central America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nematode family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| causes |
reduced crop yield
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root galls ⓘ root knots ⓘ stunting of plants ⓘ wilting of plants ⓘ |
| class | Secernentea ⓘ |
| commonName | root-knot nematodes ⓘ |
| controlMethod |
biological control agents
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crop rotation ⓘ nematicides ⓘ resistant cultivars ⓘ |
| damageType |
disruption of root function
ⓘ
reduced nutrient uptake ⓘ reduced water uptake ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| economicImpact | major agricultural pest group worldwide ⓘ |
| feedingSite | plant roots ⓘ |
| hostRange | broad host range ⓘ |
| impact | threat to global food security ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Meloidogyne
ⓘ
Par Meloidogyne ⓘ |
| infectiveStage | second-stage juvenile ⓘ |
| interactionType | plant–parasite interaction ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeStage |
adult female
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adult male ⓘ egg ⓘ juvenile ⓘ |
| lifestyle | obligate plant parasite ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
induction of giant cells in roots
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sedentary endoparasitic females ⓘ |
| order | Tylenchida ⓘ |
| parasiticOn |
agricultural crops
ⓘ
plants ⓘ |
| pathogenicTo |
field crops
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fruit crops ⓘ ornamental plants ⓘ vegetable crops ⓘ |
| phylum | Nematoda ⓘ |
| reproductionMode |
parthenogenesis
ⓘ
sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
plant nematology
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plant pathology ⓘ |
| suborder | Tylenchina ⓘ |
| superfamily |
Ecdysozoa
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surface form:
Tylenchoidea
|
| taxonomicRank | family ⓘ |
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: Meloidogynidae Description of subject: Meloidogynidae is a family of plant-parasitic root-knot nematodes known for causing significant damage to a wide range of agricultural crops worldwide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.