Heteroderidae
E400815
Heteroderidae is a family of plant-parasitic nematodes that includes several important agricultural pests, such as cyst-forming species that damage crop roots.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heteroderidae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3927167 — 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: Heteroderidae Context triple: [Heterodera glycines, family, Heteroderidae]
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A.
Heterenchelyidae
Heterenchelyidae is a family of eels within the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as mud eels, characterized by their elongated bodies and burrowing habits in soft substrates.
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B.
Rhabditidae
Rhabditidae is a family of small, often free-living or parasitic nematode worms that includes the widely studied model organism Caenorhabditis elegans.
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C.
Ascarididae
Ascarididae is a family of large parasitic roundworms that commonly infect the intestines of humans and other animals.
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D.
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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E.
Cinclidae
Cinclidae is a small family of aquatic songbirds known as dippers, which are adapted to foraging in fast-flowing streams and rivers.
- 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: Heteroderidae Target entity description: Heteroderidae is a family of plant-parasitic nematodes that includes several important agricultural pests, such as cyst-forming species that damage crop roots.
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A.
Heterenchelyidae
Heterenchelyidae is a family of eels within the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as mud eels, characterized by their elongated bodies and burrowing habits in soft substrates.
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B.
Rhabditidae
Rhabditidae is a family of small, often free-living or parasitic nematode worms that includes the widely studied model organism Caenorhabditis elegans.
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C.
Ascarididae
Ascarididae is a family of large parasitic roundworms that commonly infect the intestines of humans and other animals.
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D.
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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E.
Spirurida
Spirurida is an order of parasitic roundworms (nematodes) that includes many species infecting humans and animals, often transmitted by arthropod vectors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nematode family
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| characteristic | forms cysts on roots or in soil ⓘ |
| class | Secernentea ⓘ |
| controlMethod |
crop rotation
ⓘ
nematicides ⓘ resistant cultivars ⓘ sanitation measures ⓘ |
| diagnosticFeature |
lemon-shaped cysts in many species
ⓘ
sclerotized stylet in feeding stages ⓘ |
| dispersal |
contaminated planting material
ⓘ
soil movement ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide in crop-growing regions ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | plant parasite ⓘ |
| feedingSite | plant roots ⓘ |
| habitat | agricultural soils ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | cyst nematodes ⓘ |
| hostRange |
cereal crops
ⓘ
legumes ⓘ potato ⓘ sugar beet ⓘ various herbaceous plants ⓘ |
| impact |
agricultural pest
ⓘ
reduces crop yields ⓘ |
| includes |
Afenestrata
ⓘ
Betulodera ⓘ Punctodera ⓘ
surface form:
Cactodera
Dolichodera ⓘ Globodera ⓘ Heterodera ⓘ Meloidodera ⓘ Dolichodera ⓘ
surface form:
Paradolichodera
Punctodera ⓘ Vittatidera ⓘ |
| isA | plant-parasitic nematode family ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeStage |
adult
ⓘ
egg ⓘ juvenile ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Globodera
ⓘ
Heterodera ⓘ |
| order | Tylenchida ⓘ |
| parasiticOn | plants ⓘ |
| pathogenicEffect |
root damage
ⓘ
stunted plant growth ⓘ yield loss ⓘ |
| phylum | Nematoda ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| taxonRank | 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: Heteroderidae Description of subject: Heteroderidae is a family of plant-parasitic nematodes that includes several important agricultural pests, such as cyst-forming species that damage crop roots.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.