Ancylostomatidae
E429167
Ancylostomatidae is a family of parasitic hookworms that infect the intestines of mammals, including humans, often causing anemia and other gastrointestinal diseases.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ancylostomatidae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4306625 — 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: Ancylostomatidae Context triple: [Ancylostoma duodenale, family, Ancylostomatidae]
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A.
Spirurida
Spirurida is an order of parasitic roundworms (nematodes) that includes many species infecting humans and animals, often transmitted by arthropod vectors.
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B.
Ascarididae
Ascarididae is a family of large parasitic roundworms that commonly infect the intestines of humans and other animals.
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C.
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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D.
Oxyuridae
Oxyuridae is a family of parasitic nematode worms commonly known as pinworms, which infect the intestines of various vertebrate hosts including humans.
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E.
Eugnathostomata
Eugnathostomata is a major clade of jawed vertebrates that includes most living fishes and all tetrapods, characterized by more advanced jaw and skeletal features than other gnathostomes.
- 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: Ancylostomatidae Target entity description: Ancylostomatidae is a family of parasitic hookworms that infect the intestines of mammals, including humans, often causing anemia and other gastrointestinal diseases.
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A.
Spirurida
Spirurida is an order of parasitic roundworms (nematodes) that includes many species infecting humans and animals, often transmitted by arthropod vectors.
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B.
Ascarididae
Ascarididae is a family of large parasitic roundworms that commonly infect the intestines of humans and other animals.
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C.
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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D.
Oxyuridae
Oxyuridae is a family of parasitic nematode worms commonly known as pinworms, which infect the intestines of various vertebrate hosts including humans.
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E.
Eugnathostomata
Eugnathostomata is a major clade of jawed vertebrates that includes most living fishes and all tetrapods, characterized by more advanced jaw and skeletal features than other gnathostomes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nematode family
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| associatedCondition | soil-transmitted helminthiasis ⓘ |
| causesDisease |
anemia
ⓘ
hookworm disease ⓘ |
| causesSymptom |
abdominal pain
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diarrhea ⓘ growth retardation in children ⓘ iron-deficiency anemia ⓘ malnutrition ⓘ |
| class | Secernentea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName | hookworms ⓘ |
| controlMethod |
improved sanitation
ⓘ
wearing shoes ⓘ |
| diagnosisMethod | stool microscopy for eggs ⓘ |
| eggExcretion | feces of infected host ⓘ |
| feedingType | blood-feeding parasite ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
temperate regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| habitat | small intestine of host ⓘ |
| host |
cats
ⓘ
dogs ⓘ humans ⓘ |
| infectsOrgan | intestine ⓘ |
| infectsSystem | gastrointestinal tract ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeCycleStage |
adult worm
ⓘ
egg ⓘ larva ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Ancylostoma
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Necator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Ancylostoma duodenale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Necator americanus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Strongylida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parasiticOn |
humans
ⓘ
mammals ⓘ |
| pathogenicMechanism |
blood loss from intestinal mucosa
ⓘ
damage to intestinal mucosa ⓘ |
| phylum | Nematoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute |
contact with contaminated soil
ⓘ
percutaneous penetration of skin ⓘ |
| treatment |
albendazole
ⓘ
anthelmintic drugs ⓘ mebendazole ⓘ |
| zoonoticPotential | yes ⓘ |
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: Ancylostomatidae Description of subject: Ancylostomatidae is a family of parasitic hookworms that infect the intestines of mammals, including humans, often causing anemia and other gastrointestinal diseases.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.