Mandibulata
E435161
Mandibulata is a major arthropod clade characterized by the presence of mandibles, encompassing groups such as myriapods, crustaceans, and hexapods.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mandibulata canonical | 2 |
| Mandibulata sensu lato | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4387987 — 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: Mandibulata Context triple: [Myriapoda, belongsToClade, Mandibulata]
-
A.
Maxillopoda
Maxillopoda is a diverse class of mostly small crustaceans that includes barnacles, copepods, and related groups found in marine and freshwater environments.
-
B.
Ecdysozoa
Ecdysozoa is a major animal clade of molting invertebrates that includes arthropods, nematodes, and several related phyla.
-
C.
Gnathostomata
Gnathostomata is a major clade of jawed vertebrates that includes most living fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
-
D.
Chelicerata
Chelicerata is a major subphylum of arthropods that includes spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, and horseshoe crabs, characterized by having chelicerae (mouthparts) instead of mandibles.
-
E.
Tylopoda
Tylopoda is a suborder of even-toed ungulates that includes camels and their close relatives, characterized by distinctive foot structures adapted for walking on soft or sandy terrain.
- 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: Mandibulata Target entity description: Mandibulata is a major arthropod clade characterized by the presence of mandibles, encompassing groups such as myriapods, crustaceans, and hexapods.
-
A.
Maxillopoda
Maxillopoda is a diverse class of mostly small crustaceans that includes barnacles, copepods, and related groups found in marine and freshwater environments.
-
B.
Ecdysozoa
Ecdysozoa is a major animal clade of molting invertebrates that includes arthropods, nematodes, and several related phyla.
-
C.
Gnathostomata
Gnathostomata is a major clade of jawed vertebrates that includes most living fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
-
D.
Chelicerata
Chelicerata is a major subphylum of arthropods that includes spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, and horseshoe crabs, characterized by having chelicerae (mouthparts) instead of mandibles.
-
E.
Tylopoda
Tylopoda is a suborder of even-toed ungulates that includes camels and their close relatives, characterized by distinctive foot structures adapted for walking on soft or sandy terrain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arthropod clade
ⓘ
clade ⓘ |
| characterizedBy | presence of mandibles ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Chelicerata
ⓘ
Trilobitomorpha ⓘ
linked to:
Trilobites
|
| firstAppearance | Paleozoic era (at least) ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
antennae usually present
ⓘ
chitinous exoskeleton ⓘ compound eyes common ⓘ head with mandibles ⓘ jointed appendages ⓘ open circulatory system ⓘ segmented body ⓘ ventral nerve cord ⓘ |
| hasFeedingStructure | mandibles for biting or chewing ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Branchiopoda
ⓘ
Cephalocarida ⓘ Chilopoda ⓘ Collembola ⓘ Copepoda ⓘ Crustacea ⓘ Diplopoda ⓘ Diplura ⓘ Hexapoda ⓘ Insecta ⓘ Malacostraca ⓘ Maxillopoda ⓘ Myriapoda ⓘ Ostracoda ⓘ Pauropoda ⓘ Protura ⓘ Remipedia ⓘ Symphyla ⓘ |
| hasSynonym |
Mandibulata sensu lato
ⓘ
linked to:
Mandibulata
|
| includes |
freshwater arthropods
ⓘ
marine arthropods ⓘ terrestrial arthropods ⓘ |
| includesClade |
Atelocerata (historical concept)
ⓘ
Pancrustacea ⓘ |
| isSubsetOf |
Bilateria
ⓘ
Ecdysozoa ⓘ Eumetazoa ⓘ Protostomia ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| superclassOf |
Myriapoda
ⓘ
Pancrustacea ⓘ
linked to:
Panarthropoda
|
| supportedBy |
molecular phylogenetic evidence
ⓘ
morphological evidence ⓘ |
| taxonAuthor |
Pierre André Latreille (concept historically associated)
ⓘ
linked to:
Pierre André Latreille
|
| taxonRank | subphylum-level clade ⓘ |
| usedIn | arthropod phylogeny ⓘ |
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: Mandibulata Description of subject: Mandibulata is a major arthropod clade characterized by the presence of mandibles, encompassing groups such as myriapods, crustaceans, and hexapods.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mandibulata