Drosophila
E461977
Drosophila is a genus of small fruit flies widely used as model organisms in genetics and developmental biology research.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Drosophila canonical | 4 |
| Drosophila genetics | 2 |
| Drosophila (плодові мушки) | 1 |
| genus Drosophila | 1 |
| genus Scaptodrosophila | 1 |
| model organism Drosophila | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4645637 — 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: Drosophila Context triple: [Drosophila melanogaster, genus, Drosophila]
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A.
Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophila melanogaster is a small fruit fly species widely used as a model organism in genetics and developmental biology research.
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B.
Drosophilidae
Drosophilidae is a large family of small flies, commonly known as fruit flies or vinegar flies, that includes many species widely used as model organisms in genetics and developmental biology.
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C.
Musca
Musca is a small southern constellation representing a fly, located near the Southern Cross in the southern sky.
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D.
FlyBase
FlyBase is a comprehensive online database of genetic and genomic information for the fruit fly Drosophila and related species.
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E.
Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans is a small, transparent roundworm widely used as a model organism in biology and genetics due to its simple anatomy, fully mapped cell lineage, and well-characterized nervous system.
- 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: Drosophila Target entity description: Drosophila is a genus of small fruit flies widely used as model organisms in genetics and developmental biology research.
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A.
Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophila melanogaster is a small fruit fly species widely used as a model organism in genetics and developmental biology research.
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B.
Drosophilidae
Drosophilidae is a large family of small flies, commonly known as fruit flies or vinegar flies, that includes many species widely used as model organisms in genetics and developmental biology.
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C.
Musca
Musca is a small southern constellation representing a fly, located near the Southern Cross in the southern sky.
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D.
FlyBase
FlyBase is a comprehensive online database of genetic and genomic information for the fruit fly Drosophila and related species.
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E.
Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans is a small, transparent roundworm widely used as a model organism in biology and genetics due to its simple anatomy, fully mapped cell lineage, and well-characterized nervous system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Drosophilinae
ⓘ
linked to:
Drosophilidae
|
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| commonName |
fruit flies
ⓘ
vinegar flies ⓘ |
| developmentType | holometabolous ⓘ |
| diet | yeast on decaying fruit ⓘ |
| family | Drosophilidae ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Johann Wilhelm Meigen ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1830 ⓘ |
| genomeSequenced | true ⓘ |
| habitat | worldwide, especially temperate regions ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
easy laboratory culture
ⓘ
high fecundity ⓘ many visible mutations ⓘ short generation time ⓘ small body size ⓘ well-annotated genome ⓘ |
| hasSexDeterminationSystem | XY sex-determination system ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeStage |
adult
ⓘ
egg ⓘ larva ⓘ pupa ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Greek word for dew-loving ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Drosophila melanogaster
ⓘ
Drosophila pseudoobscura ⓘ Drosophila simulans ⓘ Drosophila virilis ⓘ Drosophila yakuba ⓘ |
| order | Diptera ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| researchContribution |
discovery of sex-linked inheritance
ⓘ
elucidation of Hox gene function ⓘ insights into circadian rhythms ⓘ mapping of genes to chromosomes ⓘ models of neurodegenerative disease ⓘ understanding of synaptic development ⓘ |
| subphylum | Hexapoda ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Drosophila melanogaster ⓘ |
| usedAs | model organism ⓘ |
| usedIn |
behavioral genetics research
ⓘ
developmental biology research ⓘ evolutionary biology research ⓘ genetics research ⓘ neurobiology research ⓘ |
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: Drosophila Description of subject: Drosophila is a genus of small fruit flies widely used as model organisms in genetics and developmental biology research.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Drosophila
linked to: Drosophila
linked to: Drosophila
linked to: Drosophila
linked to: Drosophila