Taenia
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Taenia is a genus of parasitic tapeworms that infect the intestines of humans and other animals, some species of which can cause serious diseases such as taeniasis and cysticercosis.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taenia canonical | 1 |
| Taenia hydatigena | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5516397 — 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: Taenia Context triple: [Taenia solium, genus, Taenia]
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A.
Taenia saginata
Taenia saginata is the beef tapeworm, a parasitic flatworm that infects humans through consumption of undercooked beef and can cause intestinal taeniasis.
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B.
Taeniidae
Taeniidae is a family of parasitic tapeworms that infect the intestines of mammals, including humans, often causing significant medical and veterinary diseases.
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C.
Taenia solium
Taenia solium is a parasitic tapeworm of humans and pigs that can cause taeniasis and cysticercosis, including serious neurological disease.
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D.
Cestoda
Cestoda is a class of parasitic flatworms commonly known as tapeworms, which live in the intestines of vertebrate hosts and absorb nutrients through their body surface.
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E.
Necator
Necator is a genus of parasitic hookworms that infect the small intestines of humans and other mammals, commonly causing anemia and other health issues.
- 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: Taenia Target entity description: Taenia is a genus of parasitic tapeworms that infect the intestines of humans and other animals, some species of which can cause serious diseases such as taeniasis and cysticercosis.
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A.
Taenia saginata
Taenia saginata is the beef tapeworm, a parasitic flatworm that infects humans through consumption of undercooked beef and can cause intestinal taeniasis.
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B.
Taeniidae
Taeniidae is a family of parasitic tapeworms that infect the intestines of mammals, including humans, often causing significant medical and veterinary diseases.
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C.
Taenia solium
Taenia solium is a parasitic tapeworm of humans and pigs that can cause taeniasis and cysticercosis, including serious neurological disease.
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D.
Cestoda
Cestoda is a class of parasitic flatworms commonly known as tapeworms, which live in the intestines of vertebrate hosts and absorb nutrients through their body surface.
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E.
Necator
Necator is a genus of parasitic hookworms that infect the small intestines of humans and other mammals, commonly causing anemia and other health issues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
parasitic tapeworm genus ⓘ |
| attachmentStructure |
hooks
ⓘ
suckers ⓘ |
| bodyPart |
proglottids
ⓘ
scolex ⓘ |
| bodyPlan | segmented ⓘ |
| causesDisease |
cysticercosis
ⓘ
taeniasis ⓘ |
| class | Cestoda ⓘ |
| family | Taeniidae ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| habitat | intestinal lumen of vertebrates ⓘ |
| higherPrevalenceRegions |
areas with poor sanitation
ⓘ
regions where raw or undercooked meat is consumed ⓘ |
| hostType |
definitive hosts are carnivores and omnivores
ⓘ
intermediate hosts are herbivores and omnivores ⓘ |
| infectsOrgan |
intestine
ⓘ
small intestine ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeCycleStage |
adult tapeworm
ⓘ
cysticercus ⓘ egg ⓘ oncosphere ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Taenia asiatica
ⓘ
Taenia hydatigena ⓘ
linked to:
Taenia
Taenia multiceps ⓘ Taenia pisiformis ⓘ Taenia saginata ⓘ Taenia solium ⓘ |
| nutritionMode | absorbs nutrients through tegument ⓘ |
| order | Cyclophyllidea ⓘ |
| parasiticOn |
cattle
ⓘ
dogs ⓘ humans ⓘ other mammals ⓘ pigs ⓘ sheep ⓘ |
| phylum | Platyhelminthes ⓘ |
| preventionMethod |
improved sanitation
ⓘ
meat inspection ⓘ proper cooking of meat ⓘ |
| publicHealthRelevance | important cause of foodborne parasitic infections ⓘ |
| reproduction | hermaphroditic ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute |
fecal–oral route
ⓘ
ingestion of undercooked meat ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganism |
helminth
ⓘ
tapeworm ⓘ |
| zoonotic | true ⓘ |
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: Taenia Description of subject: Taenia is a genus of parasitic tapeworms that infect the intestines of humans and other animals, some species of which can cause serious diseases such as taeniasis and cysticercosis.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Taenia