Sordaria
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Sordaria is a genus of filamentous ascomycete fungi commonly used as a model organism in genetics and developmental biology due to its easily observable spore formation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sordaria canonical | 1 |
| Sordaria fimicola | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6216851 — 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: Sordaria Context triple: [Sordariales, includesGenus, Sordaria]
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A.
Neurospora crassa
Neurospora crassa is a filamentous red bread mold fungus widely used as a model organism in genetics and molecular biology.
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B.
Trichosphaeria
Trichosphaeria is a genus of ascomycete fungi known for its saprobic species that decompose plant material, particularly wood and bark.
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C.
Sordariales
Sordariales is an order of filamentous ascomycete fungi known for producing perithecial fruiting bodies and inhabiting diverse terrestrial environments, often as decomposers or plant-associated species.
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D.
Boehmeriopsis
Boehmeriopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for its herbaceous species.
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E.
Scopulariopsis
Scopulariopsis is a genus of filamentous fungi known for its saprophytic lifestyle and occasional role as an opportunistic human pathogen.
- 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: Sordaria Target entity description: Sordaria is a genus of filamentous ascomycete fungi commonly used as a model organism in genetics and developmental biology due to its easily observable spore formation.
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A.
Neurospora crassa
Neurospora crassa is a filamentous red bread mold fungus widely used as a model organism in genetics and molecular biology.
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B.
Trichosphaeria
Trichosphaeria is a genus of ascomycete fungi known for its saprobic species that decompose plant material, particularly wood and bark.
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C.
Sordariales
Sordariales is an order of filamentous ascomycete fungi known for producing perithecial fruiting bodies and inhabiting diverse terrestrial environments, often as decomposers or plant-associated species.
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D.
Boehmeriopsis
Boehmeriopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for its herbaceous species.
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E.
Scopulariopsis
Scopulariopsis is a genus of filamentous fungi known for its saprophytic lifestyle and occasional role as an opportunistic human pathogen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ascomycete fungus
ⓘ
filamentous fungus ⓘ genus ⓘ |
| ascocarpType | perithecial ascocarp ⓘ |
| cellOrganization | eukaryotic ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | chitin ⓘ |
| class | Sordariomycetes ⓘ |
| division | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| ecologicalRole | decomposer ⓘ |
| family |
Sordariaceae
ⓘ
linked to:
Sordariales
|
| geneticFeature |
linear arrangement of ascospores
ⓘ
ordered tetrads ⓘ |
| genomeOrganization | linear chromosomes ⓘ |
| growthForm | filamentous mycelium ⓘ |
| habitat |
decaying plant material
ⓘ
herbivore dung ⓘ |
| hyphalType | septate hyphae ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| lifeCycleStage |
diploid zygote nucleus
ⓘ
haploid mycelium ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Sordaria fimicola
ⓘ
linked to:
Sordaria
|
| nutritionType | saprotrophic ⓘ |
| order | Sordariales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| peritheciaLocation | on substrate surface ⓘ |
| phylum | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| reproduction |
asexual reproduction
ⓘ
sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | perithecium ⓘ |
| researchApplication |
analysis of gene conversion
ⓘ
study of fungal development ⓘ |
| sporeArrangement | eight ascospores per ascus ⓘ |
| sporeColorTrait | used as genetic marker ⓘ |
| sporeDischarge | forcible ⓘ |
| sporeType | ascospore ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | mesophilic ⓘ |
| usedAs | model organism ⓘ |
| usedInField |
developmental biology
ⓘ
evolutionary biology ⓘ genetics ⓘ mycology ⓘ |
| usedToStudy |
crossing over
ⓘ
gene mapping ⓘ meiotic recombination ⓘ segregation of alleles ⓘ |
| usedToTeach | introductory genetics laboratories ⓘ |
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: Sordaria Description of subject: Sordaria is a genus of filamentous ascomycete fungi commonly used as a model organism in genetics and developmental biology due to its easily observable spore formation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sordaria