Sitophilus oryzae
E609069
Sitophilus oryzae, commonly known as the rice weevil, is a small beetle that is a major pest of stored grains worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sitophilus oryzae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6667767 — 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: Sitophilus oryzae Context triple: [Curculionoidea, exampleSpecies, Sitophilus oryzae]
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A.
Beauveria
Beauveria is a genus of entomopathogenic fungi best known for species like Beauveria bassiana, which infect and kill insects and are widely used in biological pest control.
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B.
Metarhizium
Metarhizium is a genus of entomopathogenic fungi widely used in biological control to infect and kill insect pests.
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C.
Oryzoborus torridus
Oryzoborus torridus is a species of seed-eating neotropical bird commonly known as a seedeater and classified within the tanager family.
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D.
Trichosphaeria sacchari
Trichosphaeria sacchari is a species of ascomycete fungus known as a plant pathogen, particularly associated with sugarcane.
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E.
Neurospora
Neurospora is a genus of filamentous ascomycete fungi widely used as a model organism in genetics and molecular biology, especially for studying gene regulation and biochemical pathways.
- 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: Sitophilus oryzae Target entity description: Sitophilus oryzae, commonly known as the rice weevil, is a small beetle that is a major pest of stored grains worldwide.
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A.
Beauveria
Beauveria is a genus of entomopathogenic fungi best known for species like Beauveria bassiana, which infect and kill insects and are widely used in biological pest control.
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B.
Metarhizium
Metarhizium is a genus of entomopathogenic fungi widely used in biological control to infect and kill insect pests.
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C.
Oryzoborus torridus
Oryzoborus torridus is a species of seed-eating neotropical bird commonly known as a seedeater and classified within the tanager family.
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D.
Trichosphaeria sacchari
Trichosphaeria sacchari is a species of ascomycete fungus known as a plant pathogen, particularly associated with sugarcane.
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E.
Neurospora
Neurospora is a genus of filamentous ascomycete fungi widely used as a model organism in genetics and molecular biology, especially for studying gene regulation and biochemical pathways.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
beetle
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species ⓘ stored-product pest ⓘ |
| averageAdultLength | about 2–3 mm ⓘ |
| binomialName | Sitophilus oryzae ⓘ |
| bodyColor |
dark brown
ⓘ
nearly black ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| commonName | rice weevil ⓘ |
| controlMethod |
grain fumigation
ⓘ
hermetic storage ⓘ low-temperature storage ⓘ sanitation of storage facilities ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| developmentSite | inside grain kernel ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| economicImpact | major pest of stored grains worldwide ⓘ |
| family | Curculionidae ⓘ |
| feedingType | internal grain feeder ⓘ |
| genus | Sitophilus ⓘ |
| habitat |
grain storage facilities
ⓘ
granaries ⓘ household grain stores ⓘ warehouses ⓘ |
| hasLifeStage |
adult
ⓘ
egg ⓘ larva ⓘ pupa ⓘ |
| hasMarking | four reddish or yellowish spots on elytra ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
elbowed antennae
ⓘ
elongated snout (rostrum) ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| metamorphosisType | complete metamorphosis ⓘ |
| order | Coleoptera ⓘ |
| ovipositionSite | inside individual grains ⓘ |
| pestOf |
barley
ⓘ
maize ⓘ rice ⓘ stored grain ⓘ wheat ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| primaryFoodSource |
other stored cereals
ⓘ
stored barley ⓘ stored maize ⓘ stored rice ⓘ stored wheat ⓘ |
| relatedSpecies |
Sitophilus granarius
ⓘ
Sitophilus zeamais ⓘ |
| reproductionType | oviparous ⓘ |
| superfamily | Curculionoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1763 ⓘ |
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: Sitophilus oryzae Description of subject: Sitophilus oryzae, commonly known as the rice weevil, is a small beetle that is a major pest of stored grains worldwide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.