Spirurida
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Spirurida is an order of parasitic roundworms (nematodes) that includes many species infecting humans and animals, often transmitted by arthropod vectors.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spirurida canonical | 4 |
| Habronematidae | 1 |
| Spiruridae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3930292 — 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: Spirurida Context triple: [Wuchereria bancrofti, order, Spirurida]
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A.
Nematoda
Nematoda is a diverse phylum of elongated, unsegmented roundworms found in nearly every habitat on Earth, many of which are important parasites of plants, animals, and humans.
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B.
Ascarididae
Ascarididae is a family of large parasitic roundworms that commonly infect the intestines of humans and other animals.
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C.
Acanthocephala
Acanthocephala is a phylum of parasitic worms, commonly known as thorny-headed worms, characterized by a spiny proboscis used to attach to the intestines of their hosts.
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D.
Rhabditidae
Rhabditidae is a family of small, often free-living or parasitic nematode worms that includes the widely studied model organism Caenorhabditis elegans.
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E.
Cinclidae
Cinclidae is a small family of aquatic songbirds known as dippers, which are adapted to foraging in fast-flowing streams and rivers.
- 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: Spirurida Target entity description: Spirurida is an order of parasitic roundworms (nematodes) that includes many species infecting humans and animals, often transmitted by arthropod vectors.
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A.
Nematoda
Nematoda is a diverse phylum of elongated, unsegmented roundworms found in nearly every habitat on Earth, many of which are important parasites of plants, animals, and humans.
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B.
Ascarididae
Ascarididae is a family of large parasitic roundworms that commonly infect the intestines of humans and other animals.
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C.
Acanthocephala
Acanthocephala is a phylum of parasitic worms, commonly known as thorny-headed worms, characterized by a spiny proboscis used to attach to the intestines of their hosts.
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D.
Rhabditidae
Rhabditidae is a family of small, often free-living or parasitic nematode worms that includes the widely studied model organism Caenorhabditis elegans.
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E.
Cinclidae
Cinclidae is a small family of aquatic songbirds known as dippers, which are adapted to foraging in fast-flowing streams and rivers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
order of nematodes
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| causesDisease |
dracunculiasis
ⓘ
heartworm disease in dogs ⓘ loiasis ⓘ lymphatic filariasis ⓘ ocular thelaziasis ⓘ onchocerciasis ⓘ |
| class | Secernentea ⓘ |
| hasDevelopmentStage |
adult stage in definitive host
ⓘ
larval stage in intermediate host ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImpact |
public health importance
ⓘ
veterinary importance ⓘ |
| hasLifeCycleType | indirect life cycle ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
elongate cylindrical body
ⓘ
separate sexes (dioecious) ⓘ |
| includesFamily |
Acuariidae
ⓘ
Dracunculidae ⓘ Onchocercidae ⓘ
surface form:
Filariidae
Gnathostomatidae ⓘ Spirurida self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Habronematidae
Onchocercidae ⓘ Physalopteridae ⓘ Rictulariidae ⓘ Spirurida self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Spiruridae
Tetrameridae ⓘ Thelaziidae ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Brugia malayi
ⓘ
Dirofilaria ⓘ
surface form:
Dirofilaria immitis
Dracunculus medinensis ⓘ Gnathostoma spinigerum ⓘ Loa loa ⓘ Onchocerca volvulus ⓘ Thelazia callipaeda ⓘ Wuchereria bancrofti ⓘ |
| isA | parasitic roundworm order ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| parasiticOn |
birds
ⓘ
fish ⓘ humans ⓘ mammals ⓘ reptiles ⓘ |
| phylum | Nematoda ⓘ |
| subclass | Spiruria ⓘ |
| taxonRank | order ⓘ |
| transmittedBy |
arthropods
ⓘ
insects ⓘ ticks ⓘ |
| typicalHabitatInHost |
cardiovascular system
ⓘ
lymphatic system ⓘ ocular tissues ⓘ subcutaneous tissue ⓘ |
| typicalTransmissionRoute |
arthropod bite
ⓘ
ingestion of infected intermediate host ⓘ |
| vectorType | biological vector ⓘ |
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: Spirurida Description of subject: Spirurida is an order of parasitic roundworms (nematodes) that includes many species infecting humans and animals, often transmitted by arthropod vectors.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Spiruridae
this entity surface form:
Habronematidae