Bombyx mandarina
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Bombyx mandarina is a wild silk moth species considered the ancestral progenitor of the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bombyx mandarina canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4802577 — 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: Bombyx mandarina Context triple: [Bombyx mori, wildAncestor, Bombyx mandarina]
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A.
Bombyx mori
Bombyx mori is the domesticated silkworm species widely used in sericulture for producing commercial silk.
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B.
Bombyx
Bombyx is a genus of moths best known for including the domesticated silkworm species central to silk production.
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C.
Buhid
Buhid is a Brahmic-derived indigenous script used by the Buhid people of Mindoro in the Philippines to write the Buhid language.
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D.
Bombycidae
Bombycidae is a family of moths best known for including the domesticated silkworm moth, whose larvae produce commercial silk.
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E.
Mantis
Mantis is an empathic alien superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, known for her ability to sense and influence emotions and for her role alongside the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Avengers.
- 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: Bombyx mandarina Target entity description: Bombyx mandarina is a wild silk moth species considered the ancestral progenitor of the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori.
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A.
Bombyx mori
Bombyx mori is the domesticated silkworm species widely used in sericulture for producing commercial silk.
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B.
Bombyx
Bombyx is a genus of moths best known for including the domesticated silkworm species central to silk production.
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C.
Buhid
Buhid is a Brahmic-derived indigenous script used by the Buhid people of Mindoro in the Philippines to write the Buhid language.
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D.
Bombycidae
Bombycidae is a family of moths best known for including the domesticated silkworm moth, whose larvae produce commercial silk.
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E.
Mantis
Mantis is an empathic alien superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, known for her ability to sense and influence emotions and for her role alongside the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Avengers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
insect
ⓘ
moth ⓘ silk moth ⓘ species ⓘ |
| authority | Moore, 1872 ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Bombycinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| binomialName | Bombyx mandarina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chromosomeNumber | n=28 ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Bombyx mori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName | wild silkworm ⓘ |
| describedBy | Frederic Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1872 ⓘ |
| domain | Eukaryota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
herbivore
ⓘ
prey species ⓘ |
| family | Bombycidae ⓘ |
| feedsOn | Morus species ⓘ |
| genus | Bombyx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
mulberry forests
ⓘ
rural agricultural areas ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasSilkGlands | true ⓘ |
| hasWildPopulation | true ⓘ |
| hasWings | true ⓘ |
| isAncestralProgenitorOf | Bombyx mori ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| larvalHostPlant |
Morus alba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Morus australis NERFINISHED ⓘ Morus bombycis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lifeStage |
adult
ⓘ
egg ⓘ larva ⓘ pupa ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Lepidoptera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Bombyx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| produces | silk ⓘ |
| reproductiveType | oviparous ⓘ |
| sexuallyReproducing | true ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
evolutionary biology
ⓘ
genetics ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedIn | silkworm domestication studies ⓘ |
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: Bombyx mandarina Description of subject: Bombyx mandarina is a wild silk moth species considered the ancestral progenitor of the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.