Preaxostyla
E728812
Preaxostyla is a group of unicellular, flagellated protists within the Excavata supergroup, characterized by distinctive cytoskeletal features and often associated with anaerobic or microaerophilic environments.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Preaxostyla canonical | 1 |
| Preaxostyla clade | 1 |
| Preaxostyla group | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8357321 — 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: Preaxostyla Context triple: [Excavata, includesTaxon, Preaxostyla]
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A.
Capnoides
Capnoides is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order Papaverales, known for delicate, often tubular flowers and typically found in temperate regions.
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B.
Stenomylus
Stenomylus is an extinct genus of small, gazelle-like camelid that lived in North America during the early Miocene.
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C.
Monilochaetes
Monilochaetes is a genus of fungi known for including plant-associated species, some of which can act as plant pathogens.
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D.
Pleistrus
Pleistrus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Helen of Troy.
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E.
Eopsaltria
Eopsaltria is a genus of Australasian robins, small insectivorous passerine birds native to Australia and nearby regions.
- 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: Preaxostyla Target entity description: Preaxostyla is a group of unicellular, flagellated protists within the Excavata supergroup, characterized by distinctive cytoskeletal features and often associated with anaerobic or microaerophilic environments.
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A.
Capnoides
Capnoides is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order Papaverales, known for delicate, often tubular flowers and typically found in temperate regions.
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B.
Stenomylus
Stenomylus is an extinct genus of small, gazelle-like camelid that lived in North America during the early Miocene.
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C.
Monilochaetes
Monilochaetes is a genus of fungi known for including plant-associated species, some of which can act as plant pathogens.
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D.
Pleistrus
Pleistrus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Helen of Troy.
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E.
Eopsaltria
Eopsaltria is a genus of Australasian robins, small insectivorous passerine birds native to Australia and nearby regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
eukaryote clade
ⓘ
protist clade ⓘ taxonomic group ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
animal hosts
ⓘ
gut environments ⓘ symbiotic relationships ⓘ |
| belongsToSupergroup | Excavata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cellularity | unicellular ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
distinctive cytoskeletal features
ⓘ
modified cytoskeleton associated with flagellar apparatus ⓘ |
| contains | unicellular flagellates ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| ecologicalRole |
participants in anaerobic decomposition
ⓘ
symbionts in animal digestive systems ⓘ |
| geneticMaterial | linear chromosomes ⓘ |
| hasCellStructure | complex cytoskeleton ⓘ |
| hasCellType | eukaryotic cell ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentPreference | low-oxygen habitats ⓘ |
| hasFlagellum | yes ⓘ |
| hasLifeForm | free-living and symbiotic species ⓘ |
| hasLocomotionMode | flagellar movement ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Oxymonadida
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Parabasalia ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | flagellated cells with specialized cytoskeletal structures ⓘ |
| hasMotility | flagellated ⓘ |
| hasOrganelle |
modified mitochondria in some members
ⓘ
nucleus ⓘ |
| hasReproduction | asexual reproduction ⓘ |
| includesOrganisms |
oxymonads
ⓘ
parabasalids ⓘ |
| isMicroscopic | yes ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Excavata supergroup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Protista NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lacks | classical mitochondria in many members ⓘ |
| metabolism | often anaerobic ⓘ |
| oftenFoundIn | intestinal tracts of animals ⓘ |
| oftenSymbioticWith | metazoans ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | anaerobic or microaerophilic ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Excavata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relevance |
important for studying adaptations to low-oxygen environments
ⓘ
important for understanding early eukaryote evolution ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
evolutionary biology
ⓘ
protistology ⓘ |
| supergroupMembership | Excavata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | clade ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
anaerobic environments
ⓘ
microaerophilic environments ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Preaxostyla Description of subject: Preaxostyla is a group of unicellular, flagellated protists within the Excavata supergroup, characterized by distinctive cytoskeletal features and often associated with anaerobic or microaerophilic environments.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Preaxostyla clade
this entity surface form:
Preaxostyla group