Fornicata clade
E728816
The Fornicata clade is a group of flagellated, often anaerobic protists within the Excavata supergroup, including organisms like Giardia that typically lack classical mitochondria and inhabit animal intestines or low-oxygen environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fornicata clade canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8357335 — 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: Fornicata clade Context triple: [Excavata, includesTaxon, Fornicata clade]
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A.
Falcocladiales
Falcocladiales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising filamentous species often associated with plant material and soil.
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B.
Cladistia
Cladistia is a primitive group of ray-finned fishes that includes bichirs and reedfish, characterized by lobed fins and ganoid scales.
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C.
Togniniales
Togniniales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with plant material and wood.
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D.
Eurotiales
Eurotiales is an order of filamentous ascomycete fungi that includes many important molds, such as Penicillium and Aspergillus, known for roles in antibiotic production, food fermentation, and spoilage.
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E.
Leptanilloides
Leptanilloides is a genus of small, subterranean, army ant–like ants known for their cryptic lifestyle in leaf litter and soil, primarily in Neotropical 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: Fornicata clade Target entity description: The Fornicata clade is a group of flagellated, often anaerobic protists within the Excavata supergroup, including organisms like Giardia that typically lack classical mitochondria and inhabit animal intestines or low-oxygen environments.
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A.
Falcocladiales
Falcocladiales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising filamentous species often associated with plant material and soil.
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B.
Cladistia
Cladistia is a primitive group of ray-finned fishes that includes bichirs and reedfish, characterized by lobed fins and ganoid scales.
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C.
Togniniales
Togniniales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with plant material and wood.
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D.
Eurotiales
Eurotiales is an order of filamentous ascomycete fungi that includes many important molds, such as Penicillium and Aspergillus, known for roles in antibiotic production, food fermentation, and spoilage.
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E.
Leptanilloides
Leptanilloides is a genus of small, subterranean, army ant–like ants known for their cryptic lifestyle in leaf litter and soil, primarily in Neotropical regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
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group of protists ⓘ |
| associatedWithDisease | giardiasis ⓘ |
| cellStructure |
flagella for motility
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two nuclei in many diplomonads ⓘ ventral adhesive disc in some members ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
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| ecologicalRole |
commensals of animals
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intestinal parasites ⓘ intestinal symbionts ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeClassification | Metamonada (in some systems) ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
asexual reproduction is common
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flagellated ⓘ lack classical mitochondria ⓘ microaerophilic ⓘ often anaerobic ⓘ possess mitochondrion-related organelles ⓘ reduced energy metabolism ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Carpediemonas-like organisms
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Diplomonadida NERFINISHED ⓘ Giardia ⓘ Giardiida NERFINISHED ⓘ Retortamonadida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesPathogen |
Giardia duodenalis
NERFINISHED
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Giardia intestinalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Giardia lamblia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Excavata supergroup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Protista NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metabolism |
anaerobic energy metabolism
ⓘ
fermentative pathways ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Giardia
ⓘ
Hexamita NERFINISHED ⓘ Spironucleus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organelleFeature |
absence of typical cristae-bearing mitochondria
ⓘ
mitosomes in Giardia ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Excavata ⓘ |
| reproduction | binary fission ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
evolution of mitochondria
ⓘ
origin of anaerobic eukaryotes ⓘ |
| supergroup | Excavata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | clade ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
anaerobic environments
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animal intestines ⓘ freshwater habitats ⓘ intestinal tract of vertebrates ⓘ low-oxygen environments ⓘ |
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: Fornicata clade Description of subject: The Fornicata clade is a group of flagellated, often anaerobic protists within the Excavata supergroup, including organisms like Giardia that typically lack classical mitochondria and inhabit animal intestines or low-oxygen environments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.