Cubozoa
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Cubozoa is a class of cnidarians commonly known as box jellyfish, characterized by their cube-shaped bells and potent venom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cubozoa canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T745053 — 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: Cubozoa Context triple: [Cnidaria, includesClass, Cubozoa]
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A.
Scyphozoa
Scyphozoa is a class of predominantly marine jellyfish known for their conspicuous medusa stage and gelatinous, bell-shaped bodies.
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B.
Hydrozoa
Hydrozoa is a diverse class of mostly marine cnidarians that includes hydras, many colonial and medusa-forming species, and some bioluminescent organisms.
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C.
Cnidaria
Cnidaria is a phylum of mostly marine animals, including jellyfish, corals, sea anemones, and hydras, characterized by radial symmetry and specialized stinging cells called cnidocytes.
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D.
Anthozoa
Anthozoa is a class of marine invertebrates within the phylum Cnidaria that includes corals, sea anemones, and related polyp-only forms.
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E.
Thaliacea
Thaliacea is a class of free-floating, barrel-shaped marine tunicates that form part of the plankton and often live in colonies.
- 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: Cubozoa Target entity description: Cubozoa is a class of cnidarians commonly known as box jellyfish, characterized by their cube-shaped bells and potent venom.
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A.
Scyphozoa
Scyphozoa is a class of predominantly marine jellyfish known for their conspicuous medusa stage and gelatinous, bell-shaped bodies.
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B.
Hydrozoa
Hydrozoa is a diverse class of mostly marine cnidarians that includes hydras, many colonial and medusa-forming species, and some bioluminescent organisms.
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C.
Cnidaria
Cnidaria is a phylum of mostly marine animals, including jellyfish, corals, sea anemones, and hydras, characterized by radial symmetry and specialized stinging cells called cnidocytes.
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D.
Anthozoa
Anthozoa is a class of marine invertebrates within the phylum Cnidaria that includes corals, sea anemones, and related polyp-only forms.
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E.
Thaliacea
Thaliacea is a class of free-floating, barrel-shaped marine tunicates that form part of the plankton and often live in colonies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
class
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| canCause |
cardiovascular collapse in humans
ⓘ
death in humans ⓘ severe pain in humans ⓘ |
| commonName | box jellyfish ⓘ |
| containsOrder |
Carybdeida
ⓘ
Chirodropida ⓘ Chirodropida ⓘ
surface form:
Chirodropida sensu lato
|
| distribution |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Indo-Pacific Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| feedingType | carnivorous ⓘ |
| firstDescribedAsTaxon | 19th century ⓘ |
| habitat |
marine
ⓘ
subtropical seas ⓘ tropical seas ⓘ |
| hasBodySymmetry | radial symmetry ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
active hunters
ⓘ
complex eyes ⓘ cube-shaped bell ⓘ four-sided umbrella ⓘ potent venom ⓘ strong swimmers ⓘ |
| hasCnidocytes | nematocysts ⓘ |
| hasLifeStage |
medusa
ⓘ
polyp ⓘ |
| hasNervousSystem | more developed than most other cnidarians ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Carukia barnesi
ⓘ
Chironex fleckeri ⓘ |
| hasOrgan |
lens-bearing eyes
ⓘ
rhopalia ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | jet propulsion ⓘ |
| phylum | Cnidaria ⓘ |
| preysOn |
crustaceans
ⓘ
small fish ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | modern taxonomy ⓘ |
| reproductionType |
asexual reproduction
ⓘ
sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| scientificNameAuthorship | Ernst Haeckel ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Medusozoa ⓘ |
| taxonRank | class ⓘ |
| venomEffect |
cardiotoxic
ⓘ
dermatonecrotic ⓘ neurotoxic ⓘ |
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: Cubozoa Description of subject: Cubozoa is a class of cnidarians commonly known as box jellyfish, characterized by their cube-shaped bells and potent venom.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.