Anthophorini
E94143
Anthophorini is a tribe of long-tongued, often fast-flying solitary bees commonly known as digger or flower bees, recognized for their robust bodies and frequent association with sandy or bare soil nesting sites.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anthophora | 1 |
| Anthophorini canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T713180 — 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: Anthophorini Context triple: [Apidae, includes, Anthophorini]
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A.
Dorylinae
Dorylinae is a subfamily of ants commonly known as army ants, characterized by their nomadic behavior and highly coordinated group foraging.
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B.
Myrmicinae
Myrmicinae is a large and diverse subfamily of ants that includes many common species such as leafcutter, harvester, and fire ants, known for their complex social behavior and varied ecological roles.
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C.
Myrmeciinae
Myrmeciinae is a subfamily of ants best known for the large, aggressive Australian “bulldog ants” or “jack jumper ants,” which have powerful stings and excellent vision.
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D.
Formicinae
Formicinae is a large and diverse subfamily of ants known for their ability to spray formic acid as a defense mechanism.
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E.
Eumeninae
Eumeninae is a large subfamily of solitary wasps, commonly known as potter or mason wasps, recognized for their mud-built nests and role as predators of caterpillars.
- 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: Anthophorini Target entity description: Anthophorini is a tribe of long-tongued, often fast-flying solitary bees commonly known as digger or flower bees, recognized for their robust bodies and frequent association with sandy or bare soil nesting sites.
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A.
Dorylinae
Dorylinae is a subfamily of ants commonly known as army ants, characterized by their nomadic behavior and highly coordinated group foraging.
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B.
Myrmicinae
Myrmicinae is a large and diverse subfamily of ants that includes many common species such as leafcutter, harvester, and fire ants, known for their complex social behavior and varied ecological roles.
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C.
Myrmeciinae
Myrmeciinae is a subfamily of ants best known for the large, aggressive Australian “bulldog ants” or “jack jumper ants,” which have powerful stings and excellent vision.
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D.
Formicinae
Formicinae is a large and diverse subfamily of ants known for their ability to spray formic acid as a defense mechanism.
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E.
Eumeninae
Eumeninae is a large subfamily of solitary wasps, commonly known as potter or mason wasps, recognized for their mud-built nests and role as predators of caterpillars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bee tribe
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | long-tongued bees ⓘ |
| bodySize | medium to large bees ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| commonName |
digger bees
ⓘ
flower bees ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide in suitable habitats ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | pollinator ⓘ |
| family | Apidae ⓘ |
| feedingHabit |
nectar-feeding
ⓘ
pollen-collecting ⓘ |
| flightPeriod | day-active ⓘ |
| habitatPreference |
open habitats
ⓘ
sandy banks and slopes ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
fast-flying
ⓘ
long-tongued ⓘ robust-bodied ⓘ solitary bees ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Anthophila
ⓘ
surface form:
Amegilla
Anthophorini self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Anthophora
Deltoptila ⓘ Elaphropoda ⓘ Habropoda ⓘ Notanthophora ⓘ Pachymelus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nestLocation | self-excavated burrows in soil ⓘ |
| order | Hymenoptera ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Apidae
ⓘ
Apinae ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | entomologists ⓘ |
| reproductiveBehavior | solitary nesting ⓘ |
| subfamily | Apinae ⓘ |
| superfamily | Apoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | tribe ⓘ |
| tongueType | long proboscis ⓘ |
| typicalNestingBehavior | ground-nesting ⓘ |
| typicalNestingSubstrate |
bare soil
ⓘ
sandy soil ⓘ |
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: Anthophorini Description of subject: Anthophorini is a tribe of long-tongued, often fast-flying solitary bees commonly known as digger or flower bees, recognized for their robust bodies and frequent association with sandy or bare soil nesting sites.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Anthophora