Atlantic salmon
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The Atlantic salmon is a migratory fish species native to the North Atlantic Ocean and its connected rivers, renowned for its long-distance spawning runs and importance in both ecology and fisheries.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atlantic salmon canonical | 55 |
| Salmo salar | 4 |
| Atlantic salmon (stocked) | 1 |
| Mowi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T882280 — 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: Atlantic salmon Context triple: [River Tweed, hasFishSpecies, Atlantic salmon]
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A.
Chinook salmon
Chinook salmon is a large, anadromous Pacific salmon species prized for its ecological importance, commercial value, and rich, flavorful flesh.
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B.
Atlantic herring
The Atlantic herring is a small, schooling, silver-colored marine fish found in vast shoals across the North Atlantic, where it plays a key ecological and commercial role as a major forage and food species.
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C.
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is a commercially important North Atlantic marine fish species known for its white, flaky flesh and historical significance in global fisheries.
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D.
Gadus aeglefinus
Gadus aeglefinus is the haddock, a North Atlantic marine fish widely used in traditional smoked and fried dishes.
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E.
Brook trout
The brook trout is a small, colorful freshwater fish native to eastern North America, prized by anglers and often found in cold, clear streams and lakes.
- 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: Atlantic salmon Target entity description: The Atlantic salmon is a migratory fish species native to the North Atlantic Ocean and its connected rivers, renowned for its long-distance spawning runs and importance in both ecology and fisheries.
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A.
Chinook salmon
Chinook salmon is a large, anadromous Pacific salmon species prized for its ecological importance, commercial value, and rich, flavorful flesh.
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B.
Atlantic herring
The Atlantic herring is a small, schooling, silver-colored marine fish found in vast shoals across the North Atlantic, where it plays a key ecological and commercial role as a major forage and food species.
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C.
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is a commercially important North Atlantic marine fish species known for its white, flaky flesh and historical significance in global fisheries.
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D.
Gadus aeglefinus
Gadus aeglefinus is the haddock, a North Atlantic marine fish widely used in traditional smoked and fried dishes.
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E.
Brook trout
The brook trout is a small, colorful freshwater fish native to eastern North America, prized by anglers and often found in cold, clear streams and lakes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Salmo salar
ⓘ
anadromous fish ⓘ fish species ⓘ ray-finned fish ⓘ |
| adultHabitat | marine waters of the North Atlantic ⓘ |
| aquacultureRegion |
Canada
ⓘ
Chile ⓘ Faroe Islands ⓘ Norway ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| bodyShape | streamlined and fusiform ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | Atlantic salmon ⓘ |
| commonTotalLength | about 70 to 76 centimeters ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | important in North Atlantic coastal cultures ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ small fish ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
commercial fishery species
ⓘ
major aquaculture species ⓘ recreational sport fish ⓘ |
| family | Salmonidae ⓘ |
| genus | Salmo ⓘ |
| juvenileHabitat | freshwater streams ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeStage |
adult
ⓘ
alevin ⓘ egg ⓘ fry ⓘ parr ⓘ smolt ⓘ |
| maximumTotalLength | about 150 centimeters ⓘ |
| maximumWeight | over 30 kilograms ⓘ |
| migrationDistance | long-distance spawning runs from ocean to natal rivers ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | anadromous migration between ocean and freshwater rivers ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Europe
ⓘ
North America ⓘ North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic Ocean
connected rivers of the North Atlantic basin ⓘ |
| order | Salmoniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductiveBehavior | spawns in gravel nests called redds ⓘ |
| scientificName |
Salmo salar
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic salmon
|
| spawningHabitat | freshwater rivers ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
climate change
ⓘ
disease and parasites from aquaculture ⓘ habitat degradation ⓘ overfishing ⓘ pollution ⓘ river damming ⓘ |
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: Atlantic salmon Description of subject: The Atlantic salmon is a migratory fish species native to the North Atlantic Ocean and its connected rivers, renowned for its long-distance spawning runs and importance in both ecology and fisheries.
Referenced by (61)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Atlantic salmon
linked to: Atlantic salmon
subject linked to:
River Avon
linked to: Atlantic salmon
linked to: Atlantic salmon
subject linked to:
Edwards Dam (removed)
linked to: Atlantic salmon