American lobster
E122663
The American lobster is a large, commercially important marine crustacean native to the cold waters of the northwest Atlantic Ocean, prized for its meat and central to New England fisheries and cuisine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American lobster canonical | 5 |
| Atlantic lobster | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1024640 — 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: American lobster Context triple: [Gulf of Maine, supportsSpecies, American lobster]
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A.
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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B.
Atlantic salmon
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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C.
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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D.
Laks
Laks are an indigenous ethnic group of Dagestan in the North Caucasus, known for their Northeast Caucasian Lak language and distinct cultural traditions.
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E.
Gadus aeglefinus
Gadus aeglefinus is the haddock, a North Atlantic marine fish widely used in traditional smoked and fried dishes.
- 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: American lobster Target entity description: The American lobster is a large, commercially important marine crustacean native to the cold waters of the northwest Atlantic Ocean, prized for its meat and central to New England fisheries and cuisine.
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A.
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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B.
Atlantic salmon
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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C.
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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D.
Laks
Laks are an indigenous ethnic group of Dagestan in the North Caucasus, known for their Northeast Caucasian Lak language and distinct cultural traditions.
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E.
Gadus aeglefinus
Gadus aeglefinus is the haddock, a North Atlantic marine fish widely used in traditional smoked and fried dishes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (77)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marine invertebrate
ⓘ
species of crustacean ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| averageCommercialSize | about 0.7–1.4 kilograms ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Homarus americanus
ⓘ
linked to:
Homarus
|
| bodyColor | dark bluish green to greenish brown ⓘ |
| bodyLength | up to about 64 centimeters ⓘ |
| bodyMass | over 20 kilograms in exceptional individuals ⓘ |
| class | Malacostraca ⓘ |
| commercialUse |
human food
ⓘ
seafood ⓘ |
| commonName |
American lobster
ⓘ
Maine lobster ⓘ Northern lobster ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | icon of New England cuisine ⓘ |
| describedBy | Otto Friedrich Müller ⓘ |
| development | larval planktonic stages ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
crustaceans
ⓘ
dead organic matter ⓘ echinoderms ⓘ mollusks ⓘ worms ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
central to New England fisheries
ⓘ
major commercial fishery species ⓘ |
| escapeBehavior | tail-flip swimming ⓘ |
| family | Nephropidae ⓘ |
| fertilization | internal fertilization ⓘ |
| fisheryMethod |
lobster pots
ⓘ
lobster traps ⓘ |
| fisheryRegion |
Canadian Atlantic coast
ⓘ
United States Atlantic coast ⓘ
linked to:
East Coast of the United States
|
| foundIn |
Canadian Maritimes coastal waters
ⓘ
Gulf of Maine ⓘ Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf of St. Lawrence
New England coastal waters ⓘ |
| genus | Homarus ⓘ |
| growthPattern | indeterminate growth ⓘ |
| habitat |
cold marine waters
ⓘ
continental shelf ⓘ rocky substrates ⓘ |
| hasBodyPart |
abdomen
ⓘ
antennae ⓘ cephalothorax ⓘ compound eyes ⓘ crusher claw ⓘ five pairs of walking legs ⓘ pincer claw ⓘ two large claws ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespan | several decades ⓘ |
| locomotion | walking on seafloor ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
ⓘ
NOAA Fisheries ⓘ
linked to:
National Marine Fisheries Service
|
| maximumDepth | about 480 meters ⓘ |
| moltProcess | periodic shedding of exoskeleton ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Northwest Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
coastal waters of North America ⓘ western North Atlantic ⓘ |
| order | Decapoda ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| rareColorMorph |
albino
ⓘ
blue ⓘ orange ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| relatedTo | European lobster ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| scientificDescriptionYear | 1775 ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | differences in swimmerets and tail shape ⓘ |
| subphylum | Crustacea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
climate change
ⓘ
ocean acidification ⓘ ocean warming ⓘ overfishing in localized areas ⓘ |
| typicalDepthRange | 4–50 meters ⓘ |
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: American lobster Description of subject: The American lobster is a large, commercially important marine crustacean native to the cold waters of the northwest Atlantic Ocean, prized for its meat and central to New England fisheries and cuisine.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: American lobster