Odontoceti
E147978
Odontoceti is the parvorder of toothed whales, including dolphins and porpoises, characterized by echolocation and teeth instead of baleen.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Odontoceti canonical | 26 |
| Delphinidae | 2 |
| Toothed whale | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1287465 — 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: Odontoceti Context triple: [baiji, parvorder, Odontoceti]
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A.
Cetacea
Cetacea is an order of fully aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises, characterized by streamlined bodies, flippers, and adaptations for life in marine environments.
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B.
Balaenidae
Balaenidae is a family of large baleen whales that includes the right whales, characterized by massive heads, arched jaws, and the absence of a dorsal fin.
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C.
Thaliacea
Thaliacea is a class of free-floating, barrel-shaped marine tunicates that form part of the plankton and often live in colonies.
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D.
Atlantic white-sided dolphin
The Atlantic white-sided dolphin is a small, agile marine mammal found in the cold temperate waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, known for its striking black, white, and yellowish coloration and highly social behavior.
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E.
Beloniformes
Beloniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes needlefish, flying fish, and their relatives, many of which are adapted for surface-dwelling and gliding above water.
- 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: Odontoceti Target entity description: Odontoceti is the parvorder of toothed whales, including dolphins and porpoises, characterized by echolocation and teeth instead of baleen.
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A.
Cetacea
Cetacea is an order of fully aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises, characterized by streamlined bodies, flippers, and adaptations for life in marine environments.
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B.
Balaenidae
Balaenidae is a family of large baleen whales that includes the right whales, characterized by massive heads, arched jaws, and the absence of a dorsal fin.
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C.
Thaliacea
Thaliacea is a class of free-floating, barrel-shaped marine tunicates that form part of the plankton and often live in colonies.
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D.
Atlantic white-sided dolphin
The Atlantic white-sided dolphin is a small, agile marine mammal found in the cold temperate waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, known for its striking black, white, and yellowish coloration and highly social behavior.
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E.
Beloniformes
Beloniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes needlefish, flying fish, and their relatives, many of which are adapted for surface-dwelling and gliding above water.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
parvorder
ⓘ
toothed whale ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| communicationMethod | acoustic signals ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater rivers
ⓘ
marine environment ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
absence of baleen
ⓘ
asymmetrical skull ⓘ blubber layer ⓘ complex social behavior ⓘ echolocation ⓘ high intelligence ⓘ lactation ⓘ live birth ⓘ single blowhole ⓘ streamlined body ⓘ teeth ⓘ |
| includes |
beaked whales
ⓘ
dolphins ⓘ porpoises ⓘ river dolphins ⓘ sperm whales ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Delphinidae
ⓘ
linked to:
Odontoceti
Iniidae ⓘ Kogiidae ⓘ Lipotidae ⓘ Monodontidae ⓘ Phocoenidae ⓘ Physeteridae ⓘ Platanistidae ⓘ Pontoporiidae ⓘ Ziphiidae ⓘ |
| infraclass | Eutheria ⓘ |
| isPartOf | marine food webs ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| movementType | swimming ⓘ |
| order |
Cetartiodactyla
ⓘ
linked to:
Artiodactyla
|
| parentTaxon |
Cetacea
ⓘ
Neoceti ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductionType | viviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | lungs ⓘ |
| subclass | Theria ⓘ |
| subdivisionRanks | family ⓘ |
| taxonRank | parvorder ⓘ |
| typicalPrey |
crustaceans
ⓘ
fish ⓘ squid ⓘ |
| uses |
biosonar
ⓘ
echolocation clicks ⓘ |
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: Odontoceti Description of subject: Odontoceti is the parvorder of toothed whales, including dolphins and porpoises, characterized by echolocation and teeth instead of baleen.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Odontoceti
subject linked to:
Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica)
linked to: Odontoceti