New Zealand sea lion
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The New Zealand sea lion is one of the world’s rarest and most threatened sea lion species, endemic to New Zealand’s subantarctic and southern coastal waters.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Zealand sea lion canonical | 13 |
| New Zealand sea lions | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1466592 — 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: New Zealand sea lion Context triple: [Stewart Island / Rakiura, hasImportantSpecies, New Zealand sea lion]
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A.
New Zealand fur seal
The New Zealand fur seal is a marine mammal native to New Zealand and southern Australia, known for its thick fur, agile swimming, and colonies along rugged coastal and subantarctic shores.
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B.
Antarctic fur seal
The Antarctic fur seal is a marine mammal of the Southern Ocean known for its dense fur, large breeding colonies, and recovery from historic overhunting.
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C.
Steller sea lion
The Steller sea lion is a large, cold-water marine mammal of the North Pacific known for its massive size, thick neck, and loud, roaring vocalizations.
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D.
Eubalaena australis
Eubalaena australis is the southern right whale, a large baleen whale species found in the Southern Hemisphere known for its robust body, callosities on its head, and slow, coastal migratory behavior.
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E.
Guadalupe fur seals
Guadalupe fur seals are a rare, medium-sized eared seal species native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean, known for their dense fur and recovery from near-extinction due to historic overhunting.
- 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: New Zealand sea lion Target entity description: The New Zealand sea lion is one of the world’s rarest and most threatened sea lion species, endemic to New Zealand’s subantarctic and southern coastal waters.
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A.
New Zealand fur seal
The New Zealand fur seal is a marine mammal native to New Zealand and southern Australia, known for its thick fur, agile swimming, and colonies along rugged coastal and subantarctic shores.
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B.
Antarctic fur seal
The Antarctic fur seal is a marine mammal of the Southern Ocean known for its dense fur, large breeding colonies, and recovery from historic overhunting.
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C.
Steller sea lion
The Steller sea lion is a large, cold-water marine mammal of the North Pacific known for its massive size, thick neck, and loud, roaring vocalizations.
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D.
Eubalaena australis
Eubalaena australis is the southern right whale, a large baleen whale species found in the Southern Hemisphere known for its robust body, callosities on its head, and slow, coastal migratory behavior.
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E.
Guadalupe fur seals
Guadalupe fur seals are a rare, medium-sized eared seal species native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean, known for their dense fur and recovery from near-extinction due to historic overhunting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
endangered species
ⓘ
mammal ⓘ marine mammal ⓘ pinniped ⓘ sea lion ⓘ |
| breedingSeason | austral summer ⓘ |
| breedsOn |
Auckland Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
New Zealand subantarctic islands
Campbell Island ⓘ Otago Peninsula ⓘ Stewart Island ⓘ
linked to:
Stewart Island / Rakiura
|
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor |
adult females light grey to cream
ⓘ
adult males dark brown to black ⓘ |
| commonName |
Hooker’s sea lion
ⓘ
New Zealand sea lion ⓘ |
| conservationMeasure | New Zealand sea lion/rāpoka Threat Management Plan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | taonga species for Māori ⓘ |
| diet |
benthic invertebrates
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fish ⓘ octopus ⓘ squid ⓘ |
| endemicTo | New Zealand ⓘ |
| family | Otariidae ⓘ |
| femaleLength | around 1.8 to 2.0 metres ⓘ |
| femaleWeight | around 100 to 160 kilograms ⓘ |
| foundIn |
southern coastal waters of New Zealand
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subantarctic waters of New Zealand ⓘ |
| genus | Phocarctos ⓘ |
| iucnStatus | Endangered ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespan | up to about 23 years in the wild ⓘ |
| mainThreat |
disease outbreaks
ⓘ
fisheries bycatch ⓘ food limitation ⓘ habitat disturbance ⓘ |
| maleLength | up to about 3.3 metres ⓘ |
| maleWeight | up to about 400 kilograms ⓘ |
| nativeName |
rāpoka
ⓘ
whakahao ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| protectedBy | New Zealand Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978 ⓘ |
| reproduction | gives birth to a single pup per breeding season ⓘ |
| scientificName |
Phocarctos hookeri
ⓘ
linked to:
Phocarctos
|
| sexualDimorphism | males significantly larger than females ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threatStatus | nationally critical in New Zealand ⓘ |
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: New Zealand sea lion Description of subject: The New Zealand sea lion is one of the world’s rarest and most threatened sea lion species, endemic to New Zealand’s subantarctic and southern coastal waters.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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