Walleye
E171141
The walleye is a popular North American freshwater game fish prized by anglers for its excellent taste and challenging sport.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walleye canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1501319 — 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: Walleye Context triple: [Minnesota, hasStateFish, Walleye]
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A.
Muskie
Muskie is a surname most notably associated with Edmund Muskie, a prominent American politician and former U.S. Secretary of State.
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B.
White bass
The white bass is a North American freshwater game fish known for its schooling behavior, strong fighting ability, and popularity among anglers in lakes and rivers.
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C.
Alewife
Alewife is a major subway station and transit hub in North Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving as the northern endpoint of Boston’s MBTA Red Line and a large park-and-ride facility.
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D.
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.
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E.
Pike
Pike is an English surname of Old English origin, often associated with people who lived near a pointed hill or carried a pike as a weapon.
- 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: Walleye Target entity description: The walleye is a popular North American freshwater game fish prized by anglers for its excellent taste and challenging sport.
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A.
Muskie
Muskie is a surname most notably associated with Edmund Muskie, a prominent American politician and former U.S. Secretary of State.
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B.
White bass
The white bass is a North American freshwater game fish known for its schooling behavior, strong fighting ability, and popularity among anglers in lakes and rivers.
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C.
Alewife
Alewife is a major subway station and transit hub in North Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving as the northern endpoint of Boston’s MBTA Red Line and a large park-and-ride facility.
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D.
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.
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E.
Pike
Pike is an English surname of Old English origin, often associated with people who lived near a pointed hill or carried a pike as a weapon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish species
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freshwater fish ⓘ game fish ⓘ |
| activityPattern | primarily nocturnal ⓘ |
| bodyColoration | olive to golden ⓘ |
| commercialUse | sold as food fish ⓘ |
| commonName |
walleye
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yellow pike ⓘ yellow walleye ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Canada
ⓘ
northern United States ⓘ
linked to:
Northern United States
|
| eyeCharacteristic | large reflective eyes ⓘ |
| family | Percidae ⓘ |
| fishingMethod |
jigging
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live bait fishing ⓘ trolling ⓘ |
| fishingPopularity | highly sought by anglers ⓘ |
| genus | Sander ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater lakes
ⓘ
freshwater rivers ⓘ |
| introducedTo | some reservoirs outside native range ⓘ |
| lifespan | up to about 20 years in the wild ⓘ |
| managedAs |
commercial fishery in some regions
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sport fishery ⓘ |
| maximumLength | about 80 centimeters ⓘ |
| maximumWeight | over 9 kilograms ⓘ |
| nativeTo | North America ⓘ |
| order | Perciformes ⓘ |
| preferredHabitat | deep, cool, clear waters ⓘ |
| preysOn |
invertebrates
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small fish ⓘ |
| regulation | subject to size and bag limits in many jurisdictions ⓘ |
| scientificName | Sander vitreus ⓘ |
| spawningHabitat | gravel or rocky substrates ⓘ |
| spawningSeason | spring ⓘ |
| stateFishOf |
Minnesota
ⓘ
Minnesota (official state fish) ⓘ South Dakota ⓘ Vermont ⓘ |
| taste | mild, white, flaky flesh ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| valuedFor |
culinary quality
ⓘ
sport fishing ⓘ |
| visionAdaptation | well adapted to low light ⓘ |
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: Walleye Description of subject: The walleye is a popular North American freshwater game fish prized by anglers for its excellent taste and challenging sport.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.