Oceanitidae
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Oceanitidae is a family of small seabirds known as southern storm petrels, typically found over open oceans in the Southern Hemisphere.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oceanitidae canonical | 11 |
| Oceaniidae | 1 |
| Oceanites oceanicus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1584395 — 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: Oceanitidae Context triple: [Aves, hasSubgroup, Oceanitidae]
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A.
Sagittariidae
Sagittariidae is a small bird family best known for the secretarybird, a distinctive long-legged raptor native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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B.
Gadidae
Gadidae is a family of marine fish that includes commercially important species such as cod, haddock, and pollock, commonly found in cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
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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.
Mytilinidiales
Mytilinidiales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with plant material and wood.
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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: Oceanitidae Target entity description: Oceanitidae is a family of small seabirds known as southern storm petrels, typically found over open oceans in the Southern Hemisphere.
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A.
Sagittariidae
Sagittariidae is a small bird family best known for the secretarybird, a distinctive long-legged raptor native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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B.
Gadidae
Gadidae is a family of marine fish that includes commercially important species such as cod, haddock, and pollock, commonly found in cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
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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.
Mytilinidiales
Mytilinidiales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with plant material and wood.
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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 |
bird family
ⓘ
family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal at breeding colonies ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | tubenoses ⓘ |
| billType | tubular nostrils ⓘ |
| bodyMassRange | approximately 20–60 grams ⓘ |
| clade |
Aequornithes
ⓘ
Neoaves ⓘ Neognathae ⓘ Procellariimorphae ⓘ
linked to:
Procellariiformes
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| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | southern storm petrels ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Fregetta
ⓘ
Garrodia ⓘ Nesofregetta ⓘ Oceanites ⓘ Pelagodroma ⓘ |
| diet |
cephalopods
ⓘ
planktonic crustaceans ⓘ small fish ⓘ |
| distribution |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
South Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
South Atlantic
South Pacific Ocean ⓘ Southern Hemisphere ⓘ Southern Ocean ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | marine insectivore and planktivore ⓘ |
| eggClutchSize | one egg ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy |
pattering on water surface
ⓘ
surface feeding ⓘ |
| habitat |
open ocean
ⓘ
pelagic waters ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | pelagic ⓘ |
| nestingSite |
burrows
ⓘ
cliffs ⓘ islands ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Fregetta tropica
ⓘ
Oceanites oceanicus ⓘ
linked to:
Oceanitidae
Pelagodroma marina ⓘ
linked to:
Pelagodroma
|
| order | Procellariiformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Procellariiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | colonial breeder ⓘ |
| size | small seabirds ⓘ |
| subclass | Neornithes ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| threats |
bycatch in fisheries
ⓘ
introduced predators at breeding sites ⓘ light pollution near colonies ⓘ |
| wingMorphology | long narrow wings ⓘ |
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: Oceanitidae Description of subject: Oceanitidae is a family of small seabirds known as southern storm petrels, typically found over open oceans in the Southern Hemisphere.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Oceanitidae
linked to: Oceanitidae