Piranga rubra
E212248
Piranga rubra, commonly known as the summer tanager, is a bright red North American songbird noted for its bee- and wasp-hunting habits and melodic song.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Piranga rubra canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1908496 — 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: Piranga rubra Context triple: [Thraupidae, includes, Piranga rubra]
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A.
Rusa unicolor
Rusa unicolor, commonly known as the sambar deer, is a large, dark-coated deer native to the Indian subcontinent, southern China, and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Osphranter rufus
Osphranter rufus is the red kangaroo, the largest living marsupial native to Australia’s arid and semi-arid regions.
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C.
Rusa timorensis
Rusa timorensis, commonly known as the Javan rusa or Timor deer, is a medium-sized deer species native to Indonesia and nearby regions, recognized for its coarse brown coat and three-tined antlers in males.
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D.
Leipoa ocellata
Leipoa ocellata, commonly known as the malleefowl, is a ground-dwelling Australian bird famous for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decomposing vegetation.
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E.
Haemorhous mexicanus
Haemorhous mexicanus, commonly known as the house finch, is a small North American songbird recognized for the males’ reddish plumage and its adaptability to urban and suburban environments.
- 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: Piranga rubra Target entity description: Piranga rubra, commonly known as the summer tanager, is a bright red North American songbird noted for its bee- and wasp-hunting habits and melodic song.
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A.
Rusa unicolor
Rusa unicolor, commonly known as the sambar deer, is a large, dark-coated deer native to the Indian subcontinent, southern China, and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Osphranter rufus
Osphranter rufus is the red kangaroo, the largest living marsupial native to Australia’s arid and semi-arid regions.
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C.
Rusa timorensis
Rusa timorensis, commonly known as the Javan rusa or Timor deer, is a medium-sized deer species native to Indonesia and nearby regions, recognized for its coarse brown coat and three-tined antlers in males.
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D.
Leipoa ocellata
Leipoa ocellata, commonly known as the malleefowl, is a ground-dwelling Australian bird famous for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decomposing vegetation.
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E.
Haemorhous mexicanus
Haemorhous mexicanus, commonly known as the house finch, is a small North American songbird recognized for the males’ reddish plumage and its adaptability to urban and suburban environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
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songbird ⓘ tanagers ⓘ |
| bodyLength | about 17 cm ⓘ |
| breedingRange |
northern Mexico
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Mexico
southeastern United States ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
southern United States ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
south‑central United States ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 3–5 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
summer redbird
ⓘ
summer tanager ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet |
bees
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fruits ⓘ insects ⓘ other arthropods ⓘ wasps ⓘ |
| eggColor | pale blue or greenish with speckles ⓘ |
| family | Cardinalidae ⓘ |
| femalePlumage | yellowish to olive‑yellow ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior |
gleaning insects from foliage
ⓘ
hawking flying insects ⓘ |
| genus | Piranga ⓘ |
| habitat |
forest edges
ⓘ
open woodlands ⓘ pine‑oak forests ⓘ riparian woodlands ⓘ |
| iucnStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| malePlumage | bright red ⓘ |
| migrationSeason |
fall
ⓘ
spring ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | long‑distance migrant ⓘ |
| nativeRange | North America ⓘ |
| nestLocation | tree branches ⓘ |
| nestType | cup nest ⓘ |
| notableBehavior | specialized bee and wasp hunting ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| primaryThreats |
habitat loss
ⓘ
pesticide use affecting insect prey ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | present ⓘ |
| songType | melodic song ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| vocalization | series of rich, whistled phrases ⓘ |
| wingspan | about 28 cm ⓘ |
| winteringRange |
Central America
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northern South America ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
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: Piranga rubra Description of subject: Piranga rubra, commonly known as the summer tanager, is a bright red North American songbird noted for its bee- and wasp-hunting habits and melodic song.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.