Molidae
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Molidae is a family of large, laterally flattened ocean sunfishes known for their distinctive truncated bodies and massive size.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Molidae canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2361362 — 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: Molidae Context triple: [Tetraodontiformes, notableFamily, Molidae]
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A.
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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B.
Muraenesocidae
Muraenesocidae is a family of elongated, predatory marine eels commonly known as pike congers, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
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C.
Scomberesocidae
Scomberesocidae is a family of marine fishes commonly known as sauries, characterized by their elongated bodies and beak-like jaws, found in temperate and tropical oceans.
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D.
Liparidae
Liparidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as snailfishes, characterized by their soft, gelatinous bodies and adaptation to deep-sea and cold-water environments.
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E.
Scophthalmidae
Scophthalmidae is a family of flatfishes that includes species such as turbots and brill, known for their laterally compressed bodies and benthic marine habitats.
- 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: Molidae Target entity description: Molidae is a family of large, laterally flattened ocean sunfishes known for their distinctive truncated bodies and massive size.
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A.
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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B.
Muraenesocidae
Muraenesocidae is a family of elongated, predatory marine eels commonly known as pike congers, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
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C.
Scomberesocidae
Scomberesocidae is a family of marine fishes commonly known as sauries, characterized by their elongated bodies and beak-like jaws, found in temperate and tropical oceans.
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D.
Liparidae
Liparidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as snailfishes, characterized by their soft, gelatinous bodies and adaptation to deep-sea and cold-water environments.
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E.
Scophthalmidae
Scophthalmidae is a family of flatfishes that includes species such as turbots and brill, known for their laterally compressed bodies and benthic marine habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| behavior | often basking near surface ⓘ |
| bodyCharacteristic |
clavus instead of typical caudal fin
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truncated body ⓘ very short tail region ⓘ |
| bodyShape |
deep-bodied
ⓘ
laterally flattened ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
molas
ⓘ
ocean sunfishes ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | vulnerable to bycatch in fisheries ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Masturus
ⓘ
Mola ⓘ Ranzania ⓘ |
| describedAs | large marine fishes ⓘ |
| diet |
ctenophores
ⓘ
jellyfish ⓘ small fish ⓘ zooplankton ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide in temperate and tropical oceans ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | predators of gelatinous zooplankton ⓘ |
| finType | dorsal and anal fins used for propulsion ⓘ |
| habitat |
marine
ⓘ
open ocean ⓘ temperate seas ⓘ tropical seas ⓘ |
| hasCommonRepresentative | Mola mola ⓘ |
| infraclass | Teleostei ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
heaviest bony fishes
ⓘ
massive size ⓘ |
| order | Tetraodontiformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Tetraodontiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| sizeCharacteristic | includes some of the largest extant teleosts ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| skinCharacteristic | thick rough skin ⓘ |
| subclass | Neopterygii ⓘ |
| swimmingStyle | oscillation of dorsal and anal fins ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Mola ⓘ |
| vertebrateGroup | ray-finned fishes ⓘ |
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: Molidae Description of subject: Molidae is a family of large, laterally flattened ocean sunfishes known for their distinctive truncated bodies and massive size.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.