Eubalaena
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Eubalaena is a genus of large baleen whales commonly known as right whales, found in temperate and subpolar oceans.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eubalaena canonical | 3 |
| Eubalaena glacialis | 2 |
| Balaena | 1 |
| Eubalaena japonica | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2717985 — 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: Eubalaena Context triple: [Balaenidae, includes, Eubalaena]
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A.
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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B.
Weddell seal
The Weddell seal is a large, deep-diving Antarctic seal species known for living year-round on sea ice and for its remarkable ability to vocalize underwater.
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C.
Beluga
The Beluga is a large, bulbous-headed cargo aircraft developed by Airbus, known for transporting oversized aerospace components.
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D.
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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E.
northern elephant seal
The northern elephant seal is a massive marine mammal of the eastern Pacific known for its extreme sexual dimorphism, deep-diving ability, and large breeding colonies on coastal islands and beaches.
- 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: Eubalaena Target entity description: Eubalaena is a genus of large baleen whales commonly known as right whales, found in temperate and subpolar oceans.
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A.
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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B.
Weddell seal
The Weddell seal is a large, deep-diving Antarctic seal species known for living year-round on sea ice and for its remarkable ability to vocalize underwater.
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C.
Beluga
The Beluga is a large, bulbous-headed cargo aircraft developed by Airbus, known for transporting oversized aerospace components.
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D.
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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E.
northern elephant seal
The northern elephant seal is a massive marine mammal of the eastern Pacific known for its extreme sexual dimorphism, deep-diving ability, and large breeding colonies on coastal islands and beaches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup |
baleen whales
ⓘ
marine mammals ⓘ |
| bodySize | large ⓘ |
| breathingOrgan | lungs ⓘ |
| characteristic |
arched upper jaw
ⓘ
callosities on head ⓘ lack of dorsal fin ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | right whales ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | threatened genus ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Eubalaena australis
ⓘ
Eubalaena glacialis ⓘ Eubalaena japonica ⓘ
linked to:
Eubalaena
|
| diet |
copepods
ⓘ
zooplankton ⓘ |
| distribution |
North Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean ⓘ |
| family | Balaenidae ⓘ |
| feedingType | filter feeder ⓘ |
| habitat |
subpolar oceans
ⓘ
temperate oceans ⓘ |
| hasBlowholes | two ⓘ |
| hasFeedingApparatus | baleen plates ⓘ |
| hasSkeleton | true ⓘ |
| hasSymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| historicalThreat | commercial whaling ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeEnvironment | marine ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| namedBy | John Edward Gray ⓘ |
| order | Cetacea ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Balaenidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | air-breathing ⓘ |
| suborder | Mysticeti ⓘ |
| superfamily | Mysticeti ⓘ |
| taxonAuthor | John Edward Gray ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| threat |
entanglement in fishing gear
ⓘ
ship strikes ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Eubalaena glacialis
ⓘ
linked to:
Eubalaena
|
| warmBlooded | true ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1864 ⓘ |
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: Eubalaena Description of subject: Eubalaena is a genus of large baleen whales commonly known as right whales, found in temperate and subpolar oceans.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Eubalaena
linked to: Eubalaena
linked to: Eubalaena
linked to: Eubalaena