Alcidae
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Alcidae is a family of seabirds that includes auks, puffins, murres, and guillemots, known for their diving ability and life in cold northern oceans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alcidae canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3035801 — 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: Alcidae Context triple: [Atlantic puffin, family, Alcidae]
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A.
Laridae
Laridae is a family of seabirds that includes gulls, terns, and related species commonly found in coastal and marine environments worldwide.
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B.
Procellariidae
Procellariidae is a family of seabirds that includes petrels, shearwaters, and fulmars, known for their long-distance oceanic flight and tube-shaped nostrils.
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C.
Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocoracidae is a family of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags, characterized by their diving ability and predominantly fish-based diet.
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D.
Sulidae
Sulidae is a family of large, seabird species that includes gannets and boobies, known for their plunge-diving behavior in oceans worldwide.
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E.
Alaudidae
Alaudidae is a family of small to medium-sized passerine birds commonly known as larks, noted for their elaborate songs and often ground-dwelling habits in open 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: Alcidae Target entity description: Alcidae is a family of seabirds that includes auks, puffins, murres, and guillemots, known for their diving ability and life in cold northern oceans.
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A.
Laridae
Laridae is a family of seabirds that includes gulls, terns, and related species commonly found in coastal and marine environments worldwide.
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B.
Procellariidae
Procellariidae is a family of seabirds that includes petrels, shearwaters, and fulmars, known for their long-distance oceanic flight and tube-shaped nostrils.
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C.
Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocoracidae is a family of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags, characterized by their diving ability and predominantly fish-based diet.
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D.
Sulidae
Sulidae is a family of large, seabird species that includes gannets and boobies, known for their plunge-diving behavior in oceans worldwide.
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E.
Alaudidae
Alaudidae is a family of small to medium-sized passerine birds commonly known as larks, noted for their elaborate songs and often ground-dwelling habits in open habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| adaptation |
countershaded plumage
ⓘ
diving ability ⓘ underwater swimming ⓘ wing-propelled diving ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | auks ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
fish ⓘ marine invertebrates ⓘ |
| distribution |
North Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Pacific Ocean
Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
marine predator
ⓘ
prey for marine mammals ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal waters
ⓘ
marine ⓘ northern oceans ⓘ |
| includes |
auklets
ⓘ
auks ⓘ guillemots ⓘ murrelets ⓘ murres ⓘ puffins ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| movement |
poor fliers compared to other seabirds
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strong swimmers ⓘ |
| nestingSite |
burrows
ⓘ
rocky islands ⓘ sea cliffs ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Alca
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Cepphus ⓘ Fratercula ⓘ Uria ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Atlantic puffin
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common murre ⓘ razorbill ⓘ thick-billed murre ⓘ |
| order | Charadriiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | colonial breeder ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| threat |
climate change
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introduced predators at colonies ⓘ oil pollution ⓘ overfishing of prey ⓘ |
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: Alcidae Description of subject: Alcidae is a family of seabirds that includes auks, puffins, murres, and guillemots, known for their diving ability and life in cold northern oceans.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.