Atlantic herring
E42897
The Atlantic herring is a small, schooling, silver-colored marine fish found in vast shoals across the North Atlantic, where it plays a key ecological and commercial role as a major forage and food species.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atlantic herring canonical | 5 |
| Clupea harengus | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T332939 — 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: Atlantic herring Context triple: [Irish Sea, hasMarineSpecies, Atlantic herring]
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A.
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is a commercially important North Atlantic marine fish species known for its white, flaky flesh and historical significance in global fisheries.
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B.
Antarctic krill
Antarctic krill are small, shrimp-like crustaceans that form massive swarms and serve as a keystone species at the base of the Antarctic marine food web.
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C.
Alewife
Alewife is a major subway station and transit hub in North Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving as the northern endpoint of Boston’s MBTA Red Line and a large park-and-ride facility.
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D.
Pacific lamprey
The Pacific lamprey is an ancient, eel-like jawless fish native to the Pacific coast of North America, where it plays a key ecological and cultural role, particularly for Indigenous communities.
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E.
Labrador Sea
The Labrador Sea is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and the Labrador Peninsula, known for its cold waters, deep convection, and role in North Atlantic ocean circulation.
- 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: Atlantic herring Target entity description: The Atlantic herring is a small, schooling, silver-colored marine fish found in vast shoals across the North Atlantic, where it plays a key ecological and commercial role as a major forage and food species.
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A.
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is a commercially important North Atlantic marine fish species known for its white, flaky flesh and historical significance in global fisheries.
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B.
Antarctic krill
Antarctic krill are small, shrimp-like crustaceans that form massive swarms and serve as a keystone species at the base of the Antarctic marine food web.
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C.
Alewife
Alewife is a major subway station and transit hub in North Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving as the northern endpoint of Boston’s MBTA Red Line and a large park-and-ride facility.
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D.
Pacific lamprey
The Pacific lamprey is an ancient, eel-like jawless fish native to the Pacific coast of North America, where it plays a key ecological and cultural role, particularly for Indigenous communities.
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E.
Labrador Sea
The Labrador Sea is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and the Labrador Peninsula, known for its cold waters, deep convection, and role in North Atlantic ocean circulation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial fish species
ⓘ
fish species ⓘ forage fish ⓘ marine fish ⓘ |
| activityPattern | pelagic ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Clupea harengus
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic herring
|
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commercialUse |
bait fish
ⓘ
food fish ⓘ |
| commonName | Atlantic herring ⓘ |
| diet |
copepods
ⓘ
krill ⓘ plankton ⓘ small fish larvae ⓘ |
| eggType | demersal eggs ⓘ |
| family | Clupeidae ⓘ |
| fisheryRegion |
Northeast Atlantic
ⓘ
linked to:
eastern Atlantic Ocean
Northwest Atlantic ⓘ |
| forms | large shoals ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Baltic Sea
ⓘ
Bay of Fundy ⓘ European Atlantic coast ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic coast
Gulf of Maine ⓘ North American Atlantic coast ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic coast of North America
North Sea ⓘ Norwegian Sea ⓘ |
| genus | Clupea ⓘ |
| habitat | continental shelf waters ⓘ |
| hasBehavior | schooling ⓘ |
| hasBodyShape | streamlined ⓘ |
| hasColor | silver ⓘ |
| importance |
key forage species in North Atlantic ecosystems
ⓘ
major commercial species in North Atlantic fisheries ⓘ |
| isPreyOf |
Atlantic cod
ⓘ
marine mammals ⓘ seabirds ⓘ sharks ⓘ tuna ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespan | up to about 20 years ⓘ |
| management | subject to international fishery management ⓘ |
| maximumLength | about 45 centimeters ⓘ |
| maximumWeight | about 0.7 kilograms ⓘ |
| migrationType |
feeding migrations
ⓘ
spawning migrations ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | highly migratory ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
North Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
linked to:
North Atlantic area
|
| order | Clupeiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| processedAs |
pickled herring
ⓘ
salted herring ⓘ smoked herring ⓘ |
| reproductionType | oviparous ⓘ |
| salinityPreference | marine ⓘ |
| spawningHabitat |
coastal waters
ⓘ
continental shelf areas ⓘ |
| swimmingSpeed | fast schooling swimmer ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | planktivore ⓘ |
| typicalLength | 20 to 30 centimeters ⓘ |
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: Atlantic herring Description of subject: The Atlantic herring is a small, schooling, silver-colored marine fish found in vast shoals across the North Atlantic, where it plays a key ecological and commercial role as a major forage and food species.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Atlantic herring
linked to: Atlantic herring
linked to: Atlantic herring
linked to: Atlantic herring