Yoldiidae
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Yoldiidae is a family of small, burrowing marine bivalve mollusks commonly found in cold and temperate seas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yoldiidae canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5571079 — 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: Yoldiidae Context triple: [Yoldia arctica, family, Yoldiidae]
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A.
Synanceiidae
Synanceiidae is a family of venomous marine fish commonly known as stonefishes, notorious for being among the most poisonous fish in the world.
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B.
Atherionidae
Atherionidae is a family of small marine fishes commonly known as pricklenose silversides, found in coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific region.
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C.
Capnoides
Capnoides is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order Papaverales, known for delicate, often tubular flowers and typically found in temperate regions.
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D.
Goodeidae
Goodeidae is a family of freshwater fishes, commonly known as goodeids, native primarily to Mexico and known for their distinctive live-bearing reproductive strategy.
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E.
Diodontidae
Diodontidae is a family of marine fish commonly known as porcupinefishes, characterized by their ability to inflate their bodies and their covering of sharp spines for defense.
- 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: Yoldiidae Target entity description: Yoldiidae is a family of small, burrowing marine bivalve mollusks commonly found in cold and temperate seas.
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A.
Synanceiidae
Synanceiidae is a family of venomous marine fish commonly known as stonefishes, notorious for being among the most poisonous fish in the world.
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B.
Atherionidae
Atherionidae is a family of small marine fishes commonly known as pricklenose silversides, found in coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific region.
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C.
Capnoides
Capnoides is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order Papaverales, known for delicate, often tubular flowers and typically found in temperate regions.
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D.
Goodeidae
Goodeidae is a family of freshwater fishes, commonly known as goodeids, native primarily to Mexico and known for their distinctive live-bearing reproductive strategy.
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E.
Diodontidae
Diodontidae is a family of marine fish commonly known as porcupinefishes, characterized by their ability to inflate their bodies and their covering of sharp spines for defense.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bivalve family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| behavior | burrowing ⓘ |
| bodyPlan | bivalved shell ⓘ |
| circulatorySystem | open circulatory system ⓘ |
| class | Bivalvia ⓘ |
| commonName | yoldiid clams ⓘ |
| development | larval stage ⓘ |
| distribution |
cold seas
ⓘ
temperate seas ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
benthic fauna component
ⓘ
sediment bioturbator ⓘ |
| environment | marine ⓘ |
| feedingType |
deposit feeder
ⓘ
suspension feeder ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| foundInHemisphere |
Northern Hemisphere
ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| habitat |
continental shelf
ⓘ
slope environments ⓘ soft sediments ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Megayoldia
ⓘ
Portlandia ⓘ Yoldia ⓘ |
| hingeType | taxodont hinge ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | infaunal ⓘ |
| locomotion | burrowing with foot ⓘ |
| nervousSystem | simple nervous system ⓘ |
| order | Nuculanida ⓘ |
| phylum | Mollusca ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Nuculanidae ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| salinityPreference | marine salinity ⓘ |
| sensorySystem | simple sensory organs ⓘ |
| shellColoration | generally dull-colored ⓘ |
| shellComposition | calcium carbonate ⓘ |
| shellMorphology |
elongate
ⓘ
equivalve ⓘ |
| skeleton | external shell ⓘ |
| subclass | Protobranchia ⓘ |
| symmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference |
cold-water
ⓘ
temperate-water ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | primary consumer ⓘ |
| typicalSize | small ⓘ |
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: Yoldiidae Description of subject: Yoldiidae is a family of small, burrowing marine bivalve mollusks commonly found in cold and temperate seas.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.