Pontoporiidae
E531969
Pontoporiidae is a family of river dolphins best known for the La Plata dolphin (or franciscana), a small, coastal and estuarine cetacean found in South American waters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pontoporiidae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5556768 — 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: Pontoporiidae Context triple: [Lipotidae, relatedTo, Pontoporiidae]
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A.
Pangasiidae
Pangasiidae is a family of freshwater catfishes native mainly to rivers in South and Southeast Asia, including several species important in aquaculture and food fisheries.
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B.
Pantodontidae
Pantodontidae is a small family of freshwater ray-finned fishes best known for the African butterflyfish, characterized by its wing-like pectoral fins and surface-dwelling lifestyle in African rivers and swamps.
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C.
Cerapachys
Cerapachys is a genus of predatory, army ant–like ants known for their specialized raiding behavior and placement within the subfamily Dorylinae.
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D.
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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E.
Psilorhynchidae
Psilorhynchidae is a small family of freshwater fishes, commonly known as torrent minnows, adapted to fast-flowing streams in South and Southeast Asia.
- 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: Pontoporiidae Target entity description: Pontoporiidae is a family of river dolphins best known for the La Plata dolphin (or franciscana), a small, coastal and estuarine cetacean found in South American waters.
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A.
Pangasiidae
Pangasiidae is a family of freshwater catfishes native mainly to rivers in South and Southeast Asia, including several species important in aquaculture and food fisheries.
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B.
Pantodontidae
Pantodontidae is a small family of freshwater ray-finned fishes best known for the African butterflyfish, characterized by its wing-like pectoral fins and surface-dwelling lifestyle in African rivers and swamps.
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C.
Cerapachys
Cerapachys is a genus of predatory, army ant–like ants known for their specialized raiding behavior and placement within the subfamily Dorylinae.
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D.
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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E.
Psilorhynchidae
Psilorhynchidae is a small family of freshwater fishes, commonly known as torrent minnows, adapted to fast-flowing streams in South and Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mammal family ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | pontoporiid river dolphins ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Pontoporia
ⓘ
Pontoporia blainvillei ⓘ |
| diet |
cephalopods
ⓘ
crustaceans ⓘ fish ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy |
long slender rostrum
ⓘ
narrow flippers ⓘ poor eyesight ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| distribution |
South American coastal waters
ⓘ
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
South Atlantic
|
| habitat |
coastal waters
ⓘ
estuaries ⓘ river mouths ⓘ |
| hasLivingSpeciesCount | 1 ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpecies | Pontoporia blainvillei ⓘ |
| includes |
extant species
ⓘ
fossil species ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| memberOf | river dolphins ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Pontoporia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Argentina
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ Uruguay ⓘ |
| notableFor |
La Plata dolphin
ⓘ
franciscana dolphin ⓘ
linked to:
La Plata dolphin
|
| order | Cetacea ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| suborder | Odontoceti ⓘ |
| superfamily | Platanistoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| threat |
bycatch in fishing nets
ⓘ
habitat degradation ⓘ pollution ⓘ |
| uses | echolocation ⓘ |
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: Pontoporiidae Description of subject: Pontoporiidae is a family of river dolphins best known for the La Plata dolphin (or franciscana), a small, coastal and estuarine cetacean found in South American waters.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.