Phalaropus
E579635
Phalaropus is a small genus of specialized shorebirds known as phalaropes, which exhibit unusual reversed sexual dimorphism and often spin on the water to stir up food.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phalaropus canonical | 2 |
| Phalaropus lobatus | 2 |
| Phalaropus fulicarius | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6251711 — 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: Phalaropus Context triple: [red-necked phalarope, genus, Phalaropus]
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A.
Tadorna
Tadorna is a genus of large, colorful waterfowl commonly known as shelducks, found across Eurasia, Africa, and Australasia.
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B.
Alcidae
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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C.
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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D.
Charadriidae
Charadriidae is a family of small to medium-sized shorebirds, including plovers and lapwings, commonly found in coastal and wetland habitats worldwide.
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E.
Fratercula
Fratercula is a genus of seabirds in the auk family that includes the colorful, stocky-beaked puffins found across North Atlantic and North Pacific coasts.
- 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: Phalaropus Target entity description: Phalaropus is a small genus of specialized shorebirds known as phalaropes, which exhibit unusual reversed sexual dimorphism and often spin on the water to stir up food.
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A.
Tadorna
Tadorna is a genus of large, colorful waterfowl commonly known as shelducks, found across Eurasia, Africa, and Australasia.
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B.
Alcidae
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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C.
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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D.
Charadriidae
Charadriidae is a family of small to medium-sized shorebirds, including plovers and lapwings, commonly found in coastal and wetland habitats worldwide.
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E.
Fratercula
Fratercula is a genus of seabirds in the auk family that includes the colorful, stocky-beaked puffins found across North Atlantic and North Pacific coasts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| adaptation | lobed toes aiding swimming ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
high-latitude breeding grounds
ⓘ
upwelling zones at sea ⓘ |
| bodySize | small shorebirds ⓘ |
| breedingSystem | polyandrous ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName |
Wilson's phalarope
ⓘ
phalaropes ⓘ red phalarope ⓘ red-necked phalarope ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Phalaropus fulicarius
ⓘ
linked to:
Phalaropus
Phalaropus lobatus ⓘ
linked to:
Phalaropus
Phalaropus tricolor ⓘ
linked to:
Wilson's phalarope
|
| describedAs | small genus of specialized shorebirds ⓘ |
| diet |
aquatic invertebrates
ⓘ
zooplankton ⓘ |
| distribution |
Arctic regions during breeding season
ⓘ
tropical and subtropical oceans in nonbreeding season ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
consumer of aquatic invertebrates
ⓘ
prey for larger birds and mammals ⓘ |
| eggClutchSize | typically 3–4 eggs ⓘ |
| family | Scolopacidae ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | spins on the water to stir up food ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy |
spinning to create upwelling
ⓘ
surface picking ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal waters
ⓘ
open ocean ⓘ tundra wetlands ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | long-distance migrant ⓘ |
| movement | pelagic outside breeding season ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
females are more brightly colored than males
ⓘ
females compete for males ⓘ |
| order | Charadriiformes ⓘ |
| parentalCare | males provide most parental care ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Scolopacidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumage | distinct breeding and nonbreeding plumages ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
American Ornithological Society
ⓘ
linked to:
American Ornithologists' Union
International Ornithologists' Union ⓘ |
| reproduction | nests on the ground near water ⓘ |
| scientificNameAuthorship | established in 1816 by Louis Pierre Vieillot ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | reversed sexual dimorphism ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Phalaropus Description of subject: Phalaropus is a small genus of specialized shorebirds known as phalaropes, which exhibit unusual reversed sexual dimorphism and often spin on the water to stir up food.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Phalaropus
linked to: Phalaropus
linked to: Phalaropus