Aquila
E5856
Aquila is a genus of large, powerful birds of prey that includes several species of true eagles found across much of the world.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aquila canonical | 21 |
| Aquila heliaca | 1 |
| eagle of Zeus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T62119 — 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: Aquila Context triple: [golden eagle, genus, Aquila]
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A.
Gallic rooster
The Gallic rooster is a traditional emblem of France, symbolizing the nation’s pride, vigilance, and cultural identity.
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B.
Bronk
Bronk is a surname most notably associated with Detlev W. Bronk, an influential American scientist and educator who helped shape modern biophysics and higher education policy.
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C.
Roman-Kosh
Roman-Kosh is the highest mountain in Crimea, located in the Crimean Mountains of Eastern Europe.
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D.
Pleiades
The Pleiades are a famous open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, often known as the Seven Sisters in Greek mythology.
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E.
Dædalus
Dædalus is a scholarly journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences that features interdisciplinary essays on culture, science, public affairs, and the arts.
- 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: Aquila Target entity description: Aquila is a genus of large, powerful birds of prey that includes several species of true eagles found across much of the world.
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A.
Gallic rooster
The Gallic rooster is a traditional emblem of France, symbolizing the nation’s pride, vigilance, and cultural identity.
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B.
Bronk
Bronk is a surname most notably associated with Detlev W. Bronk, an influential American scientist and educator who helped shape modern biophysics and higher education policy.
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C.
Roman-Kosh
Roman-Kosh is the highest mountain in Crimea, located in the Crimean Mountains of Eastern Europe.
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D.
Mouton
Mouton is an academic publishing house known for its influential works in linguistics and related fields.
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E.
Pleiades
The Pleiades are a famous open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, often known as the Seven Sisters in Greek mythology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodyTemperatureRegulation | endothermic ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | true eagles ⓘ |
| describedAs |
large birds of prey
ⓘ
powerful birds of prey ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Australia ⓘ Eurasia ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| etymology | Latin for eagle ⓘ |
| family | Accipitridae ⓘ |
| flightStyle | soaring ⓘ |
| habitat |
grasslands
ⓘ
mountainous regions ⓘ open country ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
broad wings
ⓘ
hooked beak ⓘ keen eyesight ⓘ strong talons ⓘ |
| hasFeathers | true ⓘ |
| hasWings | true ⓘ |
| higherClassification |
Accipitrinae
ⓘ
linked to:
Accipitridae
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nestType | large stick nests ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Aquila adalberti
ⓘ
Aquila chrysaetos ⓘ
linked to:
golden eagle
Aquila fasciata ⓘ Aquila heliaca ⓘ
linked to:
Aquila
Aquila nipalensis ⓘ Aquila rapax ⓘ Aquila verreauxii ⓘ |
| order | Accipitriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Accipitridae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| preysOn |
birds
ⓘ
medium-sized mammals ⓘ reptiles ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| skeletonType | vertebrate ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Accipitrinae
ⓘ
linked to:
Accipitridae
|
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | apex predator ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Aquila chrysaetos
ⓘ
linked to:
golden eagle
|
| typicalClutchSize | 1–3 eggs ⓘ |
| visionType | binocular vision ⓘ |
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: Aquila Description of subject: Aquila is a genus of large, powerful birds of prey that includes several species of true eagles found across much of the world.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Aquila
subject linked to:
constellation Capricornus
subject linked to:
Scutum constellation
linked to: Aquila