Phocoenidae
E595743
Phocoenidae is the family of small, blunt-nosed marine mammals known as porpoises, closely related to dolphins and found in coastal and riverine waters worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phocoenidae canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6488685 — 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: Phocoenidae Context triple: [Odontoceti, includesTaxon, Phocoenidae]
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A.
Exocoetidae
Exocoetidae is the family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as flying fishes, famous for their enlarged pectoral fins that allow them to glide above the water’s surface.
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B.
Procellariidae
Procellariidae is a family of seabirds that includes petrels, shearwaters, and fulmars, known for their long-distance oceanic flight and tube-shaped nostrils.
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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.
Hydrobatidae
Hydrobatidae is a family of small, oceanic seabirds known as storm petrels, which spend most of their lives at sea and are adapted to a pelagic lifestyle.
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E.
Procellariiformes
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that includes albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters, known for their long-distance oceanic flight and tube-shaped nostrils.
- 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: Phocoenidae Target entity description: Phocoenidae is the family of small, blunt-nosed marine mammals known as porpoises, closely related to dolphins and found in coastal and riverine waters worldwide.
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A.
Exocoetidae
Exocoetidae is the family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as flying fishes, famous for their enlarged pectoral fins that allow them to glide above the water’s surface.
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B.
Procellariidae
Procellariidae is a family of seabirds that includes petrels, shearwaters, and fulmars, known for their long-distance oceanic flight and tube-shaped nostrils.
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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.
Hydrobatidae
Hydrobatidae is a family of small, oceanic seabirds known as storm petrels, which spend most of their lives at sea and are adapted to a pelagic lifestyle.
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E.
Procellariiformes
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that includes albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters, known for their long-distance oceanic flight and tube-shaped nostrils.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cetacean family
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | porpoises ⓘ |
| conservationConcern |
bycatch in fisheries
ⓘ
habitat degradation ⓘ |
| describedAs | small blunt-nosed marine mammals ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
fish ⓘ squid ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy |
lack of pronounced beak
ⓘ
short blunt snout ⓘ spade-shaped teeth ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
dolphins by shorter rostrum
ⓘ
dolphins by tooth shape ⓘ |
| distribution |
Northern Hemisphere oceans
ⓘ
coastal regions worldwide ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal waters
ⓘ
riverine waters ⓘ subarctic marine waters ⓘ temperate marine waters ⓘ |
| hasMemberCount | approximately seven extant species ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Australophocaena
ⓘ
Australophocaena dioptrica ⓘ
linked to:
Australophocaena
Neophocaena ⓘ Neophocaena asiaeorientalis ⓘ
linked to:
Neophocaena
Neophocaena phocaenoides ⓘ
linked to:
Neophocaena
Phocoena ⓘ Phocoena dalli ⓘ Phocoena dioptrica ⓘ Phocoena phocoena ⓘ Phocoena sinus ⓘ Phocoena spinipinnis ⓘ Phocoenoides ⓘ Phocoenoides dalli ⓘ
linked to:
Phocoenoides
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Dall's porpoise
ⓘ
harbour porpoise ⓘ vaquita ⓘ
linked to:
vaquita marina
|
| order | Cetacea ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Delphinidae
ⓘ
dolphins ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| scientificNameAuthorship | Gray, 1825 ⓘ |
| suborder | Odontoceti ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| 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: Phocoenidae Description of subject: Phocoenidae is the family of small, blunt-nosed marine mammals known as porpoises, closely related to dolphins and found in coastal and riverine waters worldwide.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.