Physeteridae
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Physeteridae is a family of large toothed whales best known for the sperm whale, characterized by their massive heads and deep-diving behavior.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Physeteridae canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6488686 — 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: Physeteridae Context triple: [Odontoceti, includesTaxon, Physeteridae]
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A.
Balaenidae
Balaenidae is a family of large baleen whales that includes the right whales, characterized by massive heads, arched jaws, and the absence of a dorsal fin.
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B.
Mysticeti
Mysticeti is the suborder of baleen whales, large marine mammals that filter-feed using baleen plates instead of teeth.
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C.
Odontoceti
Odontoceti is the parvorder of toothed whales, including dolphins and porpoises, characterized by echolocation and teeth instead of baleen.
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D.
Balaenoptera
Balaenoptera is a genus of large baleen whales that includes species such as the blue whale, fin whale, and minke whale, known for their streamlined bodies and filter-feeding behavior.
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E.
Cetacea
Cetacea is an order of fully aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises, characterized by streamlined bodies, flippers, and adaptations for life in marine environments.
- 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: Physeteridae Target entity description: Physeteridae is a family of large toothed whales best known for the sperm whale, characterized by their massive heads and deep-diving behavior.
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A.
Balaenidae
Balaenidae is a family of large baleen whales that includes the right whales, characterized by massive heads, arched jaws, and the absence of a dorsal fin.
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B.
Mysticeti
Mysticeti is the suborder of baleen whales, large marine mammals that filter-feed using baleen plates instead of teeth.
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C.
Odontoceti
Odontoceti is the parvorder of toothed whales, including dolphins and porpoises, characterized by echolocation and teeth instead of baleen.
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D.
Balaenoptera
Balaenoptera is a genus of large baleen whales that includes species such as the blue whale, fin whale, and minke whale, known for their streamlined bodies and filter-feeding behavior.
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E.
Cetacea
Cetacea is an order of fully aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises, characterized by streamlined bodies, flippers, and adaptations for life in marine environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal taxon
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| adaptation |
ability to dive to great depths
ⓘ
echolocation ⓘ large spermaceti organ in head ⓘ |
| characteristic |
deep-diving behavior
ⓘ
large toothed whales ⓘ massive head ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | sperm whales ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | affected by historical commercial whaling ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Physeter
ⓘ
linked to:
sperm whale
|
| containsTaxon |
Physeter macrocephalus
ⓘ
linked to:
sperm whale
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| dentitionType | teeth present only in lower jaw (in extant species) ⓘ |
| diet |
fish
ⓘ
large squid ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide oceans ⓘ |
| feedingType | carnivorous ⓘ |
| habitat |
deep pelagic waters
ⓘ
open ocean ⓘ |
| hasBlowholePosition | asymmetrical blowhole near front of head ⓘ |
| includesSpecies | sperm whale ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| marineMammal | true ⓘ |
| notableMember | sperm whale ⓘ |
| order | Cetacea ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | lungs ⓘ |
| socialStructure | forms social groups ⓘ |
| suborder | Odontoceti ⓘ |
| toothedWhaleFamily | true ⓘ |
| typeGenus |
Physeter
ⓘ
linked to:
sperm whale
|
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: Physeteridae Description of subject: Physeteridae is a family of large toothed whales best known for the sperm whale, characterized by their massive heads and deep-diving behavior.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.