Lobodon
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Lobodon is a genus of Antarctic seals best known for the crabeater seal, a highly specialized krill-feeding pinniped with distinctive lobed teeth.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lobodon canonical | 5 |
| Lobodon carcinophaga | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6707790 — 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: Lobodon Context triple: [crabeater seal, genus, Lobodon]
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A.
Metischnogaster
Metischnogaster is a genus of small, primitively eusocial hover wasps within the subfamily Stenogastrinae, known for their distinctive nesting behavior in tropical Asia.
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B.
Goringhaiqua
The Goringhaiqua were a Khoikhoi pastoralist group in the Cape region of South Africa, historically known for their resistance to early Dutch colonial expansion.
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C.
Xanthichthys
Xanthichthys is a genus of triggerfishes known for their open-ocean, often deep-water habitats and distinctive, colorful patterns.
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D.
Tonna
Tonna is a village and community in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales, known for its residential character and proximity to the town of Neath.
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E.
Mermerus
Mermerus is a figure in Greek mythology known as one of the sons of the hero Jason, often associated with the tragic story of Medea.
- 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: Lobodon Target entity description: Lobodon is a genus of Antarctic seals best known for the crabeater seal, a highly specialized krill-feeding pinniped with distinctive lobed teeth.
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A.
Metischnogaster
Metischnogaster is a genus of small, primitively eusocial hover wasps within the subfamily Stenogastrinae, known for their distinctive nesting behavior in tropical Asia.
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B.
Goringhaiqua
The Goringhaiqua were a Khoikhoi pastoralist group in the Cape region of South Africa, historically known for their resistance to early Dutch colonial expansion.
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C.
Xanthichthys
Xanthichthys is a genus of triggerfishes known for their open-ocean, often deep-water habitats and distinctive, colorful patterns.
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D.
Tonna
Tonna is a village and community in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales, known for its residential character and proximity to the town of Neath.
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E.
Mermerus
Mermerus is a figure in Greek mythology known as one of the sons of the hero Jason, often associated with the tragic story of Medea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
mammal genus ⓘ pinniped genus ⓘ seal ⓘ species ⓘ true seal ⓘ |
| clade | Pinnipedia ⓘ |
| class |
Mammalia
ⓘ
Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
crabeater seal
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crabeater seal genus ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Lobodon carcinophaga
ⓘ
linked to:
Lobodon
|
| diet |
Antarctic krill
ⓘ
krill ⓘ |
| family |
Phocidae
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Phocidae ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 19th century ⓘ |
| habitat |
Antarctic pack ice
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pack ice ⓘ sea ice ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
ice-associated breeding
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lobed postcanine teeth ⓘ lobed teeth ⓘ specialized krill filter-feeding ⓘ specialized krill-feeding dentition ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Antarctic region
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Southern Ocean ⓘ Southern Ocean ⓘ |
| order |
Carnivora
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Carnivora ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Lobodon ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Monachinae
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Monachinae ⓘ |
| suborder | Caniformia ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trophicGuild | planktivore ⓘ |
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: Lobodon Description of subject: Lobodon is a genus of Antarctic seals best known for the crabeater seal, a highly specialized krill-feeding pinniped with distinctive lobed teeth.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.