Eschrichtiidae
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Eschrichtiidae is a family of baleen whales best known for including the gray whale, a large migratory species found in coastal and Arctic waters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eschrichtiidae canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7157197 — 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: Eschrichtiidae Context triple: [gray whales (migratory), family, Eschrichtiidae]
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A.
Ibidorhyncha
Ibidorhyncha is a monotypic bird genus that contains the distinctive ibisbill, a wader known for its long down-curved bill and habitat along shingle riverbeds in Central Asia.
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B.
Daspletosaurus
Daspletosaurus was a large, carnivorous tyrannosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, known as a powerful apex predator with a massive skull and robust teeth.
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C.
Osteostraci
Osteostraci is an extinct group of armored, jawless vertebrates known from the Silurian and Devonian periods, notable for their bony head shields and importance in early vertebrate evolution.
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D.
Champsosaurus
Champsosaurus was a long-snouted, semi-aquatic reptile from the Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene that resembled a modern gharial and belonged to the extinct group Choristodera.
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E.
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus is a large, boldly spotted wren native to arid regions of the southwestern United States and Mexico, known for nesting in cacti such as cholla and saguaro.
- 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: Eschrichtiidae Target entity description: Eschrichtiidae is a family of baleen whales best known for including the gray whale, a large migratory species found in coastal and Arctic waters.
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A.
Ibidorhyncha
Ibidorhyncha is a monotypic bird genus that contains the distinctive ibisbill, a wader known for its long down-curved bill and habitat along shingle riverbeds in Central Asia.
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B.
Daspletosaurus
Daspletosaurus was a large, carnivorous tyrannosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, known as a powerful apex predator with a massive skull and robust teeth.
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C.
Osteostraci
Osteostraci is an extinct group of armored, jawless vertebrates known from the Silurian and Devonian periods, notable for their bony head shields and importance in early vertebrate evolution.
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D.
Champsosaurus
Champsosaurus was a long-snouted, semi-aquatic reptile from the Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene that resembled a modern gharial and belonged to the extinct group Choristodera.
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E.
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus is a large, boldly spotted wren native to arid regions of the southwestern United States and Mexico, known for nesting in cacti such as cholla and saguaro.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
taxonomic family
ⓘ
whale family ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | baleen whales ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | gray whale family ⓘ |
| conservationConcern |
impacts from whaling history
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vulnerability to coastal habitat disturbance ⓘ vulnerability to entanglement in fishing gear ⓘ vulnerability to ship strikes ⓘ |
| containsGenus | Eschrichtius ⓘ |
| containsTaxon | Eschrichtius robustus ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy |
absence of true dorsal fin
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bottom-feeding behavior ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Balaenidae
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Balaenopteridae ⓘ |
| feedingSubstrate | seafloor sediments ⓘ |
| habitat |
Arctic waters
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coastal waters ⓘ continental shelf regions ⓘ subarctic waters ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
Arctic and subarctic occurrence
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baleen plates instead of teeth ⓘ barnacle and whale louse infestations on skin ⓘ coastal distribution ⓘ lack of dorsal fin ⓘ migratory behavior ⓘ presence of dorsal ridges ⓘ robust body ⓘ |
| hasFeedingMode |
benthic filter feeding
ⓘ
bottom feeding ⓘ |
| hasSuborder | Mysticeti ⓘ |
| includesSpecies | gray whale ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migrationPattern | long-distance seasonal migrations ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Daniel Frederik Eschricht ⓘ |
| order | Cetacea ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| primaryDiet |
amphipods
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benthic invertebrates ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| scientificName | Eschrichtiidae ⓘ |
| suborder | Mysticeti ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Eschrichtius ⓘ |
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: Eschrichtiidae Description of subject: Eschrichtiidae is a family of baleen whales best known for including the gray whale, a large migratory species found in coastal and Arctic waters.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.