Glareolidae
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Glareolidae is a family of birds known as pratincoles and coursers, characterized by their long wings, agile flight, and preference for open habitats such as grasslands and deserts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Glareolidae canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7801779 — 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: Glareolidae Context triple: [Charadriiformes, containsFamily, Glareolidae]
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A.
Phalaropus
Phalaropus is a small genus of specialized shorebirds known as phalaropes, which exhibit unusual reversed sexual dimorphism and often spin on the water to stir up food.
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B.
Alcidae
Alcidae is a family of seabirds that includes auks, puffins, murres, and guillemots, known for their diving ability and life in cold northern oceans.
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C.
Charadriidae
Charadriidae is a family of small to medium-sized shorebirds, including plovers and lapwings, commonly found in coastal and wetland habitats worldwide.
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D.
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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E.
Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocoracidae is a family of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags, characterized by their diving ability and predominantly fish-based diet.
- 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: Glareolidae Target entity description: Glareolidae is a family of birds known as pratincoles and coursers, characterized by their long wings, agile flight, and preference for open habitats such as grasslands and deserts.
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A.
Phalaropus
Phalaropus is a small genus of specialized shorebirds known as phalaropes, which exhibit unusual reversed sexual dimorphism and often spin on the water to stir up food.
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B.
Alcidae
Alcidae is a family of seabirds that includes auks, puffins, murres, and guillemots, known for their diving ability and life in cold northern oceans.
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C.
Charadriidae
Charadriidae is a family of small to medium-sized shorebirds, including plovers and lapwings, commonly found in coastal and wetland habitats worldwide.
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D.
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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E.
Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocoracidae is a family of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags, characterized by their diving ability and predominantly fish-based diet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mainly crepuscular or nocturnal in some species ⓘ |
| belongsToSuborder | Lari (in some classifications) ⓘ |
| characteristic |
agile flight
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long legs in coursers ⓘ long pointed wings ⓘ short legs in pratincoles ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | pratincoles and coursers ⓘ |
| conservationStatusRange | from Least Concern to Near Threatened depending on species ⓘ |
| diet | insectivorous ⓘ |
| eggColor | camouflaged eggs ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior |
aerial insect hunting
ⓘ
ground foraging ⓘ |
| firstScientificDescriptionCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| flightStyle | tern-like flight in pratincoles ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Africa
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Australia ⓘ Eurasia ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
coursers
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pratincoles ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| morphologicalAdaptation | cryptic plumage in coursers ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Cursorius
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Glareola ⓘ Rhinoptilus ⓘ Stiltia ⓘ |
| numberOfRecognizedSpecies | about 17 species ⓘ |
| order | Charadriiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | ground nester ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
deserts
ⓘ
open grasslands ⓘ savannas ⓘ semi-deserts ⓘ |
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: Glareolidae Description of subject: Glareolidae is a family of birds known as pratincoles and coursers, characterized by their long wings, agile flight, and preference for open habitats such as grasslands and deserts.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.