Tersina
E765573
Tersina is a small genus of brightly colored Neotropical birds in the tanager family, best known for the swallow tanager.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tersina canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8913993 — 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: Tersina Context triple: [Tersina viridis, parentTaxon, Tersina]
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A.
Hermus River
The Hermus River is an ancient river in western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) historically significant for flowing through the region of Lydia and supporting its rich agricultural and commercial life.
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B.
Voidomatis River
Voidomatis River is a famously clear, cold tributary of the Aoös in the Epirus region of northwestern Greece, popular for rafting, hiking, and its scenic gorges and stone bridges.
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C.
Letaba River
The Letaba River is a major watercourse in northeastern South Africa that flows through the Kruger National Park, supporting diverse wildlife and ecosystems along its banks.
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D.
Sangone
Sangone is a river in northwestern Italy that flows through the Piedmont region before joining the Dora Riparia.
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E.
Louros River
The Louros River is a significant waterway in northwestern Greece, known for its clear springs, scenic course through Epirus, and ecological importance as a habitat for diverse flora and fauna.
- 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: Tersina Target entity description: Tersina is a small genus of brightly colored Neotropical birds in the tanager family, best known for the swallow tanager.
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A.
Hermus River
The Hermus River is an ancient river in western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) historically significant for flowing through the region of Lydia and supporting its rich agricultural and commercial life.
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B.
Voidomatis River
Voidomatis River is a famously clear, cold tributary of the Aoös in the Epirus region of northwestern Greece, popular for rafting, hiking, and its scenic gorges and stone bridges.
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C.
Letaba River
The Letaba River is a major watercourse in northeastern South Africa that flows through the Kruger National Park, supporting diverse wildlife and ecosystems along its banks.
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D.
Sangone
Sangone is a river in northwestern Italy that flows through the Piedmont region before joining the Dora Riparia.
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E.
Louros River
The Louros River is a significant waterway in northwestern Greece, known for its clear springs, scenic course through Epirus, and ecological importance as a habitat for diverse flora and fauna.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird genus
ⓘ
bird species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
brightly colored plumage
ⓘ
brightly colored plumage ⓘ small genus ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName |
swallow tanager
ⓘ
swallow tanagers ⓘ
linked to:
swallow tanager
|
| containsTaxon | Tersina viridis ⓘ |
| distribution |
Central America
ⓘ
Neotropics ⓘ
linked to:
Neotropical realm
Neotropics ⓘ
linked to:
Neotropical realm
South America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| family |
Thraupidae
ⓘ
Thraupidae ⓘ |
| genus | Tersina ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableFor | swallow tanager ⓘ |
| order |
Passeriformes
ⓘ
Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Tersina viridis ⓘ |
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: Tersina Description of subject: Tersina is a small genus of brightly colored Neotropical birds in the tanager family, best known for the swallow tanager.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.