Alosa
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Alosa is a genus of shad fishes in the herring family, known for their migratory behavior between marine and freshwater environments.
All labels observed (24)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American shad | 3 |
| Alosa aestivalis | 2 |
| Alosa alosa | 2 |
| Alosa fallax | 2 |
| Alosa pseudoharengus | 2 |
| Alosa sapidissima | 2 |
| Alosa canonical | 1 |
| Alosa braschnikowi | 1 |
| Alosa caspia | 1 |
| Alosa caspia caspia | 1 |
| Alosa caspia knipowitschi | 1 |
| Alosa caspia nordmanni | 1 |
| Alosa caspia tanaica | 1 |
| Alosa curensis | 1 |
| Alosa immaculata | 1 |
| Alosa kessleri | 1 |
| Alosa kessleri pontica | 1 |
| Alosa macedonica | 1 |
| Alosa maeotica | 1 |
| Alosa pontica | 1 |
| Alosa sphaerocephala | 1 |
| Alosa tanaica | 1 |
| Alosa vistonica | 1 |
| Alosa volgensis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9352015 — 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: Alosa Context triple: [Clupeidae, notableGenus, Alosa]
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A.
Lampetra
Lampetra is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys found in freshwater and coastal marine environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
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B.
Esox
Esox is a genus of predatory freshwater fish that includes pikes and pickerels, known for their elongated bodies, sharp teeth, and ambush-hunting behavior in Northern Hemisphere waters.
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C.
Alewife
Alewife is a major subway station and transit hub in North Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving as the northern endpoint of Boston’s MBTA Red Line and a large park-and-ride facility.
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D.
Salmo
Salmo is a genus of salmonid fish that includes species such as the Atlantic salmon and various trout native mainly to the North Atlantic and its tributaries.
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E.
Bream
Bream is a historic mining village in Gloucestershire, England, situated within the Forest of Dean.
- 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: Alosa Target entity description: Alosa is a genus of shad fishes in the herring family, known for their migratory behavior between marine and freshwater environments.
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A.
Lampetra
Lampetra is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys found in freshwater and coastal marine environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
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B.
Esox
Esox is a genus of predatory freshwater fish that includes pikes and pickerels, known for their elongated bodies, sharp teeth, and ambush-hunting behavior in Northern Hemisphere waters.
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C.
Alewife
Alewife is a major subway station and transit hub in North Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving as the northern endpoint of Boston’s MBTA Red Line and a large park-and-ride facility.
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D.
Salmo
Salmo is a genus of salmonid fish that includes species such as the Atlantic salmon and various trout native mainly to the North Atlantic and its tributaries.
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E.
Bream
Bream is a historic mining village in Gloucestershire, England, situated within the Forest of Dean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
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taxon ⓘ |
| behavior |
anadromous migration
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migratory between marine and freshwater environments ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | shads ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Alosa aestivalis
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Alosa
Alosa alosa ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa braschnikowi ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa caspia ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa caspia caspia ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa caspia knipowitschi ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa caspia nordmanni ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa caspia tanaica ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa curensis ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa fallax ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa immaculata ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa kessleri ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa kessleri pontica ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa macedonica ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa maeotica ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa pontica ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa pseudoharengus ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa sapidissima ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa sphaerocephala ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa tanaica ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa vistonica ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa volgensis ⓘ
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Alosa
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| describedAs | genus of shad fishes in the herring family ⓘ |
| distribution |
Black Sea basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Sea drainage basin
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
North Atlantic
|
| ecologicalRole | forage fish for larger predators ⓘ |
| family | Clupeidae ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
marine waters ⓘ |
| isA |
herring genus
ⓘ
ray-finned fish genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeCycle |
adults live mainly in marine or brackish waters
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juveniles develop in rivers or estuaries ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Alosa aestivalis
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Alosa
Alosa alosa ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa fallax ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa pseudoharengus ⓘ
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Alosa
Alosa sapidissima ⓘ
linked to:
Alosa
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| order | Clupeiformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Clupeidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | spawns in freshwater ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Alosa Description of subject: Alosa is a genus of shad fishes in the herring family, known for their migratory behavior between marine and freshwater environments.
Referenced by (31)
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