Helicophagus
E811900
Helicophagus is a genus of freshwater catfish within the family Pangasiidae, native to rivers in Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Helicophagus canonical | 4 |
| Helicophagus waandersii | 2 |
| Helicophagus leptorhynchus | 1 |
| Helicophagus typus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9651261 — 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: Helicophagus Context triple: [Pangasiidae, includesTaxon, Helicophagus]
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A.
Critobulus
Critobulus was an ancient Athenian known from Plato’s dialogues as the son of Crito and an associate of Socrates.
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B.
Wolinella
Wolinella is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria known for inhabiting animal gastrointestinal tracts and participating in hydrogen-based syntrophic relationships.
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C.
Hymenolaimus
Hymenolaimus is a monotypic genus of ducks that includes the rare, fast-flowing river specialist known as the blue duck or whio, endemic to New Zealand.
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D.
Hemibelideus
Hemibelideus is a genus of Australian ringtail possums known for its arboreal lifestyle and nocturnal habits.
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E.
Savoryella
Savoryella is a genus of aquatic ascomycete fungi known for inhabiting submerged wood and plant debris in freshwater and marine environments.
- 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: Helicophagus Target entity description: Helicophagus is a genus of freshwater catfish within the family Pangasiidae, native to rivers in Southeast Asia.
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A.
Critobulus
Critobulus was an ancient Athenian known from Plato’s dialogues as the son of Crito and an associate of Socrates.
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B.
Wolinella
Wolinella is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria known for inhabiting animal gastrointestinal tracts and participating in hydrogen-based syntrophic relationships.
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C.
Hymenolaimus
Hymenolaimus is a monotypic genus of ducks that includes the rare, fast-flowing river specialist known as the blue duck or whio, endemic to New Zealand.
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D.
Hemibelideus
Hemibelideus is a genus of Australian ringtail possums known for its arboreal lifestyle and nocturnal habits.
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E.
Savoryella
Savoryella is a genus of aquatic ascomycete fungi known for inhabiting submerged wood and plant debris in freshwater and marine environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Pangasiidae ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | mollusc-eating catfishes ⓘ |
| diet |
bivalve-eating
ⓘ
molluscivore ⓘ |
| distributionRegion | tropical Asia ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| environment | benthic ⓘ |
| family | Pangasiidae ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Bornean rivers
ⓘ
Chao Phraya River basin ⓘ
linked to:
Chao Phraya headwaters system
Malay Peninsula rivers ⓘ Mekong River basin ⓘ
linked to:
Mekong River
Sumatran rivers ⓘ |
| genus |
Helicophagus
ⓘ
Helicophagus ⓘ Helicophagus ⓘ |
| habitat | freshwater ⓘ |
| hasBarbels | true ⓘ |
| hasGillCovers | true ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Helicophagus leptorhynchus
ⓘ
linked to:
Helicophagus
Helicophagus typus ⓘ
linked to:
Helicophagus
Helicophagus waandersii ⓘ
linked to:
Helicophagus
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | demersal ⓘ |
| livesIn |
large rivers
ⓘ
main river channels ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Cambodia
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ Laos ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Helicophagus waandersii
ⓘ
linked to:
Helicophagus
|
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: Helicophagus Description of subject: Helicophagus is a genus of freshwater catfish within the family Pangasiidae, native to rivers in Southeast Asia.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Helicophagus
linked to: Helicophagus
linked to: Helicophagus
linked to: Helicophagus
subject linked to:
Helicophagus
subject linked to:
Helicophagus
subject linked to:
Helicophagus