Cyprinus
E811992
Cyprinus is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family, best known for including the common carp.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cyprinus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9531861 — 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: Cyprinus Context triple: [Cyprinus carpio, genus, Cyprinus]
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A.
Cyprinus carpio
Cyprinus carpio is the common carp, a widespread freshwater fish species important in aquaculture, angling, and ornamental varieties such as koi.
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B.
Cobitis
Cobitis is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater loaches commonly found in Eurasian rivers and streams.
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C.
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a large family of freshwater fishes that includes carps, minnows, and their relatives, widely distributed across Eurasia, Africa, and North America.
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D.
Rutilus rutilus
Rutilus rutilus, commonly known as the common roach, is a widespread freshwater fish native to European and western Asian rivers and lakes.
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E.
Barbus barbus
Barbus barbus, commonly known as the common barbel, is a freshwater bottom-dwelling fish native to European rivers, recognized for its elongated body and distinctive barbels around the mouth.
- 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: Cyprinus Target entity description: Cyprinus is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family, best known for including the common carp.
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A.
Cyprinus carpio
Cyprinus carpio is the common carp, a widespread freshwater fish species important in aquaculture, angling, and ornamental varieties such as koi.
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B.
Cobitis
Cobitis is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater loaches commonly found in Eurasian rivers and streams.
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C.
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a large family of freshwater fishes that includes carps, minnows, and their relatives, widely distributed across Eurasia, Africa, and North America.
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D.
Rutilus rutilus
Rutilus rutilus, commonly known as the common roach, is a widespread freshwater fish native to European and western Asian rivers and lakes.
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E.
Barbus barbus
Barbus barbus, commonly known as the common barbel, is a freshwater bottom-dwelling fish native to European rivers, recognized for its elongated body and distinctive barbels around the mouth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | ray-finned fishes ⓘ |
| circulatorySystem | single-circuit closed system ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | carps ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1758 ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| ecologicalRole | freshwater benthic consumer ⓘ |
| family | Cyprinidae ⓘ |
| habitat | freshwater ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
benthic-feeding
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ pharyngeal teeth ⓘ |
| hasCirri | barbels near mouth ⓘ |
| includesSpecies | Cyprinus carpio ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Eurasia ⓘ |
| notableFor | including the common carp ⓘ |
| order | Cypriniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Cyprinus carpio ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aquaculture
ⓘ
ornamental fishkeeping ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ |
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: Cyprinus Description of subject: Cyprinus is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family, best known for including the common carp.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.