Principle of Homonymy
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The Principle of Homonymy is a zoological nomenclature rule that ensures each animal taxon has a unique scientific name by rejecting later names that duplicate earlier established ones.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Principle of Homonymy canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10229771 — 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: Principle of Homonymy Context triple: [International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, principle, Principle of Homonymy]
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A.
Szemerényi's law
Szemerényi's law is a sound law in Proto-Indo-European linguistics that explains the loss of certain final consonants with compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel.
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B.
Lund Principle
The Lund Principle is an ecumenical guideline urging churches to act together in all matters except those in which deep differences of conviction require them to act separately.
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C.
Sapir–Whorf hypothesis
The Sapir–Whorf hypothesis is a linguistic theory proposing that the structure of a language influences or determines its speakers’ perception, thought, and worldview.
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D.
Morphology by Itself
"Morphology by Itself" is a seminal linguistic monograph by Mark Aronoff that develops a theory of morphology as an autonomous component of grammar, independent from syntax and phonology.
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E.
Grassmann's law
Grassmann's law is a sound change rule in Indo-European linguistics describing how an aspirated consonant loses its aspiration when another aspirated consonant follows later in the same word.
- 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: Principle of Homonymy Target entity description: The Principle of Homonymy is a zoological nomenclature rule that ensures each animal taxon has a unique scientific name by rejecting later names that duplicate earlier established ones.
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A.
Szemerényi's law
Szemerényi's law is a sound law in Proto-Indo-European linguistics that explains the loss of certain final consonants with compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel.
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B.
Lund Principle
The Lund Principle is an ecumenical guideline urging churches to act together in all matters except those in which deep differences of conviction require them to act separately.
-
C.
Sapir–Whorf hypothesis
The Sapir–Whorf hypothesis is a linguistic theory proposing that the structure of a language influences or determines its speakers’ perception, thought, and worldview.
-
D.
Morphology by Itself
"Morphology by Itself" is a seminal linguistic monograph by Mark Aronoff that develops a theory of morphology as an autonomous component of grammar, independent from syntax and phonology.
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E.
Grassmann's law
Grassmann's law is a sound change rule in Indo-European linguistics describing how an aspirated consonant loses its aspiration when another aspirated consonant follows later in the same word.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
taxonomic naming rule
ⓘ
zoological nomenclature principle ⓘ |
| aimsAt | avoiding duplicate scientific names for different animal taxa ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
animal taxa
ⓘ
scientific names of animals ⓘ |
| appliesToRank |
family-group names
ⓘ
genus names ⓘ species names ⓘ |
| appliesWithin | same rank and group of animals ⓘ |
| category | rule of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | International Code of Zoological Nomenclature ⓘ |
| concerns | names that are spelled identically but refer to different taxa ⓘ |
| consequenceOfViolation |
later homonymous name is invalid
ⓘ
later homonymous name must be replaced ⓘ |
| coreIdea | the same name cannot be used for more than one animal taxon within the same nomenclatural group ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Principle of Synonymy ⓘ |
| effect |
contributes to nomenclatural stability in zoology
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reduces confusion caused by identical names for different taxa ⓘ |
| ensures | uniqueness of zoological names within a nomenclatural group ⓘ |
| field |
biological taxonomy
ⓘ
zoological nomenclature ⓘ |
| governingBody | International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature ⓘ |
| historicalContext | developed to stabilize animal nomenclature ⓘ |
| mechanism |
gives precedence to the earliest available name when homonyms occur
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rejects later names that duplicate earlier established names ⓘ |
| purpose |
to ensure that each animal taxon has a unique scientific name
ⓘ
to prevent the use of identical names for different animal taxa ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Principle of Priority
ⓘ
homonym (zoological nomenclature) ⓘ |
| requires |
checking existing names before proposing new zoological names
ⓘ
replacement name for junior homonym ⓘ |
| scope | names regulated by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature ⓘ |
| status | binding for zoological nomenclature ⓘ |
| usedBy |
taxonomists
ⓘ
zoologists ⓘ |
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: Principle of Homonymy Description of subject: The Principle of Homonymy is a zoological nomenclature rule that ensures each animal taxon has a unique scientific name by rejecting later names that duplicate earlier established ones.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.