Ophiodon
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Ophiodon is a genus of large predatory marine fish, best known for the lingcod found in North Pacific coastal waters.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ophiodon canonical | 2 |
| Ophiodon elongatus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10314932 — 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: Ophiodon Context triple: [Hexagrammidae, hasMember, Ophiodon]
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A.
Ophiotaurus
Ophiotaurus is a lesser-known creature from Greek mythology, depicted as a hybrid with the front half of a bull and the tail of a serpent, whose entrails were said to grant power over the gods if burned.
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B.
Ophichthus
Ophichthus is a genus of snake eels, comprising numerous elongated, burrowing marine fish species found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
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C.
Serrivomer
Serrivomer is a genus of deep-sea sawtooth eels known for their elongated bodies and distinctive serrated jaws.
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D.
Ilyophis
Ilyophis is a genus of deep-sea eels known for their elongated bodies and habitation in the bathyal and abyssal zones of the world’s oceans.
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E.
Sauromuraenesox
Sauromuraenesox is a genus of eel-like marine fishes belonging to the family Muraenesocidae, commonly known as pike congers.
- 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: Ophiodon Target entity description: Ophiodon is a genus of large predatory marine fish, best known for the lingcod found in North Pacific coastal waters.
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A.
Ophiotaurus
Ophiotaurus is a lesser-known creature from Greek mythology, depicted as a hybrid with the front half of a bull and the tail of a serpent, whose entrails were said to grant power over the gods if burned.
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B.
Ophichthus
Ophichthus is a genus of snake eels, comprising numerous elongated, burrowing marine fish species found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
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C.
Serrivomer
Serrivomer is a genus of deep-sea sawtooth eels known for their elongated bodies and distinctive serrated jaws.
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D.
Ilyophis
Ilyophis is a genus of deep-sea eels known for their elongated bodies and habitation in the bathyal and abyssal zones of the world’s oceans.
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E.
Sauromuraenesox
Sauromuraenesox is a genus of eel-like marine fishes belonging to the family Muraenesocidae, commonly known as pike congers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish genus
ⓘ
fish species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor | lingcod ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
lingcod
ⓘ
lingcod genus ⓘ |
| containsTaxon | Ophiodon elongatus ONNER ⓘ |
| describedAs | large predatory marine fish genus ⓘ |
| distribution | North Pacific coastal waters ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | predatory fish ⓘ |
| family |
Hexagrammidae
ⓘ
Hexagrammidae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
benthic coastal habitats
ⓘ
continental shelf regions ⓘ |
| genus | Ophiodon ⓘ |
| habitat |
North Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Pacific Ocean
North Pacific coastal waters ⓘ marine environment ⓘ rocky reefs and kelp beds ⓘ |
| hasBodyType | benthic demersal fish ⓘ |
| hasConservationInterest | managed fishery stock ⓘ |
| hasEconomicUse |
commercial fishery resource
ⓘ
commercially harvested fish ⓘ important sport fish ⓘ recreational sport fish ⓘ |
| hasFeedingType |
ambush predator
ⓘ
carnivorous ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies | lingcod ⓘ |
| isPartOf | North Pacific marine ecosystems ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Greek words for "snake" and "tooth" ⓘ |
| nativeTo | coastal waters of western North America ⓘ |
| order |
Scorpaeniformes
ⓘ
Scorpaeniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| preysOn |
cephalopods
ⓘ
crustaceans ⓘ smaller fish ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | top-level predator ⓘ |
| waterType | saltwater ⓘ |
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: Ophiodon Description of subject: Ophiodon is a genus of large predatory marine fish, best known for the lingcod found in North Pacific coastal waters.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ophiodon