Cypselurus
E871493
Cypselurus is a genus of flying fishes known for their elongated pectoral fins that enable them to glide above the ocean surface.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cypselurus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10560657 — 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: Cypselurus Context triple: [Exocoetidae, contains, Cypselurus]
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A.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
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B.
Cyanippus
Cyanippus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the brother of Argia.
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C.
Phylacus
Phylacus is a figure from Greek mythology known as a leader of the Magnetes, a Thessalian people mentioned in epic tradition.
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D.
Phylomache
Phylomache is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the wife of King Pelias of Iolcus and mother of several of his children.
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E.
Xerinae
Xerinae is a subfamily of rodents in the squirrel family (Sciuridae) that includes ground squirrels, chipmunks, and related species.
- 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: Cypselurus Target entity description: Cypselurus is a genus of flying fishes known for their elongated pectoral fins that enable them to glide above the ocean surface.
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A.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
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B.
Cyanippus
Cyanippus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the brother of Argia.
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C.
Phylacus
Phylacus is a figure from Greek mythology known as a leader of the Magnetes, a Thessalian people mentioned in epic tradition.
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D.
Phylomache
Phylomache is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the wife of King Pelias of Iolcus and mother of several of his children.
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E.
Xerinae
Xerinae is a subfamily of rodents in the squirrel family (Sciuridae) that includes ground squirrels, chipmunks, and related species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| adaptation |
enlarged pectoral fins for gliding
ⓘ
streamlined body for fast swimming ⓘ |
| belongsTo | flying fish group ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | flying fishes ⓘ |
| diet |
plankton
ⓘ
small fishes ⓘ small marine invertebrates ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical oceans
ⓘ
tropical oceans ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| ecologicalRole |
mid-trophic level predator
ⓘ
prey for larger pelagic predators ⓘ |
| family | Exocoetidae ⓘ |
| habitat |
epipelagic zone
ⓘ
open ocean ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
ability to glide above the ocean surface
ⓘ
elongated pectoral fins ⓘ marine ⓘ ray-finned fishes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | pelagic ⓘ |
| locomotion |
gliding above water surface
ⓘ
swimming ⓘ |
| order | Beloniformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Exocoetidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| 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: Cypselurus Description of subject: Cypselurus is a genus of flying fishes known for their elongated pectoral fins that enable them to glide above the ocean surface.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.