Alloophorus
E910586
Alloophorus is a genus of freshwater killifish-like fishes in the family Cyprinodontidae, native to inland waters of Mexico.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alloophorus canonical | 2 |
| Alloophorus robustus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11177107 — 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: Alloophorus Context triple: [Cyprinodontidae, hasMember, Alloophorus]
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A.
Aloeus
Aloeus is a figure in Greek mythology known as one of the offspring associated with the sun god Helios.
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B.
Anthoscopus
Anthoscopus is a genus of very small African passerine birds commonly known as penduline tits, noted for their intricate, woven nests.
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C.
Pooecetes
Pooecetes is a small genus of New World sparrows in the family Passerellidae, best known for the Vesper Sparrow.
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D.
Pinarocorys
Pinarocorys is a genus of African larks known for their ground-dwelling habits and association with open grassland habitats.
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E.
Dactylopsila
Dactylopsila is a genus of striped possums, small nocturnal marsupials native to New Guinea and nearby regions, known for their elongated fourth finger used to extract insects from wood.
- 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: Alloophorus Target entity description: Alloophorus is a genus of freshwater killifish-like fishes in the family Cyprinodontidae, native to inland waters of Mexico.
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A.
Aloeus
Aloeus is a figure in Greek mythology known as one of the offspring associated with the sun god Helios.
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B.
Anthoscopus
Anthoscopus is a genus of very small African passerine birds commonly known as penduline tits, noted for their intricate, woven nests.
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C.
Pooecetes
Pooecetes is a small genus of New World sparrows in the family Passerellidae, best known for the Vesper Sparrow.
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D.
Pinarocorys
Pinarocorys is a genus of African larks known for their ground-dwelling habits and association with open grassland habitats.
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E.
Dactylopsila
Dactylopsila is a genus of striped possums, small nocturnal marsupials native to New Guinea and nearby regions, known for their elongated fourth finger used to extract insects from wood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish genus
ⓘ
fish species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| countryOfOccurrence | Mexico ⓘ |
| distribution |
Mexico
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ |
| family |
Cyprinodontidae
ⓘ
Cyprinodontidae ⓘ |
| genus | Alloophorus ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ |
| hasBackbone | true ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | killifish-like fishes ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Alloophorus robustus
ⓘ
linked to:
Alloophorus
|
| isExtant | true ⓘ |
| isVertebrate | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Greek roots "allo" (other) and "phoros" (bearing) ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
inland waters of Mexico
ⓘ
inland waters of Mexico ⓘ |
| order | Cyprinodontiformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Cyprinodontidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ |
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: Alloophorus Description of subject: Alloophorus is a genus of freshwater killifish-like fishes in the family Cyprinodontidae, native to inland waters of Mexico.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.