Anatidae
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Anatidae is a large family of waterfowl that includes ducks, geese, and swans, many of which are adapted for aquatic habitats worldwide.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T796360 — 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: Anatidae Context triple: [nēnē, family, Anatidae]
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A.
Anseriformes
Anseriformes is an order of birds that includes ducks, geese, swans, and their relatives, many of which are adapted to aquatic environments.
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B.
Phasianidae
Phasianidae is a large family of birds that includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, and related ground-dwelling gamebirds known for their often colorful plumage and importance in hunting and agriculture.
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C.
Galliformes
Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied, ground-feeding birds that includes quails, pheasants, turkeys, grouse, and chickens.
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D.
Ducks
Ducks is the nickname for the University of Oregon’s athletic teams, most prominently its college football program.
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E.
spectacled eider
The spectacled eider is a sea duck of Arctic coastal regions, recognizable by its distinctive “spectacled” eye markings and reliance on remote marine habitats for breeding and wintering.
- 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: Anatidae Target entity description: Anatidae is a large family of waterfowl that includes ducks, geese, and swans, many of which are adapted for aquatic habitats worldwide.
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A.
Anseriformes
Anseriformes is an order of birds that includes ducks, geese, swans, and their relatives, many of which are adapted to aquatic environments.
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B.
Phasianidae
Phasianidae is a large family of birds that includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, and related ground-dwelling gamebirds known for their often colorful plumage and importance in hunting and agriculture.
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C.
Galliformes
Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied, ground-feeding birds that includes quails, pheasants, turkeys, grouse, and chickens.
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D.
Ducks
Ducks is the nickname for the University of Oregon’s athletic teams, most prominently its college football program.
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E.
spectacled eider
The spectacled eider is a sea duck of Arctic coastal regions, recognizable by its distinctive “spectacled” eye markings and reliance on remote marine habitats for breeding and wintering.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
clade of waterfowl ⓘ taxonomic family ⓘ |
| behavior |
many species migratory
ⓘ
often form flocks ⓘ |
| characteristic |
dense body plumage
ⓘ
flattened bills ⓘ waterproof plumage ⓘ webbed feet ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName |
Anatids
ⓘ
linked to:
Anatidae
|
| containsSpecies |
Canada goose
ⓘ
linked to:
Canada geese
black swan ⓘ mallard ⓘ mute swan ⓘ northern pintail ⓘ snow goose ⓘ whooper swan ⓘ
linked to:
Swan
wood duck ⓘ |
| diet |
herbivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
aquatic herbivores
ⓘ
prey for predators ⓘ seed dispersers ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
domesticated for eggs
ⓘ
domesticated for feathers ⓘ domesticated for meat ⓘ game birds ⓘ |
| habitat |
aquatic habitats
ⓘ
lakes ⓘ marshes ⓘ rivers ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| includesCommonGroup |
ducks
ⓘ
geese ⓘ swans ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| morphology |
palmate feet
ⓘ
relatively long necks in geese and swans ⓘ shorter necks in most ducks ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Anas
ⓘ
Anser ⓘ Aythya ⓘ Branta ⓘ Cygnus ⓘ Tadorna ⓘ |
| order | Anseriformes ⓘ |
| parentalCare | biparental care common ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
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: Anatidae Description of subject: Anatidae is a large family of waterfowl that includes ducks, geese, and swans, many of which are adapted for aquatic habitats worldwide.
Referenced by (62)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
blue duck (whio)
linked to: Anatidae
linked to: Anatidae
subject linked to:
Canada geese
subject linked to:
northern pintail
linked to: Anatidae
linked to: Anatidae
subject linked to:
The Swan
subject linked to:
Cape Barren geese
subject linked to:
Asarcornis
linked to: Anatidae