Delphinoidea
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Delphinoidea is a superfamily of marine mammals that includes oceanic dolphins, porpoises, and related toothed whales.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Delphinoidea canonical | 2 |
| Delphinoidea superfamily | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13244174 — 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: Delphinoidea Context triple: [Lagenorhynchus, parentTaxon, Delphinoidea]
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A.
Delphinidae
Delphinidae is the biological family of oceanic dolphins, comprising numerous highly intelligent, social, and predominantly marine toothed whale species found worldwide.
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B.
Cetacea
Cetacea is an order of fully aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises, characterized by streamlined bodies, flippers, and adaptations for life in marine environments.
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C.
Odontoceti
Odontoceti is the parvorder of toothed whales, including dolphins and porpoises, characterized by echolocation and teeth instead of baleen.
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D.
Physeteridae
Physeteridae is a family of large toothed whales best known for the sperm whale, characterized by their massive heads and deep-diving behavior.
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E.
Mysticeti
Mysticeti is the suborder of baleen whales, large marine mammals that filter-feed using baleen plates instead of teeth.
- 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: Delphinoidea Target entity description: Delphinoidea is a superfamily of marine mammals that includes oceanic dolphins, porpoises, and related toothed whales.
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A.
Delphinidae
Delphinidae is the biological family of oceanic dolphins, comprising numerous highly intelligent, social, and predominantly marine toothed whale species found worldwide.
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B.
Cetacea
Cetacea is an order of fully aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises, characterized by streamlined bodies, flippers, and adaptations for life in marine environments.
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C.
Odontoceti
Odontoceti is the parvorder of toothed whales, including dolphins and porpoises, characterized by echolocation and teeth instead of baleen.
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D.
Physeteridae
Physeteridae is a family of large toothed whales best known for the sperm whale, characterized by their massive heads and deep-diving behavior.
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E.
Mysticeti
Mysticeti is the suborder of baleen whales, large marine mammals that filter-feed using baleen plates instead of teeth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
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mammal superfamily ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | many species threatened or endangered ⓘ |
| dentitionType | homodont teeth ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
fish ⓘ squid ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide oceans ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
marine apex predators
ⓘ
mesopredators ⓘ |
| feedingMode | carnivorous ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal waters
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marine ⓘ open ocean ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | oceanic dolphins, porpoises, and relatives ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
blowhole
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complex vocalizations ⓘ dorsal fin in most species ⓘ echolocation ⓘ social behavior ⓘ streamlined body ⓘ |
| includes |
Delphinidae
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Monodontidae ⓘ Phocoenidae ⓘ beluga whale ⓘ bottlenose dolphin ⓘ harbor porpoise ⓘ killer whale ⓘ narwhal ⓘ oceanic dolphins ⓘ porpoises ⓘ |
| isA | toothed whale superfamily ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| limbType | forelimbs modified into flippers ⓘ |
| order | Cetacea ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | air-breathing ⓘ |
| sensoryAbility | underwater hearing specialization ⓘ |
| suborder | Odontoceti ⓘ |
| tailMorphology | horizontal flukes ⓘ |
| taxonRank | superfamily ⓘ |
| threats |
bycatch in fisheries
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noise pollution ⓘ pollution ⓘ ship strikes ⓘ |
| toothedOrBaleen | toothed ⓘ |
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: Delphinoidea Description of subject: Delphinoidea is a superfamily of marine mammals that includes oceanic dolphins, porpoises, and related toothed whales.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Delphinoidea