Centrarchidae
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Centrarchidae is a family of North American freshwater ray-finned fishes that includes sunfishes and black basses, many of which are popular in sport fishing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Centrarchidae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13407951 — 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: Centrarchidae Context triple: [largemouth bass, family, Centrarchidae]
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A.
Centrarchiformes
Centrarchiformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes many familiar freshwater species such as sunfishes and perches.
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B.
Leuciscidae
Leuciscidae is a family of freshwater fishes commonly known as true minnows and their relatives, widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a large family of freshwater fishes that includes carps, minnows, and their relatives, widely distributed across Eurasia, Africa, and North America.
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D.
Catostomidae
Catostomidae is a family of freshwater fishes commonly known as suckers, characterized by their bottom-feeding habits and specialized mouths adapted for scraping food from substrates.
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E.
Poeciliidae
Poeciliidae is a family of small freshwater fishes, including guppies and mollies, known for their live-bearing reproduction and popularity in aquariums.
- 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: Centrarchidae Target entity description: Centrarchidae is a family of North American freshwater ray-finned fishes that includes sunfishes and black basses, many of which are popular in sport fishing.
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A.
Centrarchiformes
Centrarchiformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes many familiar freshwater species such as sunfishes and perches.
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B.
Leuciscidae
Leuciscidae is a family of freshwater fishes commonly known as true minnows and their relatives, widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a large family of freshwater fishes that includes carps, minnows, and their relatives, widely distributed across Eurasia, Africa, and North America.
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D.
Catostomidae
Catostomidae is a family of freshwater fishes commonly known as suckers, characterized by their bottom-feeding habits and specialized mouths adapted for scraping food from substrates.
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E.
Poeciliidae
Poeciliidae is a family of small freshwater fishes, including guppies and mollies, known for their live-bearing reproduction and popularity in aquariums.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
carnivorous diet
ⓘ
laterally compressed body ⓘ spiny dorsal fin ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
centrarchids
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
sunfishes ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
insects ⓘ small fishes ⓘ |
| distribution | North America ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | important predators in freshwater ecosystems ⓘ |
| economicUse |
recreational angling
ⓘ
sport fishing ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
lakes ⓘ ponds ⓘ rivers ⓘ streams ⓘ |
| includes |
Acantharchus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ambloplites NERFINISHED ⓘ Archoplites NERFINISHED ⓘ Centrarchus NERFINISHED ⓘ Elassoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Enneacanthus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lepomis NERFINISHED ⓘ Micropterus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pomoxis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesCommonGroup |
black basses
ⓘ
sunfishes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo | North America ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Lepomis gibbosus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lepomis macrochirus NERFINISHED ⓘ Micropterus dolomieu NERFINISHED ⓘ Micropterus salmoides NERFINISHED ⓘ Pomoxis annularis NERFINISHED ⓘ Pomoxis nigromaculatus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order |
Centrarchiformes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Perciformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentalCare | male guards eggs and fry ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | nest building by males ⓘ |
| subclass | Neopterygii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| superorder | Acanthopterygii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | predator ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Centrarchus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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: Centrarchidae Description of subject: Centrarchidae is a family of North American freshwater ray-finned fishes that includes sunfishes and black basses, many of which are popular in sport fishing.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.