Forster's tern
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Forster's tern is a medium-sized North American tern species known for its graceful flight, slender build, and preference for marshes and wetlands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Forster's tern canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19576184 — 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: Forster's tern Context triple: [Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, hasSpecies, Forster's tern]
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A.
black-bellied tern
The black-bellied tern is a medium-sized riverine tern of South Asia, now endangered due to habitat loss and declining river ecosystems.
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B.
Caspian tern
The Caspian tern is a large, powerful seabird and the world’s biggest tern species, known for its stout red bill and wide distribution across coastal and inland waters worldwide.
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C.
Aleutian tern
The Aleutian tern is a small, migratory seabird of the North Pacific known for its long-distance flights between subarctic breeding grounds and tropical wintering areas.
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D.
Antarctic tern
The Antarctic tern is a small, migratory seabird of polar regions, known for its graceful flight, long-distance movements, and nesting on rocky Antarctic and sub-Antarctic coasts and islands.
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E.
Kentish plover
The Kentish plover is a small, pale shorebird of sandy coasts and salt flats, known for its quick, darting movements and widespread breeding across Eurasia and North Africa.
- 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: Forster's tern Target entity description: Forster's tern is a medium-sized North American tern species known for its graceful flight, slender build, and preference for marshes and wetlands.
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A.
black-bellied tern
The black-bellied tern is a medium-sized riverine tern of South Asia, now endangered due to habitat loss and declining river ecosystems.
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B.
Caspian tern
The Caspian tern is a large, powerful seabird and the world’s biggest tern species, known for its stout red bill and wide distribution across coastal and inland waters worldwide.
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C.
Aleutian tern
The Aleutian tern is a small, migratory seabird of the North Pacific known for its long-distance flights between subarctic breeding grounds and tropical wintering areas.
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D.
Antarctic tern
The Antarctic tern is a small, migratory seabird of polar regions, known for its graceful flight, long-distance movements, and nesting on rocky Antarctic and sub-Antarctic coasts and islands.
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E.
Kentish plover
The Kentish plover is a small, pale shorebird of sandy coasts and salt flats, known for its quick, darting movements and widespread breeding across Eurasia and North Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.