Antarctic krill
E15262
Antarctic krill are small, shrimp-like crustaceans that form massive swarms and serve as a keystone species at the base of the Antarctic marine food web.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Antarctic krill canonical | 7 |
| Euphausia superba | 4 |
| Euphausia | 1 |
| Euphausia superba Dana | 1 |
| Euphausiidae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T133278 — 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: Antarctic krill Context triple: [Southern Ocean, supportsSpecies, Antarctic krill]
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A.
Alewife
Alewife is a major subway station and transit hub in North Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving as the northern endpoint of Boston’s MBTA Red Line and a large park-and-ride facility.
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B.
southern right whale
The southern right whale is a large baleen whale species known for its slow, coastal migrations and frequent surface activity, making it a prominent attraction for whale watching along the coasts of regions like Patagonia.
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C.
Fidra
Fidra is a small uninhabited island off the coast of East Lothian, Scotland, known for its lighthouse, seabird colonies, and as an inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson.
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D.
Oreortyx
Oreortyx is a small genus of New World quails best known for the mountain quail, a ground-dwelling game bird native to western North America.
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E.
Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean is the remote, icy ocean encircling Antarctica, known for its powerful circumpolar currents, rich marine ecosystems, and crucial role in regulating Earth’s climate.
- 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: Antarctic krill Target entity description: Antarctic krill are small, shrimp-like crustaceans that form massive swarms and serve as a keystone species at the base of the Antarctic marine food web.
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A.
Alewife
Alewife is a major subway station and transit hub in North Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving as the northern endpoint of Boston’s MBTA Red Line and a large park-and-ride facility.
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B.
southern right whale
The southern right whale is a large baleen whale species known for its slow, coastal migrations and frequent surface activity, making it a prominent attraction for whale watching along the coasts of regions like Patagonia.
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C.
Fidra
Fidra is a small uninhabited island off the coast of East Lothian, Scotland, known for its lighthouse, seabird colonies, and as an inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson.
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D.
Oreortyx
Oreortyx is a small genus of New World quails best known for the mountain quail, a ground-dwelling game bird native to western North America.
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E.
Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean is the remote, icy ocean encircling Antarctica, known for its powerful circumpolar currents, rich marine ecosystems, and crucial role in regulating Earth’s climate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crustacean
ⓘ
krill ⓘ species ⓘ |
| bioluminescent | true ⓘ |
| bodyLength | about 6 centimeters ⓘ |
| bodyMass | about 1 gram ⓘ |
| class | Malacostraca ⓘ |
| color |
pink
ⓘ
translucent ⓘ |
| commercialUse | krill fishery ⓘ |
| commonName |
Antarctic euphausiid
ⓘ
Antarctic krill ⓘ |
| conservationConcern |
impacts of climate change
ⓘ
sea ice loss ⓘ |
| describedBy | Dana ⓘ |
| diet |
phytoplankton
ⓘ
zooplankton ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | keystone species ⓘ |
| family |
Antarctic krill
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Euphausiidae
|
| feedingMode | filter feeder ⓘ |
| formsSwarms | true ⓘ |
| genus |
Antarctic krill
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Euphausia
|
| geographicDistribution | circumpolar around Antarctica ⓘ |
| habitat |
Antarctic waters
ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ |
| importance | foundation of Antarctic marine food web ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| larvalDevelopment | multiple pelagic larval stages ⓘ |
| lifeSpan | up to 5–7 years ⓘ |
| order | Euphausiacea ⓘ |
| overwintersUnderSeaIce | true ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| preyOf |
baleen whales
ⓘ
fish ⓘ penguins ⓘ seabirds ⓘ seals ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| scientificName |
Antarctic krill
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Euphausia superba
|
| spawningLocation | open ocean ⓘ |
| subphylum |
Arthropoda
ⓘ
surface form:
Crustacea
|
| swarmDensity | up to 30000 individuals per cubic meter ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | primary consumer ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aquaculture feed
ⓘ
omega-3 supplements ⓘ |
| usesSeaIceForFeeding | true ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1850 ⓘ |
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: Antarctic krill Description of subject: Antarctic krill are small, shrimp-like crustaceans that form massive swarms and serve as a keystone species at the base of the Antarctic marine food web.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Euphausia
this entity surface form:
Euphausiidae
this entity surface form:
Euphausia superba
this entity surface form:
Euphausia superba
this entity surface form:
Euphausia superba
this entity surface form:
Euphausia superba
this entity surface form:
Euphausia superba Dana