mahseer
E162732
The mahseer is a large, powerful freshwater fish of the carp family, renowned as a prized game fish in South and Southeast Asian rivers.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| mahseer canonical | 2 |
| Deccan mahseer | 1 |
| Himalayan mahseer | 1 |
| Malaysian mahseer | 1 |
| chocolate mahseer | 1 |
| copper mahseer | 1 |
| golden mahseer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1418615 — 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: mahseer Context triple: [Nameri National Park, hasSpecies, mahseer]
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A.
Nile tilapia
Nile tilapia is a widely farmed freshwater fish species native to African river systems, known for its fast growth, adaptability, and importance in global aquaculture and local fisheries.
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B.
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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C.
Fisk
Fisk is a surname most famously associated with Carlton Fisk, a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball catcher known for his long career with the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox.
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D.
White bass
The white bass is a North American freshwater game fish known for its schooling behavior, strong fighting ability, and popularity among anglers in lakes and rivers.
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E.
Mola
Mola is a Spanish surname most notably associated with Emilio Mola, a key Nationalist general during the Spanish Civil War.
- 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: mahseer Target entity description: The mahseer is a large, powerful freshwater fish of the carp family, renowned as a prized game fish in South and Southeast Asian rivers.
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A.
Nile tilapia
Nile tilapia is a widely farmed freshwater fish species native to African river systems, known for its fast growth, adaptability, and importance in global aquaculture and local fisheries.
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B.
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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C.
Fisk
Fisk is a surname most famously associated with Carlton Fisk, a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball catcher known for his long career with the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox.
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D.
White bass
The white bass is a North American freshwater game fish known for its schooling behavior, strong fighting ability, and popularity among anglers in lakes and rivers.
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E.
Mola
Mola is a Spanish surname most notably associated with Emilio Mola, a key Nationalist general during the Spanish Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
common name
ⓘ
fish ⓘ freshwater fish ⓘ |
| bodyShape |
elongated
ⓘ
streamlined ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonNameOf |
Neolissochilus hexagonolepis
ⓘ
Tor khudree ⓘ Tor mosal ⓘ Tor putitora ⓘ Tor tambroides ⓘ Tor tor ⓘ |
| conservationAction |
protected area management
ⓘ
stock enhancement programs ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | iconic sport fish in the Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| economicUse |
aquaculture species
ⓘ
food fish ⓘ game fish ⓘ |
| family | Cyprinidae ⓘ |
| feedsOn |
algae
ⓘ
fruits ⓘ |
| foundInCountry |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
Bhutan ⓘ India ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Thailand ⓘ |
| foundInHabitat |
fast-flowing streams
ⓘ
rivers ⓘ rocky river pools ⓘ |
| genusIncludes |
Naziritor
ⓘ
Neolissochilus ⓘ Tor ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| majorThreat |
habitat degradation
ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ pollution ⓘ river damming ⓘ |
| maximumSize | over 1 meter in length ⓘ |
| maximumWeight | over 40 kilograms ⓘ |
| nativeToRegion |
South Asia
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| order | Cypriniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| preysOn |
invertebrates
ⓘ
small fish ⓘ |
| reproduction | migratory spawner ⓘ |
| spawningHabitat | upstream gravel beds ⓘ |
| taxonRank | informal group ⓘ |
| threatStatus | many species threatened ⓘ |
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: mahseer Description of subject: The mahseer is a large, powerful freshwater fish of the carp family, renowned as a prized game fish in South and Southeast Asian rivers.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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