Fregatidae
E179365
Fregatidae is a family of large seabirds known as frigatebirds, characterized by their long wings, forked tails, and the males’ distinctive inflatable red throat pouches.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fregatidae canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1584391 — 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: Fregatidae Context triple: [Aves, hasSubgroup, Fregatidae]
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A.
Gadidae
Gadidae is a family of marine fish that includes commercially important species such as cod, haddock, and pollock, commonly found in cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
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B.
Scorpaeniformes
Scorpaeniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes scorpionfishes, lionfishes, rockfishes, and related often venomous, bottom-dwelling marine species.
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C.
Atheriniformes
Atheriniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes commonly known as silversides, which are typically small, schooling, coastal or freshwater species found worldwide.
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D.
Phocidae
Phocidae is the family of earless or true seals, a group of fully aquatic, fin-footed marine mammals adapted for life in cold and temperate oceans worldwide.
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E.
Beloniformes
Beloniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes needlefish, flying fish, and their relatives, many of which are adapted for surface-dwelling and gliding above water.
- 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: Fregatidae Target entity description: Fregatidae is a family of large seabirds known as frigatebirds, characterized by their long wings, forked tails, and the males’ distinctive inflatable red throat pouches.
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A.
Gadidae
Gadidae is a family of marine fish that includes commercially important species such as cod, haddock, and pollock, commonly found in cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
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B.
Scorpaeniformes
Scorpaeniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes scorpionfishes, lionfishes, rockfishes, and related often venomous, bottom-dwelling marine species.
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C.
Atheriniformes
Atheriniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes commonly known as silversides, which are typically small, schooling, coastal or freshwater species found worldwide.
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D.
Phocidae
Phocidae is the family of earless or true seals, a group of fully aquatic, fin-footed marine mammals adapted for life in cold and temperate oceans worldwide.
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E.
Beloniformes
Beloniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes needlefish, flying fish, and their relatives, many of which are adapted for surface-dwelling and gliding above water.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| breedingHabitat |
coastal islands
ⓘ
oceanic islands ⓘ |
| cannot | land on water easily ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
deeply forked tails
ⓘ
males with inflatable red throat pouches ⓘ very long narrow wings ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | frigatebirds ⓘ |
| describedAs | large seabirds ⓘ |
| diet |
fish
ⓘ
other marine organisms ⓘ squid ⓘ |
| distribution |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| feedingStrategy |
kleptoparasitism
ⓘ
surface feeding ⓘ |
| flightAbility | excellent soaring ability ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Christmas Island frigatebird
ⓘ
surface form:
Fregata andrewsi
Fregata aquila ⓘ Fregata ariel ⓘ Christmas Island frigatebird ⓘ
surface form:
Fregata magnificens
Christmas Island frigatebird ⓘ
surface form:
Fregata minor
Fregata spp. ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
extremely low wing loading
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hooked bill ⓘ long deeply forked tail ⓘ |
| nestLocation |
bushes
ⓘ
cliffs ⓘ trees ⓘ |
| nestType | colonial nester ⓘ |
| order | Suliformes ⓘ |
| parentalCare | extended parental care ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageColor | predominantly black or dark ⓘ |
| reproduction | lays a single egg per breeding attempt ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism |
females generally larger than males
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males have inflatable red gular sacs ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
subtropical oceans
ⓘ
tropical oceans ⓘ |
| vernacularName | frigatebirds ⓘ |
| wingAdaptation | extremely high aspect ratio wings ⓘ |
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: Fregatidae Description of subject: Fregatidae is a family of large seabirds known as frigatebirds, characterized by their long wings, forked tails, and the males’ distinctive inflatable red throat pouches.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.