Falconidae
E182601
Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey that includes falcons, caracaras, and their relatives, known for their speed, keen vision, and predatory hunting skills.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Falconidae canonical | 28 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1584412 — 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: Falconidae Context triple: [Aves, hasSubgroup, Falconidae]
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A.
Accipitridae
Accipitridae is a large family of birds of prey that includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures.
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B.
Falconiformes
Falconiformes is an order of birds traditionally comprising diurnal birds of prey such as falcons and caracaras, characterized by keen vision, hooked beaks, and strong talons adapted for hunting.
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C.
Pandionidae
Pandionidae is a small family of birds of prey best known for the osprey, a fish-eating raptor found near coasts and inland waters worldwide.
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D.
Ardeidae
Ardeidae is a family of long-legged wading birds that includes herons, egrets, and bitterns, commonly found in wetlands worldwide.
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E.
Accipitriformes
Accipitriformes is an order of birds of prey that includes hawks, eagles, kites, and vultures, characterized by keen eyesight, hooked beaks, and powerful talons.
- 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: Falconidae Target entity description: Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey that includes falcons, caracaras, and their relatives, known for their speed, keen vision, and predatory hunting skills.
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A.
Accipitridae
Accipitridae is a large family of birds of prey that includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures.
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B.
Falconiformes
Falconiformes is an order of birds traditionally comprising diurnal birds of prey such as falcons and caracaras, characterized by keen vision, hooked beaks, and strong talons adapted for hunting.
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C.
Pandionidae
Pandionidae is a small family of birds of prey best known for the osprey, a fish-eating raptor found near coasts and inland waters worldwide.
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D.
Ardeidae
Ardeidae is a family of long-legged wading birds that includes herons, egrets, and bitterns, commonly found in wetlands worldwide.
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E.
Accipitriformes
Accipitriformes is an order of birds of prey that includes hawks, eagles, kites, and vultures, characterized by keen eyesight, hooked beaks, and powerful talons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
birds of prey
ⓘ
diurnal ⓘ high-speed flight ⓘ hooked beak ⓘ keen vision ⓘ predatory hunting behavior ⓘ strong talons ⓘ tomial tooth on beak ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | falcon family ⓘ |
| diet |
insects
ⓘ
reptiles ⓘ small birds ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| flightStyle |
fast powered flight
ⓘ
stooping dives from height ⓘ |
| habitat |
deserts
ⓘ
forests ⓘ grasslands ⓘ mountains ⓘ open country ⓘ |
| includes |
American kestrel
ⓘ
Aplomado falcon ⓘ Eurasian hobby ⓘ bat falcon ⓘ caracaras ⓘ chimango caracara ⓘ common kestrel ⓘ crested caracara ⓘ falcons ⓘ forest falcons ⓘ gyrfalcon ⓘ hobbies ⓘ kestrels ⓘ lanner falcon ⓘ laughing falcon ⓘ merlins ⓘ orange-breasted falcon ⓘ peregrine falcon ⓘ prairie falcon ⓘ red-footed falcon ⓘ saker falcon ⓘ
linked to:
Saker falcon
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nestingBehavior | often use nests of other birds ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
American kestrel
ⓘ
crested caracara ⓘ
linked to:
Crested caracara
gyrfalcon ⓘ
linked to:
Gyrfalcon
peregrine falcon ⓘ |
| order | Falconiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Falco ⓘ |
| vision | excellent color vision ⓘ |
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: Falconidae Description of subject: Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey that includes falcons, caracaras, and their relatives, known for their speed, keen vision, and predatory hunting skills.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
New Zealand falcon (kārearea)
subject linked to:
laughing falcon
subject linked to:
laughing falcon