Maluridae
E184658
Maluridae is a family of small, often brightly colored passerine birds commonly known as fairywrens, grasswrens, and emu-wrens, native primarily to Australia and nearby regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maluridae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1584441 — 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: Maluridae Context triple: [Aves, hasSubgroup, Maluridae]
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A.
Dicruridae
Dicruridae is a family of passerine birds commonly known as drongos, found mainly in Africa, Asia, and Australasia and noted for their glossy plumage, long forked tails, and often aggressive, fearless behavior.
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B.
Sylviidae
Sylviidae is a family of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as Old World warblers, found across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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C.
Paridae
Paridae is a family of small, active passerine birds that includes tits, chickadees, and titmice, known for their acrobatic foraging and adaptability to diverse habitats.
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D.
Oriolidae
Oriolidae is a family of passerine birds that includes the Old World orioles and figbirds, known for their bright plumage and melodious songs.
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E.
Corcoracidae
Corcoracidae is a small family of Australian passerine birds known for their cooperative breeding behavior and complex social structures.
- 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: Maluridae Target entity description: Maluridae is a family of small, often brightly colored passerine birds commonly known as fairywrens, grasswrens, and emu-wrens, native primarily to Australia and nearby regions.
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A.
Dicruridae
Dicruridae is a family of passerine birds commonly known as drongos, found mainly in Africa, Asia, and Australasia and noted for their glossy plumage, long forked tails, and often aggressive, fearless behavior.
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B.
Sylviidae
Sylviidae is a family of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as Old World warblers, found across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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C.
Paridae
Paridae is a family of small, active passerine birds that includes tits, chickadees, and titmice, known for their acrobatic foraging and adaptability to diverse habitats.
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D.
Oriolidae
Oriolidae is a family of passerine birds that includes the Old World orioles and figbirds, known for their bright plumage and melodious songs.
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E.
Corcoracidae
Corcoracidae is a small family of Australian passerine birds known for their cooperative breeding behavior and complex social structures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodySize | small ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Meliphagidae
ⓘ
Acanthizidae ⓘ
surface form:
Pardalotidae
|
| commonName |
emu-wrens
ⓘ
fairywrens ⓘ grasswrens ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | varies by species ⓘ |
| diet | insectivorous ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Australasian realm
ⓘ
surface form:
Australasia
|
| foragingStratum | low vegetation ⓘ |
| geologicalOriginRegion | Australian continent ⓘ |
| habitat |
arid scrub
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ heathlands ⓘ shrubs ⓘ |
| hasMemberGenus |
Amytornis
ⓘ
Chenorhamphus ⓘ Clytomyias ⓘ Malurus ⓘ Shodhania ⓘ Sipodotus ⓘ Stipiturus ⓘ |
| infraorder |
Meliphagoidea
ⓘ
surface form:
Meliphagides
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| matingSystem | socially monogamous with frequent extra-pair copulations ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Australia
ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ nearby Australasian islands ⓘ |
| nestType | domed or ball-shaped nests in dense cover ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
complex social behavior
ⓘ
cooperative breeding in many species ⓘ long tails in many species ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumage | often brightly colored ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
International Ornithologists' Union
ⓘ
surface form:
International Ornithologists Union
|
| reproduction | altricial young ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | strong in plumage coloration ⓘ |
| songBehavior | vocal and active ⓘ |
| suborder | Passeri ⓘ |
| superfamily | Meliphagoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Malurus ⓘ |
| typicalSpeciesCommonName | superb fairywren ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Maluridae Description of subject: Maluridae is a family of small, often brightly colored passerine birds commonly known as fairywrens, grasswrens, and emu-wrens, native primarily to Australia and nearby regions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.