Procellariidae
E191158
Procellariidae is a family of seabirds that includes petrels, shearwaters, and fulmars, known for their long-distance oceanic flight and tube-shaped nostrils.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Procellariidae canonical | 48 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1584393 — 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: Procellariidae Context triple: [Aves, hasSubgroup, Procellariidae]
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A.
Procellariiformes
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that includes albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters, known for their long-distance oceanic flight and tube-shaped nostrils.
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B.
Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocoracidae is a family of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags, characterized by their diving ability and predominantly fish-based diet.
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C.
Sulidae
Sulidae is a family of large, seabird species that includes gannets and boobies, known for their plunge-diving behavior in oceans worldwide.
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D.
Sphenisciformes
Sphenisciformes is the order of flightless, aquatic birds commonly known as penguins, adapted to life in the Southern Hemisphere’s marine environments.
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E.
Hydrobatidae
Hydrobatidae is a family of small, oceanic seabirds known as storm petrels, which spend most of their lives at sea and are adapted to a pelagic lifestyle.
- 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: Procellariidae Target entity description: Procellariidae is a family of seabirds that includes petrels, shearwaters, and fulmars, known for their long-distance oceanic flight and tube-shaped nostrils.
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A.
Procellariiformes
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that includes albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters, known for their long-distance oceanic flight and tube-shaped nostrils.
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B.
Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocoracidae is a family of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags, characterized by their diving ability and predominantly fish-based diet.
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C.
Sulidae
Sulidae is a family of large, seabird species that includes gannets and boobies, known for their plunge-diving behavior in oceans worldwide.
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D.
Sphenisciformes
Sphenisciformes is the order of flightless, aquatic birds commonly known as penguins, adapted to life in the Southern Hemisphere’s marine environments.
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E.
Hydrobatidae
Hydrobatidae is a family of small, oceanic seabirds known as storm petrels, which spend most of their lives at sea and are adapted to a pelagic lifestyle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| breedingHabitat |
coastal headlands
ⓘ
islands ⓘ sea cliffs ⓘ |
| breedingSiteType |
burrows
ⓘ
rocky ledges ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName |
fulmars
ⓘ
petrels ⓘ shearwaters ⓘ |
| conservationConcern |
many species threatened by introduced predators
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many species threatened by light pollution at colonies ⓘ many species threatened by longline fisheries ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Aestrelata
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Aphrodroma ⓘ Ardenna ⓘ Bulweria ⓘ Calonectris ⓘ Daption ⓘ Fulmarus ⓘ Halobaena ⓘ Hydrobates ⓘ Lugensa ⓘ Pachyptila ⓘ Pagodroma ⓘ
linked to:
Pelagodroma
Procellaria ⓘ Pseudobulweria ⓘ Pterodroma ⓘ Puffinus ⓘ Thalassoica ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
fish ⓘ scavenged carrion ⓘ squid ⓘ zooplankton ⓘ |
| distribution |
North Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean ⓘ worldwide oceans ⓘ |
| habitat | open ocean ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
colonial breeder
ⓘ
excellent gliders ⓘ long incubation period ⓘ long lifespan ⓘ long narrow wings ⓘ long-distance oceanic flight ⓘ monogamous breeding pairs ⓘ nocturnal activity at colonies ⓘ pelagic lifestyle ⓘ salt gland above nasal passage ⓘ single-egg clutch ⓘ stomach oil production ⓘ strong sense of smell ⓘ tube-nosed ⓘ tube-shaped nostrils ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| order | Procellariiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Diomedeidae
ⓘ
Hydrobatidae ⓘ Pelecanoididae ⓘ |
| reproduction | lays eggs on land but forages at sea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
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: Procellariidae Description of subject: Procellariidae is a family of seabirds that includes petrels, shearwaters, and fulmars, known for their long-distance oceanic flight and tube-shaped nostrils.
Referenced by (48)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
manx shearwater
subject linked to:
Gould’s petrel is threatened
subject linked to:
Thalassoica
subject linked to:
Thalassoica