Tincidae
E229914
Tincidae is a family of freshwater fishes within the order Cypriniformes, best known for species like the tench (Tinca tinca) found in Eurasian lakes and slow-moving waters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tincidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2038594 — 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: Tincidae Context triple: [Cypriniformes, includes, Tincidae]
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A.
Mimidae
Mimidae is a family of passerine birds known for their vocal mimicry, including mockingbirds, thrashers, and catbirds.
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B.
Regulidae
Regulidae is a family of tiny, insectivorous passerine birds known as kinglets, found mainly in the Northern Hemisphere’s forests.
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C.
Dryophthorinae
Dryophthorinae is a subfamily of weevils that includes several economically important pest species, such as those that attack palms and stored products.
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D.
Eumeninae
Eumeninae is a large subfamily of solitary wasps, commonly known as potter or mason wasps, recognized for their mud-built nests and role as predators of caterpillars.
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E.
Sittidae
Sittidae is a family of small, agile passerine birds known as nuthatches, characterized by their ability to climb headfirst down tree trunks.
- 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: Tincidae Target entity description: Tincidae is a family of freshwater fishes within the order Cypriniformes, best known for species like the tench (Tinca tinca) found in Eurasian lakes and slow-moving waters.
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A.
Mimidae
Mimidae is a family of passerine birds known for their vocal mimicry, including mockingbirds, thrashers, and catbirds.
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B.
Regulidae
Regulidae is a family of tiny, insectivorous passerine birds known as kinglets, found mainly in the Northern Hemisphere’s forests.
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C.
Dryophthorinae
Dryophthorinae is a subfamily of weevils that includes several economically important pest species, such as those that attack palms and stored products.
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D.
Eumeninae
Eumeninae is a large subfamily of solitary wasps, commonly known as potter or mason wasps, recognized for their mud-built nests and role as predators of caterpillars.
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E.
Sittidae
Sittidae is a family of small, agile passerine birds known as nuthatches, characterized by their ability to climb headfirst down tree trunks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
Actinopterygii
ⓘ
surface form:
Teleostei
|
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | tenches ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Tinca
ⓘ
Tinca tinca ⓘ |
| distribution | Eurasia ⓘ |
| ecologicalNiche | benthic freshwater fish ⓘ |
| environment | freshwater ecosystems ⓘ |
| feedingType | omnivorous ⓘ |
| habitat | freshwater ⓘ |
| hasVertebralColumn | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| notableSpecies | Tinca tinca ⓘ |
| order | Cypriniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductionType | oviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| subclass | Neopterygii ⓘ |
| superclass | Osteichthyes ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
lakes
ⓘ
slow-moving rivers ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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: Tincidae Description of subject: Tincidae is a family of freshwater fishes within the order Cypriniformes, best known for species like the tench (Tinca tinca) found in Eurasian lakes and slow-moving waters.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.