Doradidae
E230174
Doradidae is a family of South American freshwater catfishes commonly known as thorny or talking catfishes, noted for their bony armor and ability to produce sounds.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2045448 — 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: Doradidae Context triple: [Siluriformes, contains, Doradidae]
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A.
Odobenidae
Odobenidae is the biological family that comprises walruses, large marine mammals known for their long tusks and Arctic habitat.
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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.
Nandiniidae
Nandiniidae is a small family of African carnivorous mammals best known for the African palm civet, a solitary, arboreal species with a cat-like appearance.
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D.
Apodidae
Apodidae is a family of highly aerial birds known as swifts, characterized by their slender bodies, long wings, and exceptional flying abilities.
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E.
Oreocnide
Oreocnide is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae, comprising species typically found in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia.
- 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: Doradidae Target entity description: Doradidae is a family of South American freshwater catfishes commonly known as thorny or talking catfishes, noted for their bony armor and ability to produce sounds.
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A.
Odobenidae
Odobenidae is the biological family that comprises walruses, large marine mammals known for their long tusks and Arctic habitat.
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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.
Nandiniidae
Nandiniidae is a small family of African carnivorous mammals best known for the African palm civet, a solitary, arboreal species with a cat-like appearance.
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D.
Apodidae
Apodidae is a family of highly aerial birds known as swifts, characterized by their slender bodies, long wings, and exceptional flying abilities.
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E.
Oreocnide
Oreocnide is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae, comprising species typically found in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
catfish family
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fish family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
ability to produce sounds
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adipose fin present ⓘ bony armor ⓘ lateral bony scutes ⓘ thorny scutes along lateral line ⓘ three pairs of barbels ⓘ well‑developed pectoral spines ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
talking catfishes
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thorny catfishes ⓘ |
| diet |
detritivorous
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invertebrate feeders ⓘ omnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution | South America ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | benthic fishes ⓘ |
| foundIn |
floodplain lakes
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rivers ⓘ streams ⓘ |
| habitat | freshwater ⓘ |
| includes |
Acanthodoras
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Agamyxis ⓘ Amblydoras ⓘ
linked to:
Acanthodoras
Anadoras ⓘ Astrodoras ⓘ Doras ⓘ Hassar ⓘ Leptodoras ⓘ Nemadoras ⓘ Opsodoras ⓘ Oxydoras ⓘ Platydoras ⓘ Pterodoras ⓘ Trachydoras ⓘ
linked to:
Leptodoras
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| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Amazon Basin
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Orinoco Basin ⓘ Paraná–Paraguay Basin ⓘ coastal drainages of northern South America ⓘ |
| notableUse | aquarium trade ⓘ |
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg‑laying ⓘ |
| soundProductionMechanism |
pectoral spine stridulation
ⓘ
vibration of swim bladder ⓘ |
| 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: Doradidae Description of subject: Doradidae is a family of South American freshwater catfishes commonly known as thorny or talking catfishes, noted for their bony armor and ability to produce sounds.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.