western sandpiper
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The western sandpiper is a small migratory shorebird of North America that breeds in Arctic tundra and undertakes long-distance journeys along the Pacific coast to its wintering grounds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| western sandpiper canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2384852 — 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: western sandpiper Context triple: [Pacific Flyway, supportsSpecies, western sandpiper]
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A.
Kentish plover
The Kentish plover is a small, pale shorebird of sandy coasts and salt flats, known for its quick, darting movements and widespread breeding across Eurasia and North Africa.
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B.
Ammospiza maritima
Ammospiza maritima is a small North American sparrow species known as the seaside sparrow, typically found in coastal salt marsh habitats.
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C.
red-necked phalarope
The red-necked phalarope is a small, migratory wader known for its distinctive reddish neck in breeding plumage and unusual behavior of females being more brightly colored and males incubating the eggs.
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D.
Torgos tracheliotos
Torgos tracheliotos, commonly known as the lappet-faced vulture, is a large, powerful African vulture distinguished by its bare, wrinkled head and strong bill adapted for tearing tough carcasses.
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E.
River Tern
The River Tern is a river in Shropshire, England, known as a tributary of the River Severn flowing through rural landscapes and historic market towns.
- 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: western sandpiper Target entity description: The western sandpiper is a small migratory shorebird of North America that breeds in Arctic tundra and undertakes long-distance journeys along the Pacific coast to its wintering grounds.
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A.
Kentish plover
The Kentish plover is a small, pale shorebird of sandy coasts and salt flats, known for its quick, darting movements and widespread breeding across Eurasia and North Africa.
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B.
Ammospiza maritima
Ammospiza maritima is a small North American sparrow species known as the seaside sparrow, typically found in coastal salt marsh habitats.
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C.
red-necked phalarope
The red-necked phalarope is a small, migratory wader known for its distinctive reddish neck in breeding plumage and unusual behavior of females being more brightly colored and males incubating the eggs.
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D.
Torgos tracheliotos
Torgos tracheliotos, commonly known as the lappet-faced vulture, is a large, powerful African vulture distinguished by its bare, wrinkled head and strong bill adapted for tearing tough carcasses.
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E.
River Tern
The River Tern is a river in Shropshire, England, known as a tributary of the River Severn flowing through rural landscapes and historic market towns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird
ⓘ
sandpiper ⓘ shorebird ⓘ species ⓘ |
| billShape | slightly drooping black bill ⓘ |
| binomialName | Calidris mauri ⓘ |
| bodyLength | about 14 to 17 centimeters ⓘ |
| bodyMass | about 22 grams ⓘ |
| breedingSystem | socially monogamous ⓘ |
| breedsIn |
Arctic tundra
ⓘ
Chukchi Peninsula ⓘ southwestern Alaska ⓘ
surface form:
western Alaska
|
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | usually 4 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName | western sandpiper self-link ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
insects ⓘ marine worms ⓘ small invertebrates ⓘ |
| eggColor | pale with dark spots ⓘ |
| family | Scolopacidae ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior |
picks prey from surface
ⓘ
probes mud with bill ⓘ |
| genus |
Scolopacidae
ⓘ
surface form:
Calidris
|
| habitat |
Arctic tundra wetlands
ⓘ
coastal mudflats ⓘ estuaries ⓘ sandy shores ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| legColor | black legs ⓘ |
| migrationRoute | Pacific Flyway ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | long-distance migrant ⓘ |
| nativeTo | North America ⓘ |
| nestType | ground nest ⓘ |
| order | Charadriiformes ⓘ |
| parentalCare | both parents incubate eggs ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumage |
breeding plumage has rufous tones on head and back
ⓘ
nonbreeding plumage is grayish above and white below ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | often forms large flocks ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
climate change impacts on Arctic breeding grounds
ⓘ
habitat loss in coastal wetlands ⓘ |
| wingspan | about 35 centimeters ⓘ |
| wintersAlong | Pacific coast of North America ⓘ |
| wintersIn |
Central America
ⓘ
Pacific coast of Mexico ⓘ Peru ⓘ South America ⓘ |
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: western sandpiper Description of subject: The western sandpiper is a small migratory shorebird of North America that breeds in Arctic tundra and undertakes long-distance journeys along the Pacific coast to its wintering grounds.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.