Laridae
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Laridae is a family of seabirds that includes gulls, terns, and related species commonly found in coastal and marine environments worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Laridae canonical | 43 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2861686 — 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: Laridae Context triple: [sooty tern, parentTaxon, Laridae]
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A.
Procellariidae
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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B.
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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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.
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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E.
Alaudidae
Alaudidae is a family of small to medium-sized passerine birds commonly known as larks, noted for their elaborate songs and often ground-dwelling habits in open habitats.
- 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: Laridae Target entity description: Laridae is a family of seabirds that includes gulls, terns, and related species commonly found in coastal and marine environments worldwide.
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A.
Procellariidae
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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B.
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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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.
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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E.
Alaudidae
Alaudidae is a family of small to medium-sized passerine birds commonly known as larks, noted for their elaborate songs and often ground-dwelling habits in open habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
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taxon ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | gulls and terns ⓘ |
| diet |
fish
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insects ⓘ marine invertebrates ⓘ scavenged food ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
predators of fish and invertebrates
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scavengers in coastal ecosystems ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal environments
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inland water bodies ⓘ marine environments ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
long, narrow wings in many species
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many species exhibit long-distance migration ⓘ many species show strong site fidelity to breeding colonies ⓘ medium-sized to large seabirds ⓘ often associated with human-altered environments ⓘ often white, gray, and black plumage ⓘ vocal birds with loud calls ⓘ webbed feet ⓘ |
| includes |
gulls
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noddis ⓘ skimmers ⓘ terns ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Chlidonias
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Gelochelidon ⓘ Hydrocoloeus ⓘ Larus ⓘ Rissa ⓘ Sterna ⓘ Thalasseus ⓘ
linked to:
Sterna
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| order | Charadriiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
American Ornithological Society
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linked to:
American Ornithologists' Union
International Ornithologists Union ⓘ
linked to:
International Ornithologists' Union
|
| reproduction | lays eggs in nests on ground or cliffs ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
often colonial breeders
ⓘ
often form large flocks ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| threats |
habitat loss
ⓘ
human disturbance at breeding colonies ⓘ overfishing affecting prey availability ⓘ pollution ⓘ |
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: Laridae Description of subject: Laridae is a family of seabirds that includes gulls, terns, and related species commonly found in coastal and marine environments worldwide.
Referenced by (43)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.