Balaenoptera
E385264
Balaenoptera is a genus of large baleen whales that includes species such as the blue whale, fin whale, and minke whale, known for their streamlined bodies and filter-feeding behavior.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Balaenoptera musculus | 4 |
| Balaenoptera canonical | 2 |
| Balaenoptera bonaerensis | 2 |
| Balaenoptera physalus | 1 |
| Balaenopteridae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3744503 — 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: Balaenoptera Context triple: [minke whale, genus, Balaenoptera]
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A.
Balaenidae
Balaenidae is a family of large baleen whales that includes the right whales, characterized by massive heads, arched jaws, and the absence of a dorsal fin.
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B.
Mysticeti
Mysticeti is the suborder of baleen whales, large marine mammals that filter-feed using baleen plates instead of teeth.
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C.
Lagenorhynchus
Lagenorhynchus is a genus of oceanic dolphins that includes several robust, fast-swimming species found in cold and temperate waters of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
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D.
Phocidae
Phocidae is the family of earless or true seals, a group of fully aquatic, fin-footed marine mammals adapted for life in cold and temperate oceans worldwide.
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E.
Cetacea
Cetacea is an order of fully aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises, characterized by streamlined bodies, flippers, and adaptations for life in marine environments.
- 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: Balaenoptera Target entity description: Balaenoptera is a genus of large baleen whales that includes species such as the blue whale, fin whale, and minke whale, known for their streamlined bodies and filter-feeding behavior.
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A.
Balaenidae
Balaenidae is a family of large baleen whales that includes the right whales, characterized by massive heads, arched jaws, and the absence of a dorsal fin.
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B.
Mysticeti
Mysticeti is the suborder of baleen whales, large marine mammals that filter-feed using baleen plates instead of teeth.
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C.
Lagenorhynchus
Lagenorhynchus is a genus of oceanic dolphins that includes several robust, fast-swimming species found in cold and temperate waters of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
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D.
Phocidae
Phocidae is the family of earless or true seals, a group of fully aquatic, fin-footed marine mammals adapted for life in cold and temperate oceans worldwide.
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E.
Cetacea
Cetacea is an order of fully aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises, characterized by streamlined bodies, flippers, and adaptations for life in marine environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| breathingOrgan | lungs ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | several species endangered ⓘ |
| diet |
krill
ⓘ
planktonic crustaceans ⓘ small fish ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide oceans ⓘ |
| family | Balaenopteridae ⓘ |
| feedingMode | filter feeding ⓘ |
| habitat |
open ocean
ⓘ
pelagic zone ⓘ |
| hasAnatomicalFeature |
baleen plates
ⓘ
blowholes ⓘ dorsal fin ⓘ long slender flippers ⓘ streamlined body ⓘ ventral pleats ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | rorquals ⓘ |
| hasMemberSpecies |
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
ⓘ
Balaenoptera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Balaenoptera bonaerensis
Balaenoptera borealis ⓘ bryde’s whale ⓘ
surface form:
Balaenoptera brydei
bryde’s whale ⓘ
surface form:
Balaenoptera edeni
Balaenoptera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Balaenoptera musculus
Omura’s whale ⓘ
surface form:
Balaenoptera omurai
Balaenoptera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Balaenoptera physalus
|
| includesCommonName |
minke whale
ⓘ
surface form:
Antarctic minke whale
bryde’s whale ⓘ
surface form:
Bryde’s whale
Eden’s whale ⓘ Omura’s whale ⓘ blue whale ⓘ Balaenoptera acutorostrata ⓘ
surface form:
common minke whale
fin whale ⓘ sei whale ⓘ |
| infraorder | Cetacea ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| movementType | swimming ⓘ |
| namedBy | Bernard Germain de Lacépède ⓘ |
| order | Cetacea ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Balaenopteridae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductionType | viviparous ⓘ |
| respirationType | air-breathing ⓘ |
| suborder | Mysticeti ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| threat |
climate change
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commercial whaling (historical) ⓘ entanglement in fishing gear ⓘ ship strikes ⓘ |
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: Balaenoptera Description of subject: Balaenoptera is a genus of large baleen whales that includes species such as the blue whale, fin whale, and minke whale, known for their streamlined bodies and filter-feeding behavior.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Balaenopteridae
this entity surface form:
Balaenoptera bonaerensis
this entity surface form:
Balaenoptera musculus
this entity surface form:
Balaenoptera musculus
subject surface form:
Hope (blue whale skeleton)
this entity surface form:
Balaenoptera musculus
this entity surface form:
Balaenoptera musculus
this entity surface form:
Balaenoptera physalus
this entity surface form:
Balaenoptera bonaerensis