Chasmistes
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Chasmistes is a genus of North American suckers (freshwater fish) in the family Catostomidae, known for several rare and endangered species adapted to large lakes and river systems.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chasmistes canonical | 1 |
| Chasmistes cujus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5210878 — 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: Chasmistes Context triple: [cui-ui, genus, Chasmistes]
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A.
Chaetachme
Chaetachme is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Africa and known for its shrubby or small tree growth form.
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B.
Sidicini
The Sidicini were an ancient Italic people of south-central Italy, known from early Roman history and associated with the Oscan-speaking Samnite cultural sphere.
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C.
Phylacus
Phylacus is a figure from Greek mythology known as a leader of the Magnetes, a Thessalian people mentioned in epic tradition.
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D.
Telchinia
Telchinia is the ancient name of the Greek city-state later known as Sicyon, located in the northern Peloponnese.
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E.
Artinos
Artinos are the inhabitants or natives of the town of Arta, typically referring to its local people and community.
- 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: Chasmistes Target entity description: Chasmistes is a genus of North American suckers (freshwater fish) in the family Catostomidae, known for several rare and endangered species adapted to large lakes and river systems.
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A.
Chaetachme
Chaetachme is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Africa and known for its shrubby or small tree growth form.
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B.
Sidicini
The Sidicini were an ancient Italic people of south-central Italy, known from early Roman history and associated with the Oscan-speaking Samnite cultural sphere.
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C.
Phylacus
Phylacus is a figure from Greek mythology known as a leader of the Magnetes, a Thessalian people mentioned in epic tradition.
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D.
Telchinia
Telchinia is the ancient name of the Greek city-state later known as Sicyon, located in the northern Peloponnese.
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E.
Artinos
Artinos are the inhabitants or natives of the town of Arta, typically referring to its local people and community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish species
ⓘ
genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| adaptation |
adapted to large lakes
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adapted to river systems ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | suckers ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | several species endangered or extinct ⓘ |
| conservationStatus |
endangered
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extinct ⓘ |
| diet |
benthic invertebrates
ⓘ
detritus ⓘ |
| distribution | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | benthic feeder ⓘ |
| family | Catostomidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Chasmistes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
large lakes ⓘ river systems ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Chasmistes brevirostris
NERFINISHED
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Chasmistes cujus NERFINISHED ⓘ Chasmistes liorus NERFINISHED ⓘ Chasmistes muriei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| memberOf | Catostomidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeRange | western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
includes endangered species
ⓘ
includes rare species ⓘ |
| order | Cypriniformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | spawns in tributary streams or lake shallows ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
introduced fish species ⓘ water diversion ⓘ |
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: Chasmistes Description of subject: Chasmistes is a genus of North American suckers (freshwater fish) in the family Catostomidae, known for several rare and endangered species adapted to large lakes and river systems.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.