Larus
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Larus is a genus of medium to large gulls commonly found in coastal and inland waters across much of the world.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Larus canonical | 8 |
| Larus canus | 1 |
| Larus dominicanus | 1 |
| Larus fuscus | 1 |
| Larus glaucescens | 1 |
| Larus heermanni | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5414294 — 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: Larus Context triple: [California gull, genus, Larus]
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A.
Tadorna
Tadorna is a genus of large, colorful waterfowl commonly known as shelducks, found across Eurasia, Africa, and Australasia.
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B.
Gannet
The Gannet was the Royal Navy's designation for a variant of the American Grumman F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter aircraft used during World War II.
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C.
Hartlaub's gull
Hartlaub's gull is a small, coastal gull species native to southern Africa, commonly found along the Atlantic shores and islands such as Dassen Island.
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D.
Audouin's gull
Audouin's gull is a rare Mediterranean seabird species known for its pale plumage, dark bill, and conservation-dependent breeding colonies along coastal and island habitats.
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E.
Branta ruficollis
Branta ruficollis, commonly known as the red-breasted goose, is a strikingly colored, small Arctic-breeding goose species native to Siberia and wintering mainly around the Black Sea.
- 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: Larus Target entity description: Larus is a genus of medium to large gulls commonly found in coastal and inland waters across much of the world.
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A.
Tadorna
Tadorna is a genus of large, colorful waterfowl commonly known as shelducks, found across Eurasia, Africa, and Australasia.
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B.
Gannet
The Gannet was the Royal Navy's designation for a variant of the American Grumman F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter aircraft used during World War II.
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C.
Hartlaub's gull
Hartlaub's gull is a small, coastal gull species native to southern Africa, commonly found along the Atlantic shores and islands such as Dassen Island.
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D.
Audouin's gull
Audouin's gull is a rare Mediterranean seabird species known for its pale plumage, dark bill, and conservation-dependent breeding colonies along coastal and island habitats.
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E.
Branta ruficollis
Branta ruficollis, commonly known as the red-breasted goose, is a strikingly colored, small Arctic-breeding goose species native to Siberia and wintering mainly around the Black Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| billType | strong slightly hooked bill ⓘ |
| breedingHabitat |
coastal cliffs
ⓘ
islands ⓘ lakeshores ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | gulls ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of medium to large gulls ⓘ |
| diet |
carrion
ⓘ
fish ⓘ human food waste ⓘ invertebrates ⓘ |
| distribution |
Northern Hemisphere
ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ coastal regions worldwide ⓘ inland lakes and rivers ⓘ |
| eggColor | speckled ⓘ |
| family | Laridae ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | opportunistic omnivore ⓘ |
| flight | strong flier ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior |
kleptoparasitism
ⓘ
scavenging ⓘ surface feeding ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal waters
ⓘ
inland waters ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| legType | webbed feet ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | many species are migratory ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Larus argentatus
ⓘ
linked to:
herring gull
Larus californicus ⓘ
linked to:
California gull
Larus canus ⓘ
linked to:
Larus
Larus delawarensis ⓘ
linked to:
ring-billed gull
Larus fuscus ⓘ
linked to:
Larus
Larus glaucescens ⓘ
linked to:
Larus
Larus hyperboreus ⓘ Larus marinus ⓘ |
| order | Charadriiformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Laridae
ⓘ
Larinae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | colonial nester ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | gregarious ⓘ |
| subfamily | Larinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalClutchSize | 2–3 eggs ⓘ |
| vocalization | loud calls ⓘ |
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: Larus Description of subject: Larus is a genus of medium to large gulls commonly found in coastal and inland waters across much of the world.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Larus
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linked to: Larus
linked to: Larus