Scolopacidae
E579636
Scolopacidae is a large family of wading birds, including sandpipers, snipes, and phalaropes, commonly found in wetland and coastal habitats worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scolopacidae canonical | 25 |
| Calidris | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6251712 — 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: Scolopacidae Context triple: [red-necked phalarope, family, Scolopacidae]
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A.
Charadriidae
Charadriidae is a family of small to medium-sized shorebirds, including plovers and lapwings, commonly found in coastal and wetland habitats worldwide.
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B.
Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes is an order of birds that includes shorebirds, gulls, terns, and related species commonly found in coastal and wetland habitats.
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C.
Haematopodidae
Haematopodidae is a family of wading birds commonly known as oystercatchers, characterized by their strong, bright bills used to feed on shellfish along coastal shores.
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D.
Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae is a family of long-legged wading birds, including avocets and stilts, known for their slender upcurved bills and preference for shallow wetlands.
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E.
Gruiformes
Gruiformes is an order of birds that includes cranes, rails, coots, and their relatives, many of which are associated with wetlands and marshy 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: Scolopacidae Target entity description: Scolopacidae is a large family of wading birds, including sandpipers, snipes, and phalaropes, commonly found in wetland and coastal habitats worldwide.
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A.
Charadriidae
Charadriidae is a family of small to medium-sized shorebirds, including plovers and lapwings, commonly found in coastal and wetland habitats worldwide.
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B.
Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes is an order of birds that includes shorebirds, gulls, terns, and related species commonly found in coastal and wetland habitats.
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C.
Haematopodidae
Haematopodidae is a family of wading birds commonly known as oystercatchers, characterized by their strong, bright bills used to feed on shellfish along coastal shores.
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D.
Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae is a family of long-legged wading birds, including avocets and stilts, known for their slender upcurved bills and preference for shallow wetlands.
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E.
Gruiformes
Gruiformes is an order of birds that includes cranes, rails, coots, and their relatives, many of which are associated with wetlands and marshy habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| breedingHabitat |
Arctic tundra
ⓘ
boreal wetlands ⓘ |
| characteristicTrait |
cryptic plumage
ⓘ
long bills ⓘ long legs ⓘ sexual dimorphism in some species ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | typically 3–4 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName | sandpipers and allies ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | many species affected by wetland loss and coastal development ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
insects ⓘ invertebrates ⓘ mollusks ⓘ worms ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
prey for raptors and mammals
ⓘ
shoreline invertebrate predators ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy |
picking prey from surface
ⓘ
probing in soft substrates ⓘ |
| foundOnContinent |
Africa
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Antarctica (coastal fringes, some species) ⓘ Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal areas
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estuaries ⓘ mudflats ⓘ shorelines ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| includesCommonGroups |
phalaropes
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sandpipers ⓘ snipes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migrationPattern | many species are long-distance migrants ⓘ |
| nonBreedingHabitat |
coastal mudflats
ⓘ
estuaries ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Calidris
ⓘ
Numenius ⓘ Phalaropus ⓘ Scolopax ⓘ Tringa ⓘ |
| order | Charadriiformes ⓘ |
| parentalCare | biparental care in many species ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | ground-nesting ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
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: Scolopacidae Description of subject: Scolopacidae is a large family of wading birds, including sandpipers, snipes, and phalaropes, commonly found in wetland and coastal habitats worldwide.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Scolopacidae