Black stork
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The Black stork is a large, shy wading bird known for its striking black-and-white plumage with iridescent sheen, long red legs and bill, and preference for remote wetlands and forests across Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| black stork | 3 |
| Black stork canonical | 1 |
| Schwarzstorch | 1 |
| black stork (Ciconia nigra) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6456316 — 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: Black stork Context triple: [Stork, notableSpecies, Black stork]
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A.
White stork
The white stork is a large, long-legged migratory bird of Europe, Asia, and Africa, famous for its striking black-and-white plumage and cultural association with delivering babies.
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B.
Marabou stork
The Marabou stork is a large African wading bird known for its bald head, massive bill, and scavenging habits often seen around carcasses and human refuse.
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C.
white-tailed eagle
The white-tailed eagle is a large bird of prey found across northern Europe and Asia, known for its broad wings, pale head and tail, and preference for coastal and wetland habitats.
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D.
Cape vulture
The Cape vulture is a large, pale Old World vulture native to southern Africa, known for its cliff-nesting colonies and its status as a threatened scavenger species.
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E.
greater adjutant stork
The greater adjutant stork is a large, endangered scavenging stork native to South and Southeast Asia, known for its massive bill, bare head and neck, and reliance on wetlands and garbage dumps for feeding.
- 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: Black stork Target entity description: The Black stork is a large, shy wading bird known for its striking black-and-white plumage with iridescent sheen, long red legs and bill, and preference for remote wetlands and forests across Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa.
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A.
White stork
The white stork is a large, long-legged migratory bird of Europe, Asia, and Africa, famous for its striking black-and-white plumage and cultural association with delivering babies.
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B.
Marabou stork
The Marabou stork is a large African wading bird known for its bald head, massive bill, and scavenging habits often seen around carcasses and human refuse.
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C.
white-tailed eagle
The white-tailed eagle is a large bird of prey found across northern Europe and Asia, known for its broad wings, pale head and tail, and preference for coastal and wetland habitats.
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D.
Cape vulture
The Cape vulture is a large, pale Old World vulture native to southern Africa, known for its cliff-nesting colonies and its status as a threatened scavenger species.
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E.
greater adjutant stork
The greater adjutant stork is a large, endangered scavenging stork native to South and Southeast Asia, known for its massive bill, bare head and neck, and reliance on wetlands and garbage dumps for feeding.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
ⓘ
vertebrate ⓘ wading bird ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Ciconia nigra
ⓘ
linked to:
Ciconia
|
| bodySize | large ⓘ |
| breedingRange |
central Europe
ⓘ
eastern Europe ⓘ parts of Asia ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | Black stork ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| diet |
amphibians
ⓘ
aquatic invertebrates ⓘ fish ⓘ small reptiles ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | White stork by predominantly dark plumage ⓘ |
| family | Ciconiidae ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy | wading in shallow water ⓘ |
| genus | Ciconia ⓘ |
| hasBehavior |
migratory
ⓘ
secretive ⓘ shy ⓘ |
| hasBillColor | red ⓘ |
| hasColor |
black-and-white plumage
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iridescent green sheen ⓘ iridescent purple sheen ⓘ |
| hasLegColor | red ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ |
| nestingSite |
cliffs
ⓘ
large trees ⓘ |
| nestType | large stick nest ⓘ |
| order | Ciconiiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relativeSize | slightly smaller than White stork ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
forms loose flocks during migration
ⓘ
solitary or in pairs during breeding season ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threats |
disturbance at nesting sites
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
floodplain forests
ⓘ
marshes ⓘ remote woodlands ⓘ rivers ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| winteringRange |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
linked to:
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
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: Black stork Description of subject: The Black stork is a large, shy wading bird known for its striking black-and-white plumage with iridescent sheen, long red legs and bill, and preference for remote wetlands and forests across Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Black stork
linked to: Black stork
linked to: Black stork
linked to: Black stork
linked to: Black stork