Hooker’s sea lion
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Hooker’s sea lion is a rare and endangered sea lion species native to New Zealand’s subantarctic islands and southern coasts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hooker’s sea lion canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7152512 — 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: Hooker’s sea lion Context triple: [New Zealand sea lion, commonName, Hooker’s sea lion]
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A.
Galápagos sea lion
The Galápagos sea lion is an endemic pinniped of the Galápagos Islands, known for its playful behavior, large breeding colonies on beaches, and key role in the archipelago’s marine ecosystem.
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B.
Antarctic fur seal
The Antarctic fur seal is a marine mammal of the Southern Ocean known for its dense fur, large breeding colonies, and recovery from historic overhunting.
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C.
Steller sea lion
The Steller sea lion is a large, cold-water marine mammal of the North Pacific known for its massive size, thick neck, and loud, roaring vocalizations.
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D.
Cape fur seal
The Cape fur seal is a large, social marine mammal native to the coasts of southern Africa and Namibia, known for forming dense breeding colonies on rocky shores and beaches.
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E.
New Zealand fur seal
The New Zealand fur seal is a marine mammal native to New Zealand and southern Australia, known for its thick fur, agile swimming, and colonies along rugged coastal and subantarctic shores.
- 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: Hooker’s sea lion Target entity description: Hooker’s sea lion is a rare and endangered sea lion species native to New Zealand’s subantarctic islands and southern coasts.
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A.
Galápagos sea lion
The Galápagos sea lion is an endemic pinniped of the Galápagos Islands, known for its playful behavior, large breeding colonies on beaches, and key role in the archipelago’s marine ecosystem.
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B.
Antarctic fur seal
The Antarctic fur seal is a marine mammal of the Southern Ocean known for its dense fur, large breeding colonies, and recovery from historic overhunting.
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C.
Steller sea lion
The Steller sea lion is a large, cold-water marine mammal of the North Pacific known for its massive size, thick neck, and loud, roaring vocalizations.
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D.
Cape fur seal
The Cape fur seal is a large, social marine mammal native to the coasts of southern Africa and Namibia, known for forming dense breeding colonies on rocky shores and beaches.
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E.
New Zealand fur seal
The New Zealand fur seal is a marine mammal native to New Zealand and southern Australia, known for its thick fur, agile swimming, and colonies along rugged coastal and subantarctic shores.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
endangered species
ⓘ
sea lion ⓘ |
| belongsToBiogeographicRealm | Australasian realm ⓘ |
| breathingOrgan | lungs ⓘ |
| breedsOn |
Auckland Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
AucklandIslands
Campbell Island ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonNameOf | New Zealand sea lion ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Endangered ⓘ |
| dietIncludes |
benthic invertebrates
ⓘ
fish ⓘ octopus ⓘ squid ⓘ |
| endemicTo |
New Zealand region
ⓘ
linked to:
New Zealand
|
| family | Otariidae ⓘ |
| foundAlong | southern coasts of New Zealand ⓘ |
| genus | Phocarctos ⓘ |
| geographicRange | subantarctic New Zealand region ⓘ |
| hasBodyCovering | fur ⓘ |
| hasFlippers | true ⓘ |
| hasHabitat |
rocky shores
ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ subantarctic marine waters ⓘ |
| hasLocomotion |
quadrupedal movement on land
ⓘ
swimming ⓘ |
| hasReproductiveMode | viviparous ⓘ |
| hasSexualDimorphism | true ⓘ |
| isOneOf | rarest sea lion species ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| malesLargerThanFemales | true ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Auckland Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
AucklandIslands
Campbell Island ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ New Zealand subantarctic islands ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | gives birth to live young ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| thermoregulation | endothermic ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
disease
ⓘ
fisheries bycatch ⓘ food limitation ⓘ habitat disturbance ⓘ |
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: Hooker’s sea lion Description of subject: Hooker’s sea lion is a rare and endangered sea lion species native to New Zealand’s subantarctic islands and southern coasts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.