Oceanodroma
E673312
Oceanodroma is a genus of small, pelagic storm-petrels known for their long-distance oceanic flights and association with open seas.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hydrobates pelagicus | 2 |
| Oceanodroma canonical | 1 |
| Oceanodroma pelagica | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7576189 — 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: Oceanodroma Context triple: [Hydrobatidae, containsGenus, Oceanodroma]
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A.
Antialcidas
Antialcidas was a prominent Indo-Greek king known for his rule over parts of northwestern India and his role in the cultural and political interactions between the Hellenistic world and the Indian subcontinent.
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B.
Parthenais
Parthenais is the French demonym referring to the inhabitants of the town of Parthenay in western France.
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C.
Sterna
Sterna is a genus of seabirds in the tern family that includes species such as the Arctic tern, known for their graceful flight and long-distance migrations.
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D.
Onychoprion
Onychoprion is a genus of tropical seabirds in the tern family, including species such as the sooty tern that are known for their pelagic lifestyle and large breeding colonies on remote islands.
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E.
Alcidice
Alcidice is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of Tyro, who was associated with the royal line of Thessaly.
- 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: Oceanodroma Target entity description: Oceanodroma is a genus of small, pelagic storm-petrels known for their long-distance oceanic flights and association with open seas.
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A.
Antialcidas
Antialcidas was a prominent Indo-Greek king known for his rule over parts of northwestern India and his role in the cultural and political interactions between the Hellenistic world and the Indian subcontinent.
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B.
Parthenais
Parthenais is the French demonym referring to the inhabitants of the town of Parthenay in western France.
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C.
Sterna
Sterna is a genus of seabirds in the tern family that includes species such as the Arctic tern, known for their graceful flight and long-distance migrations.
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D.
Onychoprion
Onychoprion is a genus of tropical seabirds in the tern family, including species such as the sooty tern that are known for their pelagic lifestyle and large breeding colonies on remote islands.
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E.
Alcidice
Alcidice is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of Tyro, who was associated with the royal line of Thessaly.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityZone | mostly far from land outside breeding season ⓘ |
| associatedWith | open seas ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | tubenoses ⓘ |
| bodySize | small seabird ⓘ |
| breedingSite |
remote islands
ⓘ
sea cliffs ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | storm-petrels ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | vulnerable to introduced predators at colonies ⓘ |
| diet |
cephalopods
ⓘ
planktonic crustaceans ⓘ small fish ⓘ |
| distribution |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
North Atlantic
North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| eggClutchSize | one egg per breeding attempt ⓘ |
| etymologyLanguage | New Latin ⓘ |
| family | Hydrobatidae ⓘ |
| feedingStrategy |
pattering on water surface
ⓘ
surface seizing ⓘ |
| flightCapability | strong flier ⓘ |
| habitat |
open ocean
ⓘ
pelagic zone ⓘ |
| hasAnatomicalFeature |
tubular nostrils
ⓘ
webbed feet ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | pelagic ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | highly migratory ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Oceanus (Greek for ocean) ⓘ |
| navigation | uses olfactory cues at sea ⓘ |
| order | Procellariiformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Hydrobatidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
colonial breeder
ⓘ
nests in burrows or rock crevices ⓘ |
| taxonomicStatus | some species reassigned to Hydrobates ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalBehavior |
long-distance flight
ⓘ
nocturnal at breeding colonies ⓘ |
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: Oceanodroma Description of subject: Oceanodroma is a genus of small, pelagic storm-petrels known for their long-distance oceanic flights and association with open seas.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Oceanodroma
linked to: Oceanodroma
linked to: Oceanodroma