Regulus calendula
E673769
Regulus calendula, commonly known as the ruby-crowned kinglet, is a tiny North American songbird noted for its olive-green plumage and the male’s distinctive red crown patch.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Corthylio calendula | 1 |
| Regulus calendula canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7572536 — 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: Regulus calendula Context triple: [Regulidae, includesSpecies, Regulus calendula]
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A.
Tagetes
Tagetes is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as marigolds, valued for their bright ornamental blooms and use in traditional medicine and pest control.
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B.
Dianthus
Dianthus is a genus of flowering plants known for their fragrant, often pink or white, frilled-petal blooms commonly called carnations or pinks.
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C.
Hesperis
Hesperis is a figure from Greek mythology, often associated with the evening or the West and sometimes linked to the Hesperides, the nymphs of the evening and golden light.
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D.
Stellaria
Stellaria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as chickweeds, characterized by small, star-shaped white flowers and a widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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E.
Marigold
Marigold is a feminine given name most commonly associated with the bright yellow-orange flower and occasionally used in English-speaking countries.
- 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: Regulus calendula Target entity description: Regulus calendula, commonly known as the ruby-crowned kinglet, is a tiny North American songbird noted for its olive-green plumage and the male’s distinctive red crown patch.
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A.
Tagetes
Tagetes is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as marigolds, valued for their bright ornamental blooms and use in traditional medicine and pest control.
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B.
Dianthus
Dianthus is a genus of flowering plants known for their fragrant, often pink or white, frilled-petal blooms commonly called carnations or pinks.
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C.
Hesperis
Hesperis is a figure from Greek mythology, often associated with the evening or the West and sometimes linked to the Hesperides, the nymphs of the evening and golden light.
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D.
Stellaria
Stellaria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as chickweeds, characterized by small, star-shaped white flowers and a widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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E.
Marigold
Marigold is a feminine given name most commonly associated with the bright yellow-orange flower and occasionally used in English-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
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passerine ⓘ |
| behavior |
frequently flicks wings
ⓘ
very active ⓘ |
| bodyLength |
about 3.5 inches
ⓘ
about 9 centimeters ⓘ |
| breedsIn |
Alaska
NERFINISHED
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Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | about 5 to 12 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName | ruby-crowned kinglet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1766 ⓘ |
| diet |
insects
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other small arthropods ⓘ spiders ⓘ |
| distributionRegion | Nearctic region ⓘ |
| eggColor | pale with speckles ⓘ |
| family | Regulidae ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior |
gleans insects from foliage
ⓘ
hovers while feeding ⓘ |
| genus | Regulus ⓘ |
| habitat |
coniferous forest
ⓘ
mixed forest ⓘ shrubby habitats ⓘ woodland edges ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| mass | about 5 to 10 grams ⓘ |
| migration | migratory species ⓘ |
| nativeTo | North America ⓘ |
| nestLocation | conifer branches ⓘ |
| nestType | cup-shaped nest ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageColor |
olive-green upperparts
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pale underparts ⓘ |
| plumageMarking |
white eye ring
ⓘ
wing bars ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphismTrait |
female lacks bright red crown patch
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male has red crown patch ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| vocalization |
complex song patterns
ⓘ
high-pitched song ⓘ |
| wintersIn |
Central America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ southern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Regulus calendula Description of subject: Regulus calendula, commonly known as the ruby-crowned kinglet, is a tiny North American songbird noted for its olive-green plumage and the male’s distinctive red crown patch.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Corthylio calendula