Passerimorphae
E690286
Passerimorphae is a major clade of modern birds that primarily includes passerines (perching birds and songbirds) and their close relatives.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Passerimorphae canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7577229 — 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: Passerimorphae Context triple: [Australaves, includesTaxon, Passerimorphae]
-
A.
Passerida
Passerida is a large and diverse clade of perching birds that includes many familiar songbirds such as finches, warblers, and sparrows.
-
B.
Neornithes
Neornithes is the clade of modern birds that includes all living bird species and their most recent common ancestor.
-
C.
Passeriformes
Passeriformes is the largest order of birds, commonly known as perching birds or songbirds, encompassing over half of all bird species worldwide.
-
D.
Columbimorphae
Columbimorphae is a bird superorder that primarily includes pigeons, doves, and their closest evolutionary relatives.
-
E.
Scincomorpha
Scincomorpha is a major infraorder of lizards that includes skinks and several related families, characterized by generally elongated bodies and limb reduction in many species.
- 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: Passerimorphae Target entity description: Passerimorphae is a major clade of modern birds that primarily includes passerines (perching birds and songbirds) and their close relatives.
-
A.
Passerida
Passerida is a large and diverse clade of perching birds that includes many familiar songbirds such as finches, warblers, and sparrows.
-
B.
Neornithes
Neornithes is the clade of modern birds that includes all living bird species and their most recent common ancestor.
-
C.
Passeriformes
Passeriformes is the largest order of birds, commonly known as perching birds or songbirds, encompassing over half of all bird species worldwide.
-
D.
Columbimorphae
Columbimorphae is a bird superorder that primarily includes pigeons, doves, and their closest evolutionary relatives.
-
E.
Scincomorpha
Scincomorpha is a major infraorder of lizards that includes skinks and several related families, characterized by generally elongated bodies and limb reduction in many species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| contains |
Acanthisittidae
ⓘ
Eurypygiformes ⓘ Eurypygimorphae ⓘ
linked to:
Eurypygiformes
New Zealand wrens ⓘ Passeriformes ⓘ Phaethontiformes ⓘ passerines ⓘ
linked to:
Passeriformes
perching birds ⓘ songbirds ⓘ |
| geologicalTimeRange | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
composed of modern birds
ⓘ
defined by molecular phylogenetic studies ⓘ includes most perching birds ⓘ includes most songbirds ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | passerimorph birds ⓘ |
| hasDefiningTrait |
adaptations for perching in many members
ⓘ
anisodactyl foot common among passerines ⓘ |
| hasEcologicalDiversity | high ⓘ |
| hasGlobalDistribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| hasMemberGroup |
core passerimorphs
ⓘ
passerines and close relatives ⓘ |
| hasPhylogeneticBasis |
DNA sequence data
ⓘ
genomic analyses ⓘ |
| hasRelativeGroup |
Aequornithes
ⓘ
Columbaves ⓘ |
| hasReproductiveMode | oviparous ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Neognathae ⓘ |
| includes | many small to medium-sized birds ⓘ |
| includesExtantTaxa | yes ⓘ |
| infraclass | Neognathae ⓘ |
| isMajorCladeOf | modern birds ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| partOf | Neoaves ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| subclass | Neornithes ⓘ |
| subphylum | Vertebrata ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | unranked clade ⓘ |
| unrankedClade | Neoaves ⓘ |
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: Passerimorphae Description of subject: Passerimorphae is a major clade of modern birds that primarily includes passerines (perching birds and songbirds) and their close relatives.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.