Locustellidae
E698368
Locustellidae is a family of small, often secretive insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as grasshopper-warblers and their allies, found mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and Australasia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Locustellidae canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7802120 — 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: Locustellidae Context triple: [Sylvioidea, containsTaxon, Locustellidae]
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A.
Locustella
Locustella is a genus of small, often secretive warbler birds known for their insect-like, reeling songs and preference for dense grassland or marshy habitats.
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B.
Cisticolidae
Cisticolidae is a family of small, often drab-colored passerine birds commonly known as cisticolas and their allies, found mainly in grasslands and savannas of the Old World tropics and subtropics.
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C.
Acanthisittidae
Acanthisittidae is a small family of tiny, mostly ground-dwelling New Zealand wrens that represent one of the most ancient and basal lineages of passerine birds.
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D.
Fringillidae
Fringillidae is a large family of small to medium-sized passerine birds commonly known as true finches, found worldwide and noted for their stout conical bills adapted for seed eating.
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E.
Muscicapidae
Muscicapidae is a large family of small Old World passerine birds commonly known as Old World flycatchers and chats, many of which are insectivorous and noted for their active, agile foraging behavior.
- 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: Locustellidae Target entity description: Locustellidae is a family of small, often secretive insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as grasshopper-warblers and their allies, found mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and Australasia.
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A.
Locustella
Locustella is a genus of small, often secretive warbler birds known for their insect-like, reeling songs and preference for dense grassland or marshy habitats.
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B.
Cisticolidae
Cisticolidae is a family of small, often drab-colored passerine birds commonly known as cisticolas and their allies, found mainly in grasslands and savannas of the Old World tropics and subtropics.
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C.
Acanthisittidae
Acanthisittidae is a small family of tiny, mostly ground-dwelling New Zealand wrens that represent one of the most ancient and basal lineages of passerine birds.
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D.
Fringillidae
Fringillidae is a large family of small to medium-sized passerine birds commonly known as true finches, found worldwide and noted for their stout conical bills adapted for seed eating.
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E.
Muscicapidae
Muscicapidae is a large family of small Old World passerine birds commonly known as Old World flycatchers and chats, many of which are insectivorous and noted for their active, agile foraging behavior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| behavior | often secretive ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName |
grasshopper-warblers and allies
ⓘ
locustellid warblers ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Amphilais
ⓘ
Bradypterus ⓘ Buettikoferella ⓘ Cincloramphus ⓘ Elaphrornis ⓘ
linked to:
Elaphrornis palliseri
Helopsaltes ⓘ Locustella ⓘ Malia ⓘ Megalurus ⓘ Poodytes ⓘ Schoenicola ⓘ |
| describedAs | small passerine birds ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy |
long tails
ⓘ
skulking behavior in dense vegetation ⓘ streaked or plain brown plumage ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Australasia ⓘ
linked to:
Oceania
Eurasia ⓘ |
| feedingHabit | insectivorous ⓘ |
| habitat |
grasslands
ⓘ
marshes ⓘ scrub ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Sylvioidea ⓘ |
| infraorder | Passerida ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | many species are migratory ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
International Ornithologists’ Union
ⓘ
linked to:
International Ornithologists' Union
major modern avian taxonomies ⓘ |
| reproduction | build cup-shaped nests near ground ⓘ |
| suborder | Passeri ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalDiet |
insects
ⓘ
other small invertebrates ⓘ |
| vocalization | grasshopper-like song ⓘ |
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: Locustellidae Description of subject: Locustellidae is a family of small, often secretive insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as grasshopper-warblers and their allies, found mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and Australasia.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.