Meropidae
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Meropidae is a family of brightly colored, slender, insect-eating birds commonly known as bee-eaters, found across Africa, Asia, and parts of Europe and Australia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Meropidae canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7865210 — 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: Meropidae Context triple: [Coraciiformes, containsFamilies, Meropidae]
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A.
Maluridae
Maluridae is a family of small, often brightly colored passerine birds commonly known as fairywrens, grasswrens, and emu-wrens, native primarily to Australia and nearby regions.
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B.
Grallariidae
Grallariidae is a family of Neotropical suboscine birds commonly known as antpittas, characterized by their ground-dwelling habits, stout bodies, and distinctive vocalizations.
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C.
Alcippeidae
Alcippeidae is a family of small, primarily Asian passerine birds commonly known as fulvettas, traditionally placed among the sylvioid warblers.
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D.
Dicruridae
Dicruridae is a family of passerine birds commonly known as drongos, found mainly in Africa, Asia, and Australasia and noted for their glossy plumage, long forked tails, and often aggressive, fearless behavior.
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E.
Machaeropterus
Machaeropterus is a genus of small Neotropical passerine birds known as manakins, found in forested regions of Central and South America.
- 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: Meropidae Target entity description: Meropidae is a family of brightly colored, slender, insect-eating birds commonly known as bee-eaters, found across Africa, Asia, and parts of Europe and Australia.
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A.
Maluridae
Maluridae is a family of small, often brightly colored passerine birds commonly known as fairywrens, grasswrens, and emu-wrens, native primarily to Australia and nearby regions.
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B.
Grallariidae
Grallariidae is a family of Neotropical suboscine birds commonly known as antpittas, characterized by their ground-dwelling habits, stout bodies, and distinctive vocalizations.
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C.
Alcippeidae
Alcippeidae is a family of small, primarily Asian passerine birds commonly known as fulvettas, traditionally placed among the sylvioid warblers.
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D.
Dicruridae
Dicruridae is a family of passerine birds commonly known as drongos, found mainly in Africa, Asia, and Australasia and noted for their glossy plumage, long forked tails, and often aggressive, fearless behavior.
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E.
Machaeropterus
Machaeropterus is a genus of small Neotropical passerine birds known as manakins, found in forested regions of Central and South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| billShape | long slightly decurved bill ⓘ |
| characteristic |
brightly colored plumage
ⓘ
downcurved bill ⓘ long pointed wings ⓘ slender body ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | bee-eaters ⓘ |
| diet |
bees
ⓘ
flying insects ⓘ insects ⓘ wasps ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Europe ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | control of flying insect populations ⓘ |
| flightStyle | strong agile flight ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior | aerial hawking of insects ⓘ |
| habitat |
grassland
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open woodland ⓘ riverbanks ⓘ savanna ⓘ |
| hasVernacularName | bee-eater family ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migration | many species are migratory ⓘ |
| nestingSite | burrows in sandy banks ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Meropogon
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Merops ⓘ Nyctyornis ⓘ |
| order | Coraciiformes ⓘ |
| parentalCare |
both sexes incubate eggs
ⓘ
cooperative breeding in some species ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| primaryPreyCaptureMethod | sallying from exposed perches ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | ornithologists worldwide ⓘ |
| reproduction | cavity nesters in self-excavated tunnels ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
gregarious
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often colonial breeders ⓘ |
| tailFeature | often elongated central tail feathers ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalColor |
blue
ⓘ
chestnut ⓘ green ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| venomHandling | remove stings of bees and wasps before eating ⓘ |
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: Meropidae Description of subject: Meropidae is a family of brightly colored, slender, insect-eating birds commonly known as bee-eaters, found across Africa, Asia, and parts of Europe and Australia.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.