Pomatostomidae
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Pomatostomidae is a family of Australasian birds commonly known as babblers, characterized by their social behavior and ground-foraging habits.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pomatostomidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7952976 — 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: Pomatostomidae Context triple: [Meliphagoidea, containsTaxon, Pomatostomidae]
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A.
Synanceiidae
Synanceiidae is a family of venomous marine fish commonly known as stonefishes, notorious for being among the most poisonous fish in the world.
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B.
Pycnoidei
Pycnoidei is a suborder of marine ray-finned fishes within the order Scorpaeniformes, comprising various bottom-dwelling, often spiny species.
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C.
Eucestoda
Eucestoda is a large group of parasitic flatworms commonly known as true tapeworms, which inhabit the intestines of vertebrate hosts.
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D.
Kinorhyncha
Kinorhyncha are a phylum of minute, segmented, marine invertebrates known as mud dragons, characterized by a spiny head and burrowing lifestyle in marine sediments.
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E.
Pnoepygidae
Pnoepygidae is a small family of tiny, elusive passerine birds known as cupwings, found mainly in montane forests of South and Southeast Asia.
- 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: Pomatostomidae Target entity description: Pomatostomidae is a family of Australasian birds commonly known as babblers, characterized by their social behavior and ground-foraging habits.
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A.
Synanceiidae
Synanceiidae is a family of venomous marine fish commonly known as stonefishes, notorious for being among the most poisonous fish in the world.
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B.
Pycnoidei
Pycnoidei is a suborder of marine ray-finned fishes within the order Scorpaeniformes, comprising various bottom-dwelling, often spiny species.
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C.
Eucestoda
Eucestoda is a large group of parasitic flatworms commonly known as true tapeworms, which inhabit the intestines of vertebrate hosts.
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D.
Kinorhyncha
Kinorhyncha are a phylum of minute, segmented, marine invertebrates known as mud dragons, characterized by a spiny head and burrowing lifestyle in marine sediments.
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E.
Pnoepygidae
Pnoepygidae is a small family of tiny, elusive passerine birds known as cupwings, found mainly in montane forests of South and Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
cooperative breeding
ⓘ
ground-foraging habits ⓘ group living ⓘ long decurved bill ⓘ loud vocalizations ⓘ social behavior ⓘ strong legs ⓘ |
| class | Aves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName |
Australasian babblers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
babblers ⓘ |
| diet |
insects
ⓘ
other invertebrates ⓘ seeds ⓘ small fruits ⓘ |
| distribution | Australasia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foragingStratum | ground ⓘ |
| habitat |
arid and semi-arid environments
ⓘ
scrublands ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Garritornis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pomatostomus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Garritornis isidorei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pomatostomus isidorei NERFINISHED ⓘ Pomatostomus ruficeps NERFINISHED ⓘ Pomatostomus superciliosus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pomatostomus temporalis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| movement | mostly sedentary ⓘ |
| namedBy | John Gould NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Australia
ⓘ
New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nestSite |
low trees
ⓘ
shrubs ⓘ |
| nestType | cup-shaped nest ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | International Ornithologists’ Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Meliphagidae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orthonychidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | cooperative breeding groups ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
multi-bird flocks
ⓘ
stable family groups ⓘ |
| suborder | Passeri ⓘ |
| superfamily | Meliphagoidea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| vocalizationType | loud chattering calls ⓘ |
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: Pomatostomidae Description of subject: Pomatostomidae is a family of Australasian birds commonly known as babblers, characterized by their social behavior and ground-foraging habits.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.