Pink salmon
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Pink salmon is a Pacific salmon species known for its small size, distinctive pink flesh, and massive biennial spawning runs in coastal rivers and estuaries.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pink salmon canonical | 8 |
| pink salmon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9072325 — 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: Pink salmon Context triple: [Skeena River estuary, supportsSpecies, Pink salmon]
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A.
Sockeye salmon
Sockeye salmon is a species of Pacific salmon known for its bright red spawning coloration, long-distance migrations from ocean to freshwater rivers, and high commercial and ecological importance.
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B.
Coho salmon
Coho salmon is a species of Pacific salmon known for its anadromous life cycle, ecological importance, and value in commercial and recreational fisheries along the North American west coast.
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C.
Chum salmon
Chum salmon is a Pacific salmon species known for its extensive anadromous migrations, ecological importance, and value to commercial and subsistence fisheries.
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D.
Chinook salmon
Chinook salmon is a large, anadromous Pacific salmon species prized for its ecological importance, commercial value, and rich, flavorful flesh.
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E.
Atlantic salmon
The Atlantic salmon is a migratory fish species native to the North Atlantic Ocean and its connected rivers, renowned for its long-distance spawning runs and importance in both ecology and fisheries.
- 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: Pink salmon Target entity description: Pink salmon is a Pacific salmon species known for its small size, distinctive pink flesh, and massive biennial spawning runs in coastal rivers and estuaries.
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A.
Sockeye salmon
Sockeye salmon is a species of Pacific salmon known for its bright red spawning coloration, long-distance migrations from ocean to freshwater rivers, and high commercial and ecological importance.
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B.
Coho salmon
Coho salmon is a species of Pacific salmon known for its anadromous life cycle, ecological importance, and value in commercial and recreational fisheries along the North American west coast.
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C.
Chum salmon
Chum salmon is a Pacific salmon species known for its extensive anadromous migrations, ecological importance, and value to commercial and subsistence fisheries.
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D.
Chinook salmon
Chinook salmon is a large, anadromous Pacific salmon species prized for its ecological importance, commercial value, and rich, flavorful flesh.
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E.
Atlantic salmon
The Atlantic salmon is a migratory fish species native to the North Atlantic Ocean and its connected rivers, renowned for its long-distance spawning runs and importance in both ecology and fisheries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pacific salmon
ⓘ
fish species ⓘ |
| ageAtMaturity | 2 years ⓘ |
| anadromous | true ⓘ |
| binomialName | Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ⓘ |
| bodyColorAtSea | silver-blue ⓘ |
| bodyColorInFreshwater | pale grey ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commercialImportance | important commercial fishery species ⓘ |
| commonName |
humpback salmon
ⓘ
humpy ⓘ pink salmon ⓘ |
| dietAtSea |
planktonic crustaceans
ⓘ
small fish ⓘ squid ⓘ |
| distinctiveMarking |
large oval spots on back
ⓘ
large oval spots on caudal fin ⓘ |
| eggDepositionSite | gravel nests (redds) ⓘ |
| family | Salmonidae ⓘ |
| fisheryProduct |
canned salmon
ⓘ
frozen salmon ⓘ roe ⓘ |
| fleshColor | pink ⓘ |
| freshwaterJuvenileDiet |
aquatic insects
ⓘ
zooplankton ⓘ |
| generationTime | 2 years ⓘ |
| genus | Oncorhynchus ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Atlantic coastal rivers of Europe
ⓘ
Great Lakes ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeCycleType | semelparous ⓘ |
| maleBreedingFeature |
hooked jaws
ⓘ
pronounced dorsal hump ⓘ |
| maximumRecordedLength | 76 cm ⓘ |
| maximumRecordedWeight | 6.8 kg ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Arctic Ocean marginal seas
ⓘ
linked to:
Arctic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Pacific Ocean
coastal rivers of Asia ⓘ coastal rivers of North America ⓘ |
| order | Salmoniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| primaryPredators |
bears
ⓘ
large fish ⓘ orcas ⓘ sea lions ⓘ seals ⓘ |
| spawningFrequency | biennial ⓘ |
| spawningHabitat |
coastal rivers
ⓘ
estuaries ⓘ |
| spawningSeason |
early autumn
ⓘ
summer ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| typicalAdultLength | 40 to 60 cm ⓘ |
| typicalAdultWeight | 1.0 to 2.5 kg ⓘ |
| usedInCuisine |
canned fish products
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smoked salmon products ⓘ |
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: Pink salmon Description of subject: Pink salmon is a Pacific salmon species known for its small size, distinctive pink flesh, and massive biennial spawning runs in coastal rivers and estuaries.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pink salmon