Nephrops norvegicus
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Nephrops norvegicus, commonly known as the Norway lobster or Dublin Bay prawn, is a commercially important burrowing crustacean found in muddy seabed habitats of the northeastern Atlantic and adjacent seas.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nephrops norvegicus canonical | 3 |
| Nephrops | 1 |
| Norway lobster | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9254998 — 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: Nephrops norvegicus Context triple: [Malin Shelf, supportsSpecies, Nephrops norvegicus]
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A.
Merlangius merlangus
Merlangius merlangus, commonly known as whiting, is a North Atlantic marine fish species valued in commercial fisheries and belonging to the cod family.
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B.
Pacific halibut
The Pacific halibut is a large, flat-bodied marine fish native to the North Pacific Ocean, prized both as a commercial food species and a popular target for recreational fishing.
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C.
Euphausia pacifica
Euphausia pacifica is a species of krill found in the North Pacific Ocean, where it plays a key role as a primary food source for many marine animals.
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D.
Arctic cod
The Arctic cod is a small, cold-adapted fish species that plays a key ecological role in Arctic marine food webs as a primary prey item for seabirds, marine mammals, and larger fish.
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E.
Gadus morhua
Gadus morhua is the Atlantic cod, a commercially important marine fish species native to the cold waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.
- 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: Nephrops norvegicus Target entity description: Nephrops norvegicus, commonly known as the Norway lobster or Dublin Bay prawn, is a commercially important burrowing crustacean found in muddy seabed habitats of the northeastern Atlantic and adjacent seas.
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A.
Merlangius merlangus
Merlangius merlangus, commonly known as whiting, is a North Atlantic marine fish species valued in commercial fisheries and belonging to the cod family.
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B.
Pacific halibut
The Pacific halibut is a large, flat-bodied marine fish native to the North Pacific Ocean, prized both as a commercial food species and a popular target for recreational fishing.
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C.
Euphausia pacifica
Euphausia pacifica is a species of krill found in the North Pacific Ocean, where it plays a key role as a primary food source for many marine animals.
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D.
Arctic cod
The Arctic cod is a small, cold-adapted fish species that plays a key ecological role in Arctic marine food webs as a primary prey item for seabirds, marine mammals, and larger fish.
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E.
Gadus morhua
Gadus morhua is the Atlantic cod, a commercially important marine fish species native to the cold waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crustacean
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species ⓘ |
| associatedSea | Dublin Bay ⓘ |
| behavior |
burrow dwelling
ⓘ
nocturnal foraging ⓘ |
| binomialName | Nephrops norvegicus ⓘ |
| bodyLength | up to about 24 cm ⓘ |
| class | Malacostraca ⓘ |
| commercialImportance | high ⓘ |
| commercialUse | seafood ⓘ |
| commonName |
Dublin Bay prawn
ⓘ
Norway lobster ⓘ
linked to:
Nephrops norvegicus
scampi ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet |
benthic invertebrates
ⓘ
small fish ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
benthic predator
ⓘ
prey for demersal fish ⓘ |
| family | Nephropidae ⓘ |
| fisheryType | trawl fishery target ⓘ |
| fishingMethod |
creels
ⓘ
otter trawls ⓘ |
| genus | Nephrops ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Celtic Sea
ⓘ
Irish Sea ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ North Sea ⓘ northeastern Atlantic Ocean ⓘ parts of the Adriatic Sea ⓘ |
| habitat |
burrows in soft sediment
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muddy seabed ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | 800 m ⓘ |
| minimumDepth | 20 m ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
elongated body
ⓘ
long narrow claws ⓘ orange-pink coloration ⓘ well-developed rostrum ⓘ |
| order | Decapoda ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| productForm |
frozen scampi tails
ⓘ
whole fresh Norway lobster ⓘ |
| reproduction |
external fertilization
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females carry eggs on pleopods ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| typicalDepthRange | 200–400 m ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
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: Nephrops norvegicus Description of subject: Nephrops norvegicus, commonly known as the Norway lobster or Dublin Bay prawn, is a commercially important burrowing crustacean found in muddy seabed habitats of the northeastern Atlantic and adjacent seas.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nephrops norvegicus
linked to: Nephrops norvegicus