Balaenopteridae
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Balaenopteridae is a family of large baleen whales, including rorquals such as blue, fin, and humpback whales, known for their streamlined bodies and pleated throats used in lunge feeding.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Balaenopteridae canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9287393 — 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: Balaenopteridae Context triple: [Mysticeti, subtaxon, Balaenopteridae]
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A.
Balaenoptera
Balaenoptera is a genus of large baleen whales that includes species such as the blue whale, fin whale, and minke whale, known for their streamlined bodies and filter-feeding behavior.
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B.
Balaenidae
Balaenidae is a family of large baleen whales that includes the right whales, characterized by massive heads, arched jaws, and the absence of a dorsal fin.
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C.
Balaenicipitidae
Balaenicipitidae is a small bird family best known for the large, prehistoric-looking shoebill found in East African wetlands.
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D.
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Balaenoptera acutorostrata is the smallest and one of the most widespread baleen whales, known for its streamlined body and presence in both polar and temperate oceans.
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E.
Physeteridae
Physeteridae is a family of large toothed whales best known for the sperm whale, characterized by their massive heads and deep-diving 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: Balaenopteridae Target entity description: Balaenopteridae is a family of large baleen whales, including rorquals such as blue, fin, and humpback whales, known for their streamlined bodies and pleated throats used in lunge feeding.
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A.
Balaenoptera
Balaenoptera is a genus of large baleen whales that includes species such as the blue whale, fin whale, and minke whale, known for their streamlined bodies and filter-feeding behavior.
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B.
Balaenidae
Balaenidae is a family of large baleen whales that includes the right whales, characterized by massive heads, arched jaws, and the absence of a dorsal fin.
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C.
Balaenicipitidae
Balaenicipitidae is a small bird family best known for the large, prehistoric-looking shoebill found in East African wetlands.
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D.
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Balaenoptera acutorostrata is the smallest and one of the most widespread baleen whales, known for its streamlined body and presence in both polar and temperate oceans.
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E.
Physeteridae
Physeteridae is a family of large toothed whales best known for the sperm whale, characterized by their massive heads and deep-diving behavior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal taxon
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taxonomic family ⓘ whale family ⓘ |
| bodySize | large ⓘ |
| breathingOrgan | paired blowholes ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | rorquals ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | many species endangered ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | right whales ⓘ |
| diet |
copepods
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krill ⓘ small schooling fish ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Balaenidae ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide oceans ⓘ |
| feedingMechanism | lunge feeding ⓘ |
| feedingType | filter feeding ⓘ |
| habitat |
marine
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open ocean ⓘ |
| hasAnatomicalFeature |
baleen plates
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dorsal fin ⓘ long slender flippers ⓘ pleated throat grooves ⓘ streamlined body ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
complex vocalizations
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fast swimming ⓘ migratory behavior ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
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Balaenoptera bonaerensis ⓘ
linked to:
bryde’s whale
Balaenoptera borealis ⓘ Balaenoptera brydei ⓘ
linked to:
bryde’s whale
Balaenoptera edeni ⓘ
linked to:
bryde’s whale
Balaenoptera musculus ⓘ
linked to:
Balaenoptera
Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda ⓘ Balaenoptera musculus intermedia ⓘ
linked to:
Balaenoptera
Balaenoptera musculus musculus ⓘ
linked to:
Balaenoptera
Balaenoptera omurai ⓘ
linked to:
Omura’s whale
Balaenoptera physalus ⓘ
linked to:
Balaenoptera
Balaenoptera physalus physalus ⓘ
linked to:
Balaenoptera
Balaenoptera physalus quoyi ⓘ
linked to:
Balaenoptera
Megaptera novaeangliae ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Balaenoptera
ⓘ
Megaptera ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Antarctic minke whale
ⓘ
Bryde's whale ⓘ
linked to:
bryde’s whale
Eden's whale ⓘ
linked to:
Eden’s whale
Omura's whale ⓘ
linked to:
Omura’s whale
blue whale ⓘ fin whale ⓘ humpback whale ⓘ minke whale ⓘ sei whale ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| order | Cetacea ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| suborder | Mysticeti ⓘ |
| superfamily | Balaenopteroidea ⓘ |
| threat |
climate change
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commercial whaling (historical) ⓘ entanglement in fishing gear ⓘ ship strikes ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Balaenoptera ⓘ |
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: Balaenopteridae Description of subject: Balaenopteridae is a family of large baleen whales, including rorquals such as blue, fin, and humpback whales, known for their streamlined bodies and pleated throats used in lunge feeding.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.