Sardinops
E794062
Sardinops is a genus of small, schooling marine fish commonly known as sardines, found in temperate coastal waters and important in commercial fisheries and marine food webs.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sardinops canonical | 5 |
| Sardinops sagax | 2 |
| Sardinops caeruleus | 1 |
| Sardinops melanostictus | 1 |
| Sardinops neopilchardus | 1 |
| Sardinops ocellatus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9352014 — 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: Sardinops Context triple: [Clupeidae, notableGenus, Sardinops]
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A.
Sardina
Sardina is a genus of small, schooling marine fish commonly known as sardines, widely found in coastal waters and important in commercial fisheries.
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B.
Scupi
Scupi was an ancient city that served as a major political and administrative center in the region of Dardania, in the central Balkans.
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C.
Melanogrammus
Melanogrammus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes in the cod family, best known for including the commercially important haddock.
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D.
Melichthys
Melichthys is a genus of triggerfishes known for their laterally compressed bodies and vibrant coloration, found in tropical and subtropical ocean waters.
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E.
Gadidae
Gadidae is a family of marine fish that includes commercially important species such as cod, haddock, and pollock, commonly found in cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
- 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: Sardinops Target entity description: Sardinops is a genus of small, schooling marine fish commonly known as sardines, found in temperate coastal waters and important in commercial fisheries and marine food webs.
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A.
Sardina
Sardina is a genus of small, schooling marine fish commonly known as sardines, widely found in coastal waters and important in commercial fisheries.
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B.
Scupi
Scupi was an ancient city that served as a major political and administrative center in the region of Dardania, in the central Balkans.
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C.
Melanogrammus
Melanogrammus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes in the cod family, best known for including the commercially important haddock.
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D.
Melichthys
Melichthys is a genus of triggerfishes known for their laterally compressed bodies and vibrant coloration, found in tropical and subtropical ocean waters.
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E.
Gadidae
Gadidae is a family of marine fish that includes commercially important species such as cod, haddock, and pollock, commonly found in cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| behavior | schooling ⓘ |
| bodyShape | fusiform ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
Australian sardine
ⓘ
California sardine ⓘ Japanese sardine ⓘ Pacific sardine ⓘ South African pilchard ⓘ
linked to:
Sardina
South American pilchard ⓘ sardines ⓘ |
| describedAs | small schooling marine fish ⓘ |
| diet | plankton ⓘ |
| distribution | temperate oceans ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
forage fish
ⓘ
key component of marine food webs ⓘ |
| economicImportance | important in commercial fisheries ⓘ |
| family | Clupeidae ⓘ |
| feedingType | planktivorous ⓘ |
| habitat |
marine environment
ⓘ
temperate coastal waters ⓘ temperate coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Sardinops caeruleus
ⓘ
linked to:
Sardinops
Sardinops melanostictus ⓘ
linked to:
Sardinops
Sardinops neopilchardus ⓘ
linked to:
Sardinops
Sardinops ocellatus ⓘ
linked to:
Sardinops
Sardinops sagax ⓘ
linked to:
Sardinops
|
| importance | supports large predator populations ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
silvery body
ⓘ
single dorsal fin ⓘ |
| order | Clupeiformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Sardinops
ⓘ
Sardinops ⓘ Sardinops ⓘ Sardinops ⓘ Sardinops ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | broadcast spawner ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | low trophic level fish ⓘ |
| usedFor |
canned fish products
ⓘ
fish meal production ⓘ |
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: Sardinops Description of subject: Sardinops is a genus of small, schooling marine fish commonly known as sardines, found in temperate coastal waters and important in commercial fisheries and marine food webs.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.