Wallago attu
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Wallago attu is a large predatory freshwater catfish native to rivers and lakes across South and Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wallago attu canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9541484 — 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: Wallago attu Context triple: [Siluridae, includesTaxon, Wallago attu]
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A.
Ichthyas
Ichthyas was an ancient Greek philosopher associated with the Megarian school, known for his work in logic and dialectical argument.
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B.
Bugaloo
Bugaloo is a minor character in the 1994 basketball-themed drama film "Above the Rim."
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C.
Dodowa
Dodowa is a town in southern Ghana that serves as the capital of the Shai-Osudoku District and is known for its historic role in the Anglo-Ashanti wars and the nearby Dodowa Forest and waterfalls.
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D.
Hannut
Hannut is a municipality in the French-speaking Walloon Region of Belgium, known for its rural character and location between Liège and Brussels.
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E.
Orugallu
Orugallu, also known as Warangal, was the historic fortified city that served as the political and cultural center of the Kakatiya dynasty in present-day Telangana, India.
- 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: Wallago attu Target entity description: Wallago attu is a large predatory freshwater catfish native to rivers and lakes across South and Southeast Asia.
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A.
Ichthyas
Ichthyas was an ancient Greek philosopher associated with the Megarian school, known for his work in logic and dialectical argument.
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B.
Bugaloo
Bugaloo is a minor character in the 1994 basketball-themed drama film "Above the Rim."
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C.
Dodowa
Dodowa is a town in southern Ghana that serves as the capital of the Shai-Osudoku District and is known for its historic role in the Anglo-Ashanti wars and the nearby Dodowa Forest and waterfalls.
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D.
Hannut
Hannut is a municipality in the French-speaking Walloon Region of Belgium, known for its rural character and location between Liège and Brussels.
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E.
Orugallu
Orugallu, also known as Warangal, was the historic fortified city that served as the political and cultural center of the Kakatiya dynasty in present-day Telangana, India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
catfish
ⓘ
fish species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| bodyColor |
brownish
ⓘ
grey ⓘ |
| bodyShape | elongated ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commercialUse | food fish ⓘ |
| commonName |
freshwater shark catfish
ⓘ
helicopter catfish ⓘ wallago catfish ⓘ |
| diet |
aquatic invertebrates
ⓘ
crustaceans ⓘ fish ⓘ |
| distributionCountry |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
Cambodia ⓘ India ⓘ Laos ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| ecologicalRole | apex predator in freshwater systems ⓘ |
| family | Siluridae ⓘ |
| finType |
anal fin long
ⓘ
dorsal fin short ⓘ |
| fishingMethod |
gill nets
ⓘ
hook and line ⓘ longlines ⓘ |
| genus | Wallago ⓘ |
| habitat |
floodplains
ⓘ
lakes ⓘ large rivers ⓘ |
| hasBarbels | yes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | predatory ⓘ |
| maximumLength | about 2 meters ⓘ |
| maximumWeight | over 40 kilograms ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
Indochina ⓘ
linked to:
Indochinese Peninsula
South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| spawningSeason | monsoon ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Wallago attu Description of subject: Wallago attu is a large predatory freshwater catfish native to rivers and lakes across South and Southeast Asia.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.