Pterodoras
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Pterodoras is a genus of thorny catfishes native to freshwater habitats in South America.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pterodoras canonical | 3 |
| Platydoras costatus | 1 |
| Pterodoras granulosus | 1 |
| Pterodoras rivasi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9541802 — 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: Pterodoras Context triple: [Doradidae, includes, Pterodoras]
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A.
Ichthyaetus
Ichthyaetus is a genus of gulls in the family Laridae that includes several medium-sized, often coastal seabird species found across parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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B.
Idiurus
Idiurus is a genus of small African flying squirrels, commonly known as flying mice, that glide using membranes between their limbs.
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C.
Pelagodroma
Pelagodroma is a genus of small seabirds known as white-faced storm petrels, which are part of the storm petrel family.
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D.
Gymnomystax
Gymnomystax is a small genus of New World blackbirds known for its association with marshy and aquatic habitats in South America.
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E.
Poliorcetes
Poliorcetes is the famous epithet of Demetrius I of Macedon, highlighting his renown as a master of siege warfare in the Hellenistic period.
- 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: Pterodoras Target entity description: Pterodoras is a genus of thorny catfishes native to freshwater habitats in South America.
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A.
Ichthyaetus
Ichthyaetus is a genus of gulls in the family Laridae that includes several medium-sized, often coastal seabird species found across parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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B.
Idiurus
Idiurus is a genus of small African flying squirrels, commonly known as flying mice, that glide using membranes between their limbs.
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C.
Pelagodroma
Pelagodroma is a genus of small seabirds known as white-faced storm petrels, which are part of the storm petrel family.
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D.
Gymnomystax
Gymnomystax is a small genus of New World blackbirds known for its association with marshy and aquatic habitats in South America.
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E.
Poliorcetes
Poliorcetes is the famous epithet of Demetrius I of Macedon, highlighting his renown as a master of siege warfare in the Hellenistic period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| class |
Actinopterygii
ⓘ
Actinopterygii ⓘ Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | thorny catfishes ⓘ |
| distribution | South America ⓘ |
| family |
Doradidae
ⓘ
Doradidae ⓘ Doradidae ⓘ |
| habitat | freshwater ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Pterodoras granulosus
ⓘ
linked to:
Pterodoras
Pterodoras rivasi ⓘ
linked to:
Pterodoras
|
| kingdom |
Animalia
ⓘ
Animalia ⓘ Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo | South America ⓘ |
| order |
Siluriformes
ⓘ
Siluriformes ⓘ Siluriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Doradidae
ⓘ
Pterodoras ⓘ Pterodoras ⓘ |
| phylum |
Chordata
ⓘ
Chordata ⓘ Chordata ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ species ⓘ |
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: Pterodoras Description of subject: Pterodoras is a genus of thorny catfishes native to freshwater habitats in South America.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pterodoras
linked to: Pterodoras
linked to: Pterodoras
subject linked to:
Pterodoras
subject linked to:
Pterodoras