Porochilus
E805745
Porochilus is a genus of eel-tailed catfishes native to freshwater habitats in Australia and New Guinea.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Porochilus canonical | 5 |
| Porochilus obbesi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9541884 — 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: Porochilus Context triple: [Plotosidae, containsGenus, Porochilus]
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A.
Rhynchotus
Rhynchotus is a genus of South American tinamous, ground-dwelling birds known for their plump bodies, short wings, and secretive behavior in grassland and scrub habitats.
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B.
Smargadus
Smargadus was the exarch of Ravenna who commissioned the Column of Phocas in the Roman Forum in the early 7th century.
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C.
Podalirius
Podalirius is a figure from Greek mythology, a son of Asclepius renowned as a skilled healer and physician in the Trojan War.
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D.
Chrysopassus
Chrysopassus is a theological work by the German Catholic scholar Johann Eck, known for its role in the early Reformation debates against Martin Luther.
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E.
Phroso
Phroso is an adventure novel by British author Anthony Hope, best known for its romantic intrigue and exotic Mediterranean island setting.
- 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: Porochilus Target entity description: Porochilus is a genus of eel-tailed catfishes native to freshwater habitats in Australia and New Guinea.
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A.
Rhynchotus
Rhynchotus is a genus of South American tinamous, ground-dwelling birds known for their plump bodies, short wings, and secretive behavior in grassland and scrub habitats.
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B.
Smargadus
Smargadus was the exarch of Ravenna who commissioned the Column of Phocas in the Roman Forum in the early 7th century.
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C.
Podalirius
Podalirius is a figure from Greek mythology, a son of Asclepius renowned as a skilled healer and physician in the Trojan War.
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D.
Chrysopassus
Chrysopassus is a theological work by the German Catholic scholar Johann Eck, known for its role in the early Reformation debates against Martin Luther.
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E.
Phroso
Phroso is an adventure novel by British author Anthony Hope, best known for its romantic intrigue and exotic Mediterranean island setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish genus
ⓘ
fish species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | eel-tailed catfishes ⓘ |
| distribution |
Australasia
ⓘ
linked to:
Oceania
|
| family |
Plotosidae
ⓘ
Plotosidae ⓘ Plotosidae ⓘ Plotosidae ⓘ Plotosidae ⓘ |
| genus |
Porochilus
ⓘ
Porochilus ⓘ Porochilus ⓘ Porochilus ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ freshwater ⓘ freshwater ⓘ freshwater ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Porochilus argenteus
ⓘ
Porochilus meraukensis ⓘ
linked to:
Porochilus argenteus
Porochilus obbesi ⓘ
linked to:
Porochilus
Porochilus rendahli ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Australia
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Australia ⓘ Australia ⓘ New Guinea ⓘ New Guinea ⓘ New Guinea ⓘ |
| order |
Siluriformes
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Siluriformes ⓘ Siluriformes ⓘ Siluriformes ⓘ Siluriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Plotosidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ species ⓘ 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: Porochilus Description of subject: Porochilus is a genus of eel-tailed catfishes native to freshwater habitats in Australia and New Guinea.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Porochilus
subject linked to:
Porochilus
subject linked to:
Porochilus
subject linked to:
Porochilus
subject linked to:
Porochilus