Bagrus
E807524
Bagrus is a genus of large, predatory freshwater catfishes native mainly to African rivers and lakes.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bagrus bayad | 3 |
| Bagrus canonical | 2 |
| Bagrus docmak | 2 |
| Bagrus degeni | 1 |
| Bagrus meridionalis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9541740 — 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: Bagrus Context triple: [Bagridae, containsTaxon, Bagrus]
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A.
Barbatula
Barbatula is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater stone loaches found in rivers and streams across Eurasia.
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B.
Moropus
Moropus is an extinct genus of horse-like, clawed herbivorous mammals that lived in North America during the Miocene epoch.
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C.
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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D.
Orlybus
Orlybus is a dedicated airport shuttle bus service connecting central Paris with Orly Airport.
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E.
Gobrias
Gobrias is a figure mentioned in ancient Near Eastern and classical sources, often associated with the Medo-Persian conquest of Babylon and the fall of King Belshazzar.
- 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: Bagrus Target entity description: Bagrus is a genus of large, predatory freshwater catfishes native mainly to African rivers and lakes.
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A.
Barbatula
Barbatula is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater stone loaches found in rivers and streams across Eurasia.
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B.
Moropus
Moropus is an extinct genus of horse-like, clawed herbivorous mammals that lived in North America during the Miocene epoch.
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C.
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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D.
Orlybus
Orlybus is a dedicated airport shuttle bus service connecting central Paris with Orly Airport.
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E.
Gobrias
Gobrias is a figure mentioned in ancient Near Eastern and classical sources, often associated with the Medo-Persian conquest of Babylon and the fall of King Belshazzar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Bagridae ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | catfishes ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | bagrid catfishes ⓘ |
| describedBy | Georges Cuvier ⓘ |
| diet |
aquatic invertebrates
ⓘ
fish ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Lake Malawi basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Lake Malawi region
Lake Victoria basin ⓘ Nile River basin ⓘ
linked to:
Nile Basin
West African river systems ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | predator ⓘ |
| environment | tropical freshwater ⓘ |
| family | Bagridae ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| fishedBy | inland fisheries in Africa ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
lakes ⓘ rivers ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
barbels around mouth
ⓘ
large size ⓘ predatory behavior ⓘ |
| hasCommonUse | food fish ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Bagrus bayad
ⓘ
linked to:
Bagrus
Bagrus degeni ⓘ
linked to:
Bagrus
Bagrus docmak ⓘ
linked to:
Bagrus
Bagrus filamentosus ⓘ Bagrus meridionalis ⓘ
linked to:
Bagrus
Bagrus orientalis ⓘ Bagrus tucumanus ⓘ Bagrus ubangensis ⓘ
linked to:
Bagrus filamentosus
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Africa ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Bagrus bayad
ⓘ
linked to:
Bagrus
Bagrus docmak ⓘ
linked to:
Bagrus
|
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Bagridae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| scientificName | Bagrus ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | carnivorous ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Bagrus bayad
ⓘ
linked to:
Bagrus
|
| typicalSize | large catfish ⓘ |
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: Bagrus Description of subject: Bagrus is a genus of large, predatory freshwater catfishes native mainly to African rivers and lakes.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Bagrus