Trachyglanis
E808442
Trachyglanis is a genus of African loach catfishes known for inhabiting fast-flowing freshwater streams and rivers.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trachyglanis canonical | 2 |
| Trachyglanis ineac | 2 |
| Trachyglanis annectens | 1 |
| Trachyglanis dentatus | 1 |
| Trachyglanis intermedius | 1 |
| Trachyglanis minutus | 1 |
| Trachyglanis sanghensis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9542213 — 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: Trachyglanis Context triple: [Amphiliidae, containsGenus, Trachyglanis]
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A.
Euchiloglanis
Euchiloglanis is a genus of Asian river catfishes known for their specialized adaptations to fast-flowing, high-altitude streams.
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B.
Tarsiger
Tarsiger is a small genus of Old World flycatchers known for their brightly colored plumage and association with forested and montane habitats in Eurasia.
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C.
Copidoglanis
Copidoglanis is a genus of eeltail catfishes within the family Plotosidae, comprising benthic freshwater species native to Australia.
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D.
Taeniopygia
Taeniopygia is a genus of small estrildid finches best known for including the widely studied zebra finch, a model organism in behavioral and neurobiological research.
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E.
Belomys
Belomys is a genus of flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
- 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: Trachyglanis Target entity description: Trachyglanis is a genus of African loach catfishes known for inhabiting fast-flowing freshwater streams and rivers.
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A.
Euchiloglanis
Euchiloglanis is a genus of Asian river catfishes known for their specialized adaptations to fast-flowing, high-altitude streams.
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B.
Tarsiger
Tarsiger is a small genus of Old World flycatchers known for their brightly colored plumage and association with forested and montane habitats in Eurasia.
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C.
Copidoglanis
Copidoglanis is a genus of eeltail catfishes within the family Plotosidae, comprising benthic freshwater species native to Australia.
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D.
Taeniopygia
Taeniopygia is a genus of small estrildid finches best known for including the widely studied zebra finch, a model organism in behavioral and neurobiological research.
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E.
Belomys
Belomys is a genus of flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | loach catfishes ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | African loach catfishes ⓘ |
| describedAs | African loach catfish genus ⓘ |
| distribution | Africa ⓘ |
| ecologicalPreference | lotic environments ⓘ |
| family | Amphiliidae ⓘ |
| habitat |
fast-flowing streams
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ rivers ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Trachyglanis annectens
ⓘ
linked to:
Trachyglanis
Trachyglanis dentatus ⓘ
linked to:
Trachyglanis
Trachyglanis ineac ⓘ
linked to:
Trachyglanis
Trachyglanis intermedius ⓘ
linked to:
Trachyglanis
Trachyglanis minutus ⓘ
linked to:
Trachyglanis
Trachyglanis sanghensis ⓘ
linked to:
Trachyglanis
|
| isA |
catfish genus
ⓘ
freshwater fish genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Central Africa
ⓘ
West-Central Africa ⓘ
linked to:
Guineo-Congolian region
|
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Amphiliidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| waterType | inland waters ⓘ |
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: Trachyglanis Description of subject: Trachyglanis is a genus of African loach catfishes known for inhabiting fast-flowing freshwater streams and rivers.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Trachyglanis