Margariscus
E810925
Margariscus is a small genus of North American freshwater minnows in the family Leuciscidae, commonly known as pearl daces.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Margariscus canonical | 3 |
| Margariscus margarita | 1 |
| Margariscus nachtriebi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9611673 — 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: Margariscus Context triple: [Leuciscidae, containsGenus, Margariscus]
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A.
Osteolaemus
Osteolaemus is a genus of small, primarily nocturnal African dwarf crocodiles known for inhabiting forested freshwater habitats in West and Central Africa.
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B.
Neomonachus
Neomonachus is a genus of monk seals that includes the endangered Hawaiian monk seal and the extinct Caribbean monk seal, both members of the true seal family.
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C.
Ariaspes
Ariaspes was a Persian prince of the Achaemenid dynasty, known as one of the sons of King Artaxerxes II of Persia.
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D.
Cephalopachus
Cephalopachus is a genus of small nocturnal primates known as tarsiers, characterized by their large eyes, elongated tarsal bones, and insectivorous diet, found primarily in Southeast Asia.
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E.
Hesperethusa
Hesperethusa is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, known for species such as Hesperethusa crenulata (also called Limonia crenulata) that are native to South and Southeast Asia.
- 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: Margariscus Target entity description: Margariscus is a small genus of North American freshwater minnows in the family Leuciscidae, commonly known as pearl daces.
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A.
Osteolaemus
Osteolaemus is a genus of small, primarily nocturnal African dwarf crocodiles known for inhabiting forested freshwater habitats in West and Central Africa.
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B.
Neomonachus
Neomonachus is a genus of monk seals that includes the endangered Hawaiian monk seal and the extinct Caribbean monk seal, both members of the true seal family.
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C.
Ariaspes
Ariaspes was a Persian prince of the Achaemenid dynasty, known as one of the sons of King Artaxerxes II of Persia.
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D.
Cephalopachus
Cephalopachus is a genus of small nocturnal primates known as tarsiers, characterized by their large eyes, elongated tarsal bones, and insectivorous diet, found primarily in Southeast Asia.
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E.
Hesperethusa
Hesperethusa is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, known for species such as Hesperethusa crenulata (also called Limonia crenulata) that are native to South and Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish genus
ⓘ
fish species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
northern pearl dace
ⓘ
linked to:
pearl dace
pearl dace ⓘ pearl daces ⓘ |
| distribution | North America ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | small freshwater minnow ⓘ |
| family |
Leuciscidae
ⓘ
Leuciscidae ⓘ Leuciscidae ⓘ |
| genus |
Margariscus
ⓘ
Margariscus ⓘ |
| genusOf |
Margariscus margarita
ⓘ
linked to:
Margariscus
Margariscus nachtriebi ⓘ
linked to:
Margariscus
|
| habitat | freshwater ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
inhabits cool clear streams and lakes
ⓘ
small body size ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| memberOf | Leuciscidae ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| order | Cypriniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Leuciscinae
ⓘ
linked to:
Leuciscidae
|
| 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: Margariscus Description of subject: Margariscus is a small genus of North American freshwater minnows in the family Leuciscidae, commonly known as pearl daces.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Margariscus
linked to: Margariscus
subject linked to:
Margariscus
subject linked to:
Margariscus