Siluranodon
E811136
Siluranodon is a genus of African catfishes known for their elongated bodies and membership in the family Schilbeidae.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Siluranodon canonical | 1 |
| Siluranodon auritus | 1 |
| Siluranodon gabonensis | 1 |
| Siluranodon hourt | 1 |
| Siluranodon karongae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9603914 — 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: Siluranodon Context triple: [Schilbeidae, notableGenus, Siluranodon]
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A.
Goringhaiqua
The Goringhaiqua were a Khoikhoi pastoralist group in the Cape region of South Africa, historically known for their resistance to early Dutch colonial expansion.
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B.
Bunocephalus
Bunocephalus is a genus of small, flat-bodied banjo catfishes native to freshwater habitats in South America.
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C.
Moringuichthys
Moringuichthys is a genus of worm eels, slender burrowing marine fishes found in tropical and subtropical seas.
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D.
Poebrotherium
Poebrotherium is an extinct early camelid genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of North America, known for its small, deer-like body and significance in camel evolution.
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E.
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.
- 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: Siluranodon Target entity description: Siluranodon is a genus of African catfishes known for their elongated bodies and membership in the family Schilbeidae.
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A.
Goringhaiqua
The Goringhaiqua were a Khoikhoi pastoralist group in the Cape region of South Africa, historically known for their resistance to early Dutch colonial expansion.
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B.
Bunocephalus
Bunocephalus is a genus of small, flat-bodied banjo catfishes native to freshwater habitats in South America.
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C.
Moringuichthys
Moringuichthys is a genus of worm eels, slender burrowing marine fishes found in tropical and subtropical seas.
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D.
Poebrotherium
Poebrotherium is an extinct early camelid genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of North America, known for its small, deer-like body and significance in camel evolution.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Schilbeidae ⓘ |
| bodyShape | elongated body ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | African catfishes ⓘ |
| distribution | Africa ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | freshwater fish ⓘ |
| family | Schilbeidae ⓘ |
| habitat | freshwater ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic | elongated body ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Siluranodon auritus
ⓘ
linked to:
Siluranodon
Siluranodon gabonensis ⓘ
linked to:
Siluranodon
Siluranodon hourt ⓘ
linked to:
Siluranodon
Siluranodon karongae ⓘ
linked to:
Siluranodon
|
| isA | catfish genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | benthic fish ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Siluriformes (catfishes)
ⓘ
linked to:
Siluriformes
|
| nativeRange |
sub-Saharan Africa
ⓘ
linked to:
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Schilbeidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| vertebrateGroup | ray-finned fishes ⓘ |
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: Siluranodon Description of subject: Siluranodon is a genus of African catfishes known for their elongated bodies and membership in the family Schilbeidae.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Siluranodon
linked to: Siluranodon
linked to: Siluranodon
linked to: Siluranodon