Ilyophis
E812333
Ilyophis is a genus of deep-sea eels known for their elongated bodies and habitation in the bathyal and abyssal zones of the world’s oceans.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ilyophis canonical | 1 |
| Ilyophis arx | 1 |
| Ilyophis blachei | 1 |
| Ilyophis brunneus | 1 |
| Ilyophis nigeli | 1 |
| Ilyophis robinsae | 1 |
| Ilyophis saldanhai | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9644197 — 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: Ilyophis Context triple: [Derichthyidae, containsTaxon, Ilyophis]
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A.
Ophiotaurus
Ophiotaurus is a lesser-known creature from Greek mythology, depicted as a hybrid with the front half of a bull and the tail of a serpent, whose entrails were said to grant power over the gods if burned.
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B.
Calophysus
Calophysus is a genus of South American freshwater catfish known for its scavenging habits and occurrence in large river systems such as the Amazon.
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C.
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.
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D.
Avissawella
Avissawella is a town in Sri Lanka known as a key transport hub and gateway between the Colombo region and the island’s central highlands.
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E.
Bunocephalus
Bunocephalus is a genus of small, flat-bodied banjo catfishes native to freshwater habitats in South America.
- 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: Ilyophis Target entity description: Ilyophis is a genus of deep-sea eels known for their elongated bodies and habitation in the bathyal and abyssal zones of the world’s oceans.
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A.
Ophiotaurus
Ophiotaurus is a lesser-known creature from Greek mythology, depicted as a hybrid with the front half of a bull and the tail of a serpent, whose entrails were said to grant power over the gods if burned.
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B.
Calophysus
Calophysus is a genus of South American freshwater catfish known for its scavenging habits and occurrence in large river systems such as the Amazon.
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C.
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.
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D.
Avissawella
Avissawella is a town in Sri Lanka known as a key transport hub and gateway between the Colombo region and the island’s central highlands.
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E.
Bunocephalus
Bunocephalus is a genus of small, flat-bodied banjo catfishes native to freshwater habitats in South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Synaphobranchidae ⓘ |
| bodyShape | elongated body ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | deep-sea eels ⓘ |
| distribution | world oceans ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| environment | benthic ⓘ |
| family | Synaphobranchidae ⓘ |
| feedingType | carnivorous ⓘ |
| habitat |
abyssal zone
ⓘ
bathyal zone ⓘ deep sea ⓘ |
| hasJaws | true ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Ilyophis arx
ⓘ
linked to:
Ilyophis
Ilyophis blachei ⓘ
linked to:
Ilyophis
Ilyophis brunneus ⓘ
linked to:
Ilyophis
Ilyophis nigeli ⓘ
linked to:
Ilyophis
Ilyophis robinsae ⓘ
linked to:
Ilyophis
Ilyophis saldanhai ⓘ
linked to:
Ilyophis
|
| hasVertebralColumn | true ⓘ |
| isEelGenus | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | demersal ⓘ |
| livesIn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| marine | true ⓘ |
| order | Anguilliformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Synaphobranchidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| salinityPreference | marine ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Ilyophis Description of subject: Ilyophis is a genus of deep-sea eels known for their elongated bodies and habitation in the bathyal and abyssal zones of the world’s oceans.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ilyophis
linked to: Ilyophis
linked to: Ilyophis
linked to: Ilyophis
linked to: Ilyophis
linked to: Ilyophis