Semotilus
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Semotilus is a genus of North American freshwater minnows commonly known as creek chubs and related species.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Semotilus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9611670 — 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: Semotilus Context triple: [Leuciscidae, containsGenus, Semotilus]
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A.
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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B.
Pachyplichas
Pachyplichas is a genus of beetles in the family Curculionidae, known from New Zealand.
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C.
Cacicus
Cacicus is a genus of New World tropical birds known as caciques, recognized for their vibrant plumage and colonial nesting habits.
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D.
Melursus
Melursus is a genus of bears best known for the sloth bear, a shaggy-coated, insect-eating bear native to the Indian subcontinent.
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E.
Leptopelas
Leptopelas is a genus of small passerine birds in the family Cisticolidae, a group commonly known for their warbler-like species found mainly in the Old World tropics.
- 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: Semotilus Target entity description: Semotilus is a genus of North American freshwater minnows commonly known as creek chubs and related species.
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A.
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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B.
Pachyplichas
Pachyplichas is a genus of beetles in the family Curculionidae, known from New Zealand.
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C.
Cacicus
Cacicus is a genus of New World tropical birds known as caciques, recognized for their vibrant plumage and colonial nesting habits.
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D.
Melursus
Melursus is a genus of bears best known for the sloth bear, a shaggy-coated, insect-eating bear native to the Indian subcontinent.
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E.
Leptopelas
Leptopelas is a genus of small passerine birds in the family Cisticolidae, a group commonly known for their warbler-like species found mainly in the Old World tropics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
Dixie chub
ⓘ
creek chub ⓘ creek chubs ⓘ fallfish NERFINISHED ⓘ pearl dace ⓘ |
| distribution | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| ecologicalRole |
insectivorous fish
ⓘ
prey for larger fishes ⓘ |
| family | Cyprinidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| habitat |
creeks
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ rivers ⓘ streams ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Semotilus atromaculatus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Semotilus corporalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Semotilus margarita NERFINISHED ⓘ Semotilus thoreauianus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| is |
genus of North American freshwater minnows
ⓘ
genus of ray-finned fishes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedBy | Constantine Samuel Rafinesque NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo | North America ⓘ |
| order | Cypriniformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Cyprinidae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Semotilus NERFINISHED ⓘ Semotilus NERFINISHED ⓘ Semotilus NERFINISHED ⓘ Semotilus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| subdivisionRanks | species ⓘ |
| 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: Semotilus Description of subject: Semotilus is a genus of North American freshwater minnows commonly known as creek chubs and related species.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.