California sea lion
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The California sea lion is a highly social and intelligent marine mammal native to the Pacific coast of North America, known for its agility, loud barking, and frequent presence on coastal beaches and docks.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California sea lion canonical | 15 |
| California sea lions | 3 |
| Zalophus californianus | 2 |
| California state marine mammal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T707713 — 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: California sea lion Context triple: [Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, hasSpecies, California sea lion]
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A.
Steller sea lion
The Steller sea lion is a large, cold-water marine mammal of the North Pacific known for its massive size, thick neck, and loud, roaring vocalizations.
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B.
New Zealand fur seal
The New Zealand fur seal is a marine mammal native to New Zealand and southern Australia, known for its thick fur, agile swimming, and colonies along rugged coastal and subantarctic shores.
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C.
Antarctic fur seal
The Antarctic fur seal is a marine mammal of the Southern Ocean known for its dense fur, large breeding colonies, and recovery from historic overhunting.
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D.
Mediterranean monk seal
The Mediterranean monk seal is one of the world’s most endangered marine mammals, a rare earless seal native to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas.
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E.
Atlantic white-sided dolphin
The Atlantic white-sided dolphin is a small, agile marine mammal found in the cold temperate waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, known for its striking black, white, and yellowish coloration and highly social behavior.
- 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: California sea lion Target entity description: The California sea lion is a highly social and intelligent marine mammal native to the Pacific coast of North America, known for its agility, loud barking, and frequent presence on coastal beaches and docks.
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A.
Steller sea lion
The Steller sea lion is a large, cold-water marine mammal of the North Pacific known for its massive size, thick neck, and loud, roaring vocalizations.
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B.
New Zealand fur seal
The New Zealand fur seal is a marine mammal native to New Zealand and southern Australia, known for its thick fur, agile swimming, and colonies along rugged coastal and subantarctic shores.
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C.
Antarctic fur seal
The Antarctic fur seal is a marine mammal of the Southern Ocean known for its dense fur, large breeding colonies, and recovery from historic overhunting.
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D.
Mediterranean monk seal
The Mediterranean monk seal is one of the world’s most endangered marine mammals, a rare earless seal native to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas.
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E.
Atlantic white-sided dolphin
The Atlantic white-sided dolphin is a small, agile marine mammal found in the cold temperate waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, known for its striking black, white, and yellowish coloration and highly social behavior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marine mammal
ⓘ
sea lion ⓘ species ⓘ |
| averageLifespanInWild | 20 years ⓘ |
| behavior |
forms large haul-out groups
ⓘ
often rests on docks and buoys ⓘ |
| bodyLengthFemale | up to about 2 m ⓘ |
| bodyLengthMale | up to about 2.4 m ⓘ |
| bodyMassFemale | up to about 100 kg ⓘ |
| bodyMassMale | up to about 350 kg ⓘ |
| breedingSite | rookeries on beaches ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | California sea lion self-link ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
crustaceans
ⓘ
fish ⓘ octopus ⓘ squid ⓘ |
| family | Otariidae ⓘ |
| genus | Zalophus ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal waters
ⓘ
harbors ⓘ marinas ⓘ rocky shores ⓘ sandy beaches ⓘ |
| hasType | eared seal ⓘ |
| intelligence | high ⓘ |
| iucnStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| knownFor | performing in zoos and aquariums ⓘ |
| locomotion | can walk on land using flippers ⓘ |
| maleLargerThanFemale | true ⓘ |
| maximumLifespanInWild | about 30 years ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Pacific coast of North America
ⓘ
western coast of North America ⓘ |
| notableFor |
agility
ⓘ
intelligence ⓘ loud barking ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| predatorOf | small pelagic fish ⓘ |
| preyedUponBy |
great white shark
ⓘ
killer whale ⓘ |
| protectedBy | Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 ⓘ |
| rangeIncludes |
Alaska
ⓘ
Baja California ⓘ British Columbia ⓘ California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
Gulf of California ⓘ Oregon ⓘ Washington ⓘ |
| reproduction | polygynous breeding system ⓘ |
| scientificName |
California sea lion
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Zalophus californianus
|
| sensoryAbility |
good underwater vision
ⓘ
sensitive hearing ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | present ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
gregarious
ⓘ
highly social ⓘ |
| swimmingAbility | excellent swimmer ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
entanglement in fishing gear
ⓘ
human disturbance at haul-out sites ⓘ pollution ⓘ |
| trainability | high ⓘ |
| usedIn | marine mammal shows ⓘ |
| vocalization | barking calls ⓘ |
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: California sea lion Description of subject: The California sea lion is a highly social and intelligent marine mammal native to the Pacific coast of North America, known for its agility, loud barking, and frequent presence on coastal beaches and docks.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
California sea lions
this entity surface form:
California sea lions
this entity surface form:
Zalophus californianus
this entity surface form:
Zalophus californianus
this entity surface form:
California sea lions
subject surface form:
Zalophus californianus
this entity surface form:
California state marine mammal