Tylosurus
E871491
Tylosurus is a genus of elongated, predatory needlefish known for their slender bodies and long, beak-like jaws, commonly found in tropical and subtropical marine waters.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tylosurus acus | 2 |
| Tylosurus canonical | 1 |
| Tylosurus choram | 1 |
| Tylosurus gavialoides | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10560612 — 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: Tylosurus Context triple: [Belonidae, containsGenus, Tylosurus]
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A.
SandSerpent
SandSerpent is a desert-themed thrill attraction in the Pantopia area of Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, known for its wild-mouse style coaster layout and tight, winding turns.
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B.
Plotosus
Plotosus is a genus of eeltail catfishes known for species like the striped eel catfish, which inhabit Indo-Pacific coastal and reef environments.
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C.
Mutilus
Mutilus is the cognomen of Gaius Papius Mutilus, a prominent Samnite leader during the Roman Social War.
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D.
Lariscus
Lariscus is a genus of small ground-dwelling squirrels commonly known as striped ground squirrels, found primarily in Southeast Asian forests.
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E.
Ilyophis
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.
- 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: Tylosurus Target entity description: Tylosurus is a genus of elongated, predatory needlefish known for their slender bodies and long, beak-like jaws, commonly found in tropical and subtropical marine waters.
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A.
SandSerpent
SandSerpent is a desert-themed thrill attraction in the Pantopia area of Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, known for its wild-mouse style coaster layout and tight, winding turns.
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B.
Plotosus
Plotosus is a genus of eeltail catfishes known for species like the striped eel catfish, which inhabit Indo-Pacific coastal and reef environments.
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C.
Mutilus
Mutilus is the cognomen of Gaius Papius Mutilus, a prominent Samnite leader during the Roman Social War.
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D.
Lariscus
Lariscus is a genus of small ground-dwelling squirrels commonly known as striped ground squirrels, found primarily in Southeast Asian forests.
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E.
Ilyophis
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activePeriod | mostly nocturnal or crepuscular hunter ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Belonidae ⓘ |
| bodyShape | slender ⓘ |
| canEnter | brackish waters ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | needlefish ⓘ |
| describedAs | elongated predatory needlefish ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| ecologicalRole | marine predator ⓘ |
| family | Belonidae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal waters
ⓘ
epipelagic zone ⓘ subtropical marine waters ⓘ tropical marine waters ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
beak-like snout
ⓘ
elongated body ⓘ fast swimmer ⓘ sharp teeth ⓘ |
| hasFinType |
dorsal fin set far back
ⓘ
forked caudal fin ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Tylosurus acus
ⓘ
linked to:
Tylosurus
Tylosurus choram ⓘ
linked to:
Tylosurus
Tylosurus crocodilus ⓘ Tylosurus gavialoides ⓘ
linked to:
Tylosurus
|
| jawShape | long beak-like jaws ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | predatory ⓘ |
| order | Beloniformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Belonidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| preysOn |
cephalopods
ⓘ
small fish ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| riskToHumans | can cause injury by leaping from water ⓘ |
| salinityPreference | marine ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| swimmingLevel | near surface ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Tylosurus acus
ⓘ
linked to:
Tylosurus
|
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: Tylosurus Description of subject: Tylosurus is a genus of elongated, predatory needlefish known for their slender bodies and long, beak-like jaws, commonly found in tropical and subtropical marine waters.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tylosurus
linked to: Tylosurus
linked to: Tylosurus
linked to: Tylosurus