Hiodon
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Hiodon is a genus of freshwater fishes known as mooneyes, native to North American rivers and lakes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hiodon canonical | 3 |
| Hiodon alosoides | 2 |
| Hiodon tergisus | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10639982 — 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: Hiodon Context triple: [Hiodontidae, containsTaxon, Hiodon]
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A.
Rhodeus
Rhodeus is a genus of small freshwater bitterling fishes known for their unique reproductive behavior of depositing eggs in live freshwater mussels.
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B.
Mutilus
Mutilus is the cognomen of Gaius Papius Mutilus, a prominent Samnite leader during the Roman Social War.
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C.
Oloplotosus
Oloplotosus is a genus of eeltail catfishes within the family Plotosidae, comprising freshwater species native to regions of Australasia.
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D.
Idiurus
Idiurus is a genus of small African flying squirrels, commonly known as flying mice, that glide using membranes between their limbs.
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E.
Oxydoras
Oxydoras is a genus of large South American thorny catfishes known for their armored bodies and occurrence in major river systems such as the Amazon and Orinoco.
- 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: Hiodon Target entity description: Hiodon is a genus of freshwater fishes known as mooneyes, native to North American rivers and lakes.
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A.
Rhodeus
Rhodeus is a genus of small freshwater bitterling fishes known for their unique reproductive behavior of depositing eggs in live freshwater mussels.
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B.
Mutilus
Mutilus is the cognomen of Gaius Papius Mutilus, a prominent Samnite leader during the Roman Social War.
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C.
Oloplotosus
Oloplotosus is a genus of eeltail catfishes within the family Plotosidae, comprising freshwater species native to regions of Australasia.
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D.
Idiurus
Idiurus is a genus of small African flying squirrels, commonly known as flying mice, that glide using membranes between their limbs.
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E.
Oxydoras
Oxydoras is a genus of large South American thorny catfishes known for their armored bodies and occurrence in major river systems such as the Amazon and Orinoco.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish genus
ⓘ
fish species ⓘ genus ⓘ |
| characteristic |
bony-tongued fish
ⓘ
large eyes ⓘ silvery body ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
goldeye
ⓘ
mooneye ⓘ mooneyes ⓘ |
| diet |
insectivorous
ⓘ
piscivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| ecologicalRole | mid-trophic-level predator ⓘ |
| family | Hiodontidae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
lakes
ⓘ
rivers ⓘ |
| genus |
Hiodon
ⓘ
Hiodon ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ freshwater ⓘ |
| hasCommonNameGroup | mooneyes ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Hiodon alosoides
ⓘ
linked to:
Hiodon
Hiodon tergisus ⓘ
linked to:
Hiodon
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
North America
ⓘ
North America ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| order | Osteoglossiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ species ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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: Hiodon Description of subject: Hiodon is a genus of freshwater fishes known as mooneyes, native to North American rivers and lakes.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hiodon
linked to: Hiodon
linked to: Hiodon
linked to: Hiodon