family Butidae
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Family Butidae is a group of small, primarily freshwater gobioid fishes commonly known as sleeper gobies, found in tropical and subtropical regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| family Butidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10897808 — 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: family Butidae Context triple: [Gobioidei, includes, family Butidae]
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A.
Fundulidae
Fundulidae is a family of small ray-finned fishes commonly known as topminnows and killifishes, found primarily in freshwater and coastal habitats of North and Central America.
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B.
Lotidae
Lotidae is a family of cod-like marine fishes commonly known as lings and burbots, found mainly in cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
Traguloidea
Traguloidea is a superfamily of small, primitive ruminant mammals commonly known as chevrotains or mouse deer.
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D.
Momotidae
Momotidae is a family of colorful, medium-sized Neotropical birds known as motmots, characterized by their long, often racket-tipped tails and insectivorous habits.
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E.
Buphagidae
Buphagidae is a small family of African passerine birds known as oxpeckers, which feed on ticks and other parasites found on large mammals.
- 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: family Butidae Target entity description: Family Butidae is a group of small, primarily freshwater gobioid fishes commonly known as sleeper gobies, found in tropical and subtropical regions.
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A.
Fundulidae
Fundulidae is a family of small ray-finned fishes commonly known as topminnows and killifishes, found primarily in freshwater and coastal habitats of North and Central America.
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B.
Lotidae
Lotidae is a family of cod-like marine fishes commonly known as lings and burbots, found mainly in cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
Traguloidea
Traguloidea is a superfamily of small, primitive ruminant mammals commonly known as chevrotains or mouse deer.
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D.
Momotidae
Momotidae is a family of colorful, medium-sized Neotropical birds known as motmots, characterized by their long, often racket-tipped tails and insectivorous habits.
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E.
Buphagidae
Buphagidae is a small family of African passerine birds known as oxpeckers, which feed on ticks and other parasites found on large mammals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Gobioidei ⓘ |
| bodyShape | elongate ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | sleeper gobies ⓘ |
| contains |
Bostrychus
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Butis ⓘ Incara ⓘ Kribia ⓘ Ophiocara ⓘ
linked to:
Xenaploactis
Oxyeleotris ⓘ Parviparma ⓘ Philypnodon ⓘ Rhyacichthys ⓘ |
| describedAs | small gobioid fishes ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | small benthic predator ⓘ |
| eggCare |
demersal eggs
ⓘ
substrate-attached eggs ⓘ |
| feedingType | carnivorous ⓘ |
| finCharacteristic | two dorsal fins ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Africa
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Australia ⓘ Indo-Pacific region ⓘ New Guinea ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| hasCommonNamePattern | sleeper goby ⓘ |
| hasEconomicUse |
local food fish
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minor subsistence fisheries ⓘ occasionally aquarium trade ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | benthic ⓘ |
| mobility | demersal ⓘ |
| order | Gobiiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Eleotridae ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| sizeClass | small-sized fishes ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
brackish water
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freshwater ⓘ |
| vernacularGroup | gobies ⓘ |
| waterType |
occasionally brackish
ⓘ
primarily 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: family Butidae Description of subject: Family Butidae is a group of small, primarily freshwater gobioid fishes commonly known as sleeper gobies, found in tropical and subtropical regions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.