Scomber
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Scomber is a genus of pelagic marine fish commonly known as true mackerels, important in commercial fisheries and found in temperate and tropical oceans worldwide.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scomber canonical | 5 |
| Scomber scombrus | 2 |
| Scomber australasicus | 1 |
| Scomber colias | 1 |
| Scomber japonicus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10877793 — 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: Scomber Context triple: [Scombroidei, notableMember, Scomber]
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A.
Scomberesox
Scomberesox is a genus of marine fishes commonly known as sauries, characterized by their elongated bodies and beak-like jaws, found in temperate and tropical oceans.
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B.
Psettina
Psettina is a genus of small lefteye flounders, a type of flatfish found on sandy or muddy sea bottoms in various marine regions.
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C.
Menidia
Menidia is a genus of small silverside fishes commonly found in coastal and estuarine waters of North and Central America.
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D.
Sardinops
Sardinops is a genus of small, schooling marine fish commonly known as sardines, found in temperate coastal waters and important in commercial fisheries and marine food webs.
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E.
Clupea
Clupea is a genus of small, oily, schooling fish commonly known as herrings, which are ecologically and commercially important in northern marine ecosystems.
- 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: Scomber Target entity description: Scomber is a genus of pelagic marine fish commonly known as true mackerels, important in commercial fisheries and found in temperate and tropical oceans worldwide.
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A.
Scomberesox
Scomberesox is a genus of marine fishes commonly known as sauries, characterized by their elongated bodies and beak-like jaws, found in temperate and tropical oceans.
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B.
Psettina
Psettina is a genus of small lefteye flounders, a type of flatfish found on sandy or muddy sea bottoms in various marine regions.
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C.
Menidia
Menidia is a genus of small silverside fishes commonly found in coastal and estuarine waters of North and Central America.
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D.
Sardinops
Sardinops is a genus of small, schooling marine fish commonly known as sardines, found in temperate coastal waters and important in commercial fisheries and marine food webs.
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E.
Clupea
Clupea is a genus of small, oily, schooling fish commonly known as herrings, which are ecologically and commercially important in northern marine ecosystems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus of fish
ⓘ
species of fish ⓘ species of fish ⓘ species of fish ⓘ species of fish ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| bodyShape | fusiform ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commercialProduct |
canned fish
ⓘ
fresh fish ⓘ frozen fish ⓘ |
| commonName |
Atlantic chub mackerel
ⓘ
linked to:
chub mackerel
Atlantic mackerel ⓘ blue mackerel ⓘ chub mackerel ⓘ true mackerels ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
plankton ⓘ small fish ⓘ |
| distribution |
temperate oceans worldwide
ⓘ
tropical oceans worldwide ⓘ |
| economicUse | commercial fisheries ⓘ |
| family | Scombridae ⓘ |
| fisheryType | pelagic fishery ⓘ |
| genus |
Scomber
ⓘ
Scomber ⓘ Scomber ⓘ Scomber ⓘ |
| habitat |
marine environment
ⓘ
pelagic zone ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Scomber australasicus
ⓘ
linked to:
Scomber
Scomber colias ⓘ
linked to:
Scomber
Scomber japonicus ⓘ
linked to:
Scomber
Scomber scombrus ⓘ
linked to:
Scomber
|
| importance |
ecologically important
ⓘ
economically important ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| order | Scombriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Scombridae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| schoolingBehavior | forms large schools ⓘ |
| spawningHabitat | open water ⓘ |
| swimmingAbility | fast-swimming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | mid-trophic predator ⓘ |
| usedFor | human consumption ⓘ |
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: Scomber Description of subject: Scomber is a genus of pelagic marine fish commonly known as true mackerels, important in commercial fisheries and found in temperate and tropical oceans worldwide.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Scomber
linked to: Scomber
linked to: Scomber
linked to: Scomber
linked to: Scomber