Jamaican hummingbird
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The Jamaican hummingbird is a small, nectar-feeding bird species endemic to Jamaica, known for its iridescent plumage and rapid, hovering flight.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jamaican hummingbird canonical | 1 |
| Jamaican streamertail | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10960164 — 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: Jamaican hummingbird Context triple: [JamaicanHillForests, providesHabitatFor, Jamaican hummingbird]
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A.
Cuban bullfinch
The Cuban bullfinch is a small, stout songbird endemic to Cuba, known for its thick bill and distinctive dark plumage with contrasting markings.
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B.
Hummingbird
Hummingbird is a 2013 British action thriller film written and directed by Steven Knight, starring Jason Statham as a troubled ex-soldier navigating London’s criminal underworld.
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C.
Hummingbird
The Hummingbird is a renowned Gibson acoustic guitar model known for its square-shouldered dreadnought body, ornate pickguard, and rich, balanced tone favored by many singer-songwriters.
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D.
Hummingbird
Hummingbird is the Google search algorithm update introduced to better understand user intent and the meaning of entire queries rather than just matching individual keywords.
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E.
Puerto Rican bullfinch
The Puerto Rican bullfinch is a small, stout-billed songbird endemic to Puerto Rico, known for its dark plumage, strong seed-cracking bill, and preference for forested habitats.
- 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: Jamaican hummingbird Target entity description: The Jamaican hummingbird is a small, nectar-feeding bird species endemic to Jamaica, known for its iridescent plumage and rapid, hovering flight.
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A.
Cuban bullfinch
The Cuban bullfinch is a small, stout songbird endemic to Cuba, known for its thick bill and distinctive dark plumage with contrasting markings.
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B.
Hummingbird
Hummingbird is a 2013 British action thriller film written and directed by Steven Knight, starring Jason Statham as a troubled ex-soldier navigating London’s criminal underworld.
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C.
Hummingbird
The Hummingbird is a renowned Gibson acoustic guitar model known for its square-shouldered dreadnought body, ornate pickguard, and rich, balanced tone favored by many singer-songwriters.
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D.
Hummingbird
Hummingbird is the Google search algorithm update introduced to better understand user intent and the meaning of entire queries rather than just matching individual keywords.
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E.
Puerto Rican bullfinch
The Puerto Rican bullfinch is a small, stout-billed songbird endemic to Puerto Rico, known for its dark plumage, strong seed-cracking bill, and preference for forested habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
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hummingbird ⓘ nectar-feeding bird ⓘ |
| activePeriod | diurnal ⓘ |
| breathing | high oxygen demand during flight ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| colorVision | can see ultraviolet patterns on flowers ⓘ |
| communication |
vocal calls
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wing-produced sounds ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | vulnerable to environmental change ⓘ |
| diet |
nectar
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small insects ⓘ spiders ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | important pollinator in Jamaican ecosystems ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Trochilidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy |
defends feeding territories
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visits multiple flowers in sequence ⓘ |
| foundInCountry | Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
gardens
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shrublands ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasBehavior |
hovering flight
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nectar feeding ⓘ rapid wing beats ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
bright coloration
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iridescent plumage ⓘ long slender bill ⓘ small size ⓘ specialized tongue for nectar feeding ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
high metabolic rate
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high wingbeat frequency ⓘ rapid heart rate ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespan | several years in the wild ⓘ |
| movement |
capable of backward flight
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capable of hovering ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nestType | small cup-shaped nest ⓘ |
| order | Apodiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| pollinationRole | pollinator of flowering plants ⓘ |
| reproduction | lays eggs ⓘ |
| threats |
habitat degradation
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habitat loss ⓘ |
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: Jamaican hummingbird Description of subject: The Jamaican hummingbird is a small, nectar-feeding bird species endemic to Jamaica, known for its iridescent plumage and rapid, hovering flight.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.