Northern krill
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Northern krill is a small, shrimp-like marine crustacean found in North Atlantic and adjacent Arctic waters, where it forms dense swarms that are a key food source for whales, fish, and seabirds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Northern krill canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16540606 — 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: Northern krill Context triple: [Meganyctiphanes norvegica, commonName, Northern krill]
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A.
Antarctic krill
Antarctic krill are small, shrimp-like crustaceans that form massive swarms and serve as a keystone species at the base of the Antarctic marine food web.
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B.
Euphausia pacifica
Euphausia pacifica is a species of krill found in the North Pacific Ocean, where it plays a key role as a primary food source for many marine animals.
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C.
Arctic cod
The Arctic cod is a small, cold-adapted fish species that plays a key ecological role in Arctic marine food webs as a primary prey item for seabirds, marine mammals, and larger fish.
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D.
Pacific herring
Pacific herring is a small, schooling forage fish of the North Pacific Ocean that plays a key ecological role as a primary food source for many marine predators and supports important commercial fisheries.
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E.
Somateria fischeri
Somateria fischeri is a large, sea-duck species known as the spectacled eider, distinguished by its striking facial markings and breeding in Arctic coastal regions of Alaska and Siberia.
- 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: Northern krill Target entity description: Northern krill is a small, shrimp-like marine crustacean found in North Atlantic and adjacent Arctic waters, where it forms dense swarms that are a key food source for whales, fish, and seabirds.
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A.
Antarctic krill
Antarctic krill are small, shrimp-like crustaceans that form massive swarms and serve as a keystone species at the base of the Antarctic marine food web.
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B.
Euphausia pacifica
Euphausia pacifica is a species of krill found in the North Pacific Ocean, where it plays a key role as a primary food source for many marine animals.
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C.
Arctic cod
The Arctic cod is a small, cold-adapted fish species that plays a key ecological role in Arctic marine food webs as a primary prey item for seabirds, marine mammals, and larger fish.
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D.
Pacific herring
Pacific herring is a small, schooling forage fish of the North Pacific Ocean that plays a key ecological role as a primary food source for many marine predators and supports important commercial fisheries.
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E.
Somateria fischeri
Somateria fischeri is a large, sea-duck species known as the spectacled eider, distinguished by its striking facial markings and breeding in Arctic coastal regions of Alaska and Siberia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.