Passeri
E194854
Passeri is the large suborder of songbirds, also known as oscines, characterized by complex vocal organs that enable diverse and elaborate bird songs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Passeri canonical | 39 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1726508 — 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: Passeri Context triple: [Pinaroloxias, belongsToClade, Passeri]
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A.
Mimus
Mimus is a genus of birds in the mockingbird family, best known for species like the Northern Mockingbird that are renowned for their complex and varied vocal mimicry.
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B.
Acanthisitti
Acanthisitti is a small, ancient suborder of New Zealand wrens considered among the most basal and evolutionarily distinct lineages of passerine birds.
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C.
Sturnus
Sturnus is a genus of passerine birds in the starling family, historically including the European starling and several closely related species found across Eurasia and surrounding regions.
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D.
Taeniopygia
Taeniopygia is a genus of small estrildid finches best known for including the widely studied zebra finch, a model organism in behavioral and neurobiological research.
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E.
Vogel
Vogel is a German-origin surname borne by numerous individuals, including figures in sports, arts, science, and public life.
- 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: Passeri Target entity description: Passeri is the large suborder of songbirds, also known as oscines, characterized by complex vocal organs that enable diverse and elaborate bird songs.
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A.
Mimus
Mimus is a genus of birds in the mockingbird family, best known for species like the Northern Mockingbird that are renowned for their complex and varied vocal mimicry.
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B.
Acanthisitti
Acanthisitti is a small, ancient suborder of New Zealand wrens considered among the most basal and evolutionarily distinct lineages of passerine birds.
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C.
Sturnus
Sturnus is a genus of passerine birds in the starling family, historically including the European starling and several closely related species found across Eurasia and surrounding regions.
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D.
Taeniopygia
Taeniopygia is a genus of small estrildid finches best known for including the widely studied zebra finch, a model organism in behavioral and neurobiological research.
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E.
Vogel
Vogel is a German-origin surname borne by numerous individuals, including figures in sports, arts, science, and public life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
suborder of birds
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taxon ⓘ |
| anatomicalFeature |
complex neural song-control circuits
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specialized syrinx muscles ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName |
oscines
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songbirds ⓘ |
| communicationMode | acoustic signals ⓘ |
| containsClade |
Corvida
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Passerida ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Suboscines ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
insect control
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pollination ⓘ seed dispersal ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
complex syringeal musculature
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complex vocal organ ⓘ diverse song repertoires ⓘ elaborate bird songs ⓘ learned vocalizations ⓘ song-based communication ⓘ syrinx adapted for song ⓘ well-developed vocal control ⓘ |
| hasHigherSongComplexityThan | Suboscines ⓘ |
| includes |
many passerine birds
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many perching birds ⓘ |
| infraclass | Neognathae ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| isSubsetOf | passerine birds ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| languageCode | la ⓘ |
| notableFeature | largest radiation of terrestrial vertebrates ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| songFunction |
individual recognition
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mate attraction ⓘ territorial defense ⓘ |
| superorder | Neoaves ⓘ |
| taxonAuthor | Carl Jakob Sundevall ⓘ |
| taxonPublicationYear | 1872 ⓘ |
| taxonRank | suborder ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
forests
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grasslands ⓘ urban areas ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| vocalLearning | present ⓘ |
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: Passeri Description of subject: Passeri is the large suborder of songbirds, also known as oscines, characterized by complex vocal organs that enable diverse and elaborate bird songs.
Referenced by (39)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.