Cyprinus carpio
E229915
Cyprinus carpio is the common carp, a widespread freshwater fish species important in aquaculture, angling, and ornamental varieties such as koi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cyprinus carpio canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2038615 — 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: Cyprinus carpio Context triple: [Cypriniformes, notableSpecies, Cyprinus carpio]
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A.
Goldfish
Goldfish is a popular snack brand best known for its small, fish-shaped crackers often marketed toward children.
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B.
Nile tilapia
Nile tilapia is a widely farmed freshwater fish species native to African river systems, known for its fast growth, adaptability, and importance in global aquaculture and local fisheries.
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C.
Alewife
Alewife is a major subway station and transit hub in North Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving as the northern endpoint of Boston’s MBTA Red Line and a large park-and-ride facility.
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D.
Sturgeon
Sturgeon is a surname most prominently associated with Nicola Sturgeon, the former First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party.
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E.
Epigonichthys
Epigonichthys is a genus of small, eel-like lancelets within the subphylum Cephalochordata, known for their simple, fish-like bodies that provide key insights into early chordate evolution.
- 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: Cyprinus carpio Target entity description: Cyprinus carpio is the common carp, a widespread freshwater fish species important in aquaculture, angling, and ornamental varieties such as koi.
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A.
Goldfish
Goldfish is a popular snack brand best known for its small, fish-shaped crackers often marketed toward children.
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B.
Nile tilapia
Nile tilapia is a widely farmed freshwater fish species native to African river systems, known for its fast growth, adaptability, and importance in global aquaculture and local fisheries.
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C.
Alewife
Alewife is a major subway station and transit hub in North Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving as the northern endpoint of Boston’s MBTA Red Line and a large park-and-ride facility.
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D.
Sturgeon
Sturgeon is a surname most prominently associated with Nicola Sturgeon, the former First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party.
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E.
Epigonichthys
Epigonichthys is a genus of small, eel-like lancelets within the subphylum Cephalochordata, known for their simple, fish-like bodies that provide key insights into early chordate evolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cyprinid
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fish species ⓘ freshwater fish ⓘ ray-finned fish ⓘ |
| aquacultureRegion |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| bodyShape | deep-bodied ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
European carp
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common carp ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| economicUse |
angling target
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aquaculture species ⓘ food fish ⓘ ornamental fish ⓘ |
| family | Cyprinidae ⓘ |
| feedingType | benthic feeder ⓘ |
| genus | Cyprinus ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater lakes
ⓘ
ponds ⓘ reservoirs ⓘ rivers ⓘ |
| impact |
habitat disturbance through bottom feeding
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invasive species in many regions ⓘ |
| introducedRange |
Africa
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Australia ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespan | over 20 years ⓘ |
| maximumLength | over 1 meter ⓘ |
| maximumWeight | over 30 kilograms ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
large cycloid scales
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two pairs of barbels on upper jaw ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ |
| order | Cypriniformes ⓘ |
| ornamentalVariety |
fancy carp
ⓘ
koi ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| salinityTolerance | freshwater to slightly brackish ⓘ |
| spawningHabitat | shallow vegetated waters ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | temperate waters ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | omnivore ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
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: Cyprinus carpio Description of subject: Cyprinus carpio is the common carp, a widespread freshwater fish species important in aquaculture, angling, and ornamental varieties such as koi.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.