Isonidae
E246035
Isonidae is a small family of ray-finned fishes within the order Atheriniformes, related to silversides and other small, schooling coastal species.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isonidae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2223341 — 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: Isonidae Context triple: [Atheriniformes, containsFamily, Isonidae]
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A.
Sisoridae
Sisoridae is a family of catfishes native mainly to fast-flowing rivers and streams of Asia, known for their specialized adaptations to strong currents.
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B.
Lipotidae
Lipotidae is the biological family that includes the baiji, an extinct species of freshwater river dolphin once native to China’s Yangtze River.
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C.
Chacidae
Chacidae is a family of freshwater catfishes known as frogmouth catfishes, characterized by their broad, flattened heads and sedentary, ambush-predator lifestyle in Southeast Asian waters.
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D.
Nandiniidae
Nandiniidae is a small family of African carnivorous mammals best known for the African palm civet, a solitary, arboreal species with a cat-like appearance.
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E.
Sebastidae
Sebastidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as rockfishes, many of which are long-lived, bottom-dwelling species important in commercial and recreational fisheries.
- 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: Isonidae Target entity description: Isonidae is a small family of ray-finned fishes within the order Atheriniformes, related to silversides and other small, schooling coastal species.
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A.
Sisoridae
Sisoridae is a family of catfishes native mainly to fast-flowing rivers and streams of Asia, known for their specialized adaptations to strong currents.
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B.
Lipotidae
Lipotidae is the biological family that includes the baiji, an extinct species of freshwater river dolphin once native to China’s Yangtze River.
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C.
Chacidae
Chacidae is a family of freshwater catfishes known as frogmouth catfishes, characterized by their broad, flattened heads and sedentary, ambush-predator lifestyle in Southeast Asian waters.
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D.
Nandiniidae
Nandiniidae is a small family of African carnivorous mammals best known for the African palm civet, a solitary, arboreal species with a cat-like appearance.
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E.
Sebastidae
Sebastidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as rockfishes, many of which are long-lived, bottom-dwelling species important in commercial and recreational fisheries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
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taxon ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| describedAs |
related to silversides and other small schooling coastal species
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small family of ray-finned fishes ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal waters
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marine environments ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
ray-finned morphology
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schooling behavior ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | isonids ⓘ |
| isA |
family of bony fishes
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ray-finned fish family ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| memberOf | Atheriniformes ⓘ |
| order | Atheriniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Atherinidae
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Atherinopsidae ⓘ silversides ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
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: Isonidae Description of subject: Isonidae is a small family of ray-finned fishes within the order Atheriniformes, related to silversides and other small, schooling coastal species.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.