dunlin
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The dunlin is a small migratory shorebird in the sandpiper family, known for its slightly downcurved bill and distinctive reddish-brown breeding plumage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| dunlin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2384853 — 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: dunlin Context triple: [Pacific Flyway, supportsSpecies, dunlin]
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A.
Dunn
Dunn is a surname of English and Irish origin borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
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B.
Branta
Branta is a genus of black geese that includes species such as the barnacle goose, brant goose, and the Hawaiian nēnē.
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C.
Denguin
Denguin is a small commune in southwestern France, located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
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D.
Byrde
Byrde is an archaic or variant spelling of the word "bird," historically used in Middle and Early Modern English texts.
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E.
Eider
The Eider is a major river in northern Germany that historically marked the boundary between Schleswig and Holstein and flows into the North Sea.
- 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: dunlin Target entity description: The dunlin is a small migratory shorebird in the sandpiper family, known for its slightly downcurved bill and distinctive reddish-brown breeding plumage.
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A.
Dunn
Dunn is a surname of English and Irish origin borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
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B.
Branta
Branta is a genus of black geese that includes species such as the barnacle goose, brant goose, and the Hawaiian nēnē.
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C.
Denguin
Denguin is a small commune in southwestern France, located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
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D.
Byrde
Byrde is an archaic or variant spelling of the word "bird," historically used in Middle and Early Modern English texts.
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E.
Eider
The Eider is a major river in northern Germany that historically marked the boundary between Schleswig and Holstein and flows into the North Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
ⓘ
shorebird ⓘ wader ⓘ |
| averageLength | 17–21 cm ⓘ |
| averageWingspan | 32–36 cm ⓘ |
| billShape | slightly downcurved ⓘ |
| binomialAuthority |
Carl Linnaeus
ⓘ
surface form:
Linnaeus, 1758
|
| bodySize | small ⓘ |
| breedingHabitat |
Arctic tundra
ⓘ
subarctic wetlands ⓘ |
| breedingRange |
Arctic region
ⓘ
surface form:
high Arctic Eurasia
high Arctic North America ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 3–4 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
Calidris alpina
ⓘ
dunlin ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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surface form:
IUCN Red List
|
| diet |
insects
ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ mollusks ⓘ worms ⓘ |
| eggColor | pale with dark spots ⓘ |
| family | Scolopacidae ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior | probes mud with bill ⓘ |
| genus | Calidris ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal mudflats
ⓘ
estuaries ⓘ salt marshes ⓘ sandy shores ⓘ |
| hasConservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migrationPattern | long-distance migrant ⓘ |
| migratory | true ⓘ |
| nestType | ground nest ⓘ |
| nonBreedingRange |
coasts of Asia
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coasts of Europe ⓘ coasts of North America ⓘ |
| notableFeature | synchronized flock flight displays ⓘ |
| order | Charadriiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageBreeding |
black belly patch
ⓘ
reddish-brown back ⓘ |
| plumageNonBreeding |
grayish-brown upperparts
ⓘ
white underparts ⓘ |
| primaryThreats |
disturbance at stopover sites
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ |
| recognizedSubspecies | multiple geographic subspecies ⓘ |
| scientificName | Calidris alpina ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | forms large flocks in non-breeding season ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
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: dunlin Description of subject: The dunlin is a small migratory shorebird in the sandpiper family, known for its slightly downcurved bill and distinctive reddish-brown breeding plumage.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.