Osmeridae
E403682
Osmeridae is a family of small, silvery, cold-water fishes known as smelts, found primarily in marine and freshwater environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Osmeridae canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3990299 — 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: Osmeridae Context triple: [Delta smelt, family, Osmeridae]
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A.
Nemichthyidae
Nemichthyidae is a family of deep-sea eels known as snipe eels, characterized by their extremely elongated jaws and slender bodies.
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B.
Balitoridae
Balitoridae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater loaches commonly found in fast-flowing streams of Asia and adapted to cling to rocks in strong currents.
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C.
Belonidae
Belonidae is a family of elongated, predatory marine and freshwater fishes commonly known as needlefishes, characterized by their long, slender jaws filled with sharp teeth.
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D.
Siluridae
Siluridae is a family of freshwater catfishes commonly known as sheatfishes, found primarily in Eurasia and characterized by elongated bodies and reduced or absent scales.
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E.
Oceanitidae
Oceanitidae is a family of small seabirds known as southern storm petrels, typically found over open oceans in the Southern Hemisphere.
- 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: Osmeridae Target entity description: Osmeridae is a family of small, silvery, cold-water fishes known as smelts, found primarily in marine and freshwater environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
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A.
Nemichthyidae
Nemichthyidae is a family of deep-sea eels known as snipe eels, characterized by their extremely elongated jaws and slender bodies.
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B.
Balitoridae
Balitoridae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater loaches commonly found in fast-flowing streams of Asia and adapted to cling to rocks in strong currents.
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C.
Belonidae
Belonidae is a family of elongated, predatory marine and freshwater fishes commonly known as needlefishes, characterized by their long, slender jaws filled with sharp teeth.
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D.
Siluridae
Siluridae is a family of freshwater catfishes commonly known as sheatfishes, found primarily in Eurasia and characterized by elongated bodies and reduced or absent scales.
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E.
Oceanitidae
Oceanitidae is a family of small seabirds known as southern storm petrels, typically found over open oceans in the Southern Hemisphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodyColor | silvery ⓘ |
| bodyShape | slender ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | smelts ⓘ |
| describedAs | small silvery cold-water fishes ⓘ |
| diet |
insects
ⓘ
small crustaceans ⓘ small fishes ⓘ zooplankton ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | forage fish ⓘ |
| economicUse |
commercial fisheries
ⓘ
human food ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic Ocean
Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
North Pacific Ocean
coastal rivers ⓘ lakes ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
adipose fin present
ⓘ
soft-rayed fins ⓘ weakly developed scales ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Hypomesus
ⓘ
Mallotus ⓘ Osmerus ⓘ Spirinchus ⓘ Thaleichthys ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeHistoryTrait |
some species anadromous
ⓘ
some species resident in lakes ⓘ |
| maximumSize | about 30 centimeters in many species ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Hypomesus
ⓘ
surface form:
Hypomesus transpacificus
Mallotus ⓘ
surface form:
Mallotus villosus
Osmerus eperlanus ⓘ Osmerus ⓘ
surface form:
Osmerus mordax
Thaleichthys ⓘ
surface form:
Thaleichthys pacificus
|
| order | Osmeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
fishery biologists
ⓘ
taxonomists ⓘ |
| reproduction |
egg-laying
ⓘ
spawning in shallow waters ⓘ |
| smellCharacteristic | cucumber-like odor in some species ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | cold water ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
brackish waters
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ marine waters ⓘ |
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: Osmeridae Description of subject: Osmeridae is a family of small, silvery, cold-water fishes known as smelts, found primarily in marine and freshwater environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.