Myadestinae
E407031
Myadestinae is a subfamily of passerine birds within the thrush family, comprising several genera of forest-dwelling songbirds found mainly in the Neotropics and Pacific islands.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Melampittinae | 1 |
| Myadestinae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4021543 — 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: Myadestinae Context triple: [Turdidae, hasSubfamily, Myadestinae]
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A.
Moronidae
Moronidae is a family of temperate bass fishes that includes several popular game and food species found in freshwater and coastal marine environments.
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B.
Xerinae
Xerinae is a subfamily of rodents in the squirrel family (Sciuridae) that includes ground squirrels, chipmunks, and related species.
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C.
Eumeninae
Eumeninae is a large subfamily of solitary wasps, commonly known as potter or mason wasps, recognized for their mud-built nests and role as predators of caterpillars.
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D.
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.
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E.
Reduncinae
Reduncinae is a subfamily of African antelopes within the Bovidae family, including species such as reedbucks, kobs, and waterbucks that are typically associated with wetland and grassland habitats.
- 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: Myadestinae Target entity description: Myadestinae is a subfamily of passerine birds within the thrush family, comprising several genera of forest-dwelling songbirds found mainly in the Neotropics and Pacific islands.
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A.
Moronidae
Moronidae is a family of temperate bass fishes that includes several popular game and food species found in freshwater and coastal marine environments.
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B.
Xerinae
Xerinae is a subfamily of rodents in the squirrel family (Sciuridae) that includes ground squirrels, chipmunks, and related species.
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C.
Eumeninae
Eumeninae is a large subfamily of solitary wasps, commonly known as potter or mason wasps, recognized for their mud-built nests and role as predators of caterpillars.
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D.
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.
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E.
Reduncinae
Reduncinae is a subfamily of African antelopes within the Bovidae family, including species such as reedbucks, kobs, and waterbucks that are typically associated with wetland and grassland habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird subfamily
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | songbirds ⓘ |
| characteristic |
forest-dwelling
ⓘ
primarily arboreal ⓘ strong vocalizations ⓘ |
| clade | passerine birds ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | myadestine thrushes ⓘ |
| diet |
fruits
ⓘ
insects ⓘ other invertebrates ⓘ |
| distribution |
East Asia
ⓘ
Neotropical realm ⓘ
surface form:
Neotropics
Pacific Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific islands
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| habitat |
forests
ⓘ
montane forests ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Cataponera
ⓘ
surface form:
Cataponera turdoides
Cichlopsis ⓘ
surface form:
Cichlopsis leucogenys
Cochoa purpurea ⓘ
surface form:
Cochoa azurea
Cochoa purpurea ⓘ
surface form:
Cochoa beccarii
Cochoa purpurea ⓘ Cochoa viridis ⓘ Entomodestes ⓘ
surface form:
Entomodestes leucotis
Myadestes ⓘ
surface form:
Myadestes melanops
Myadestes ⓘ
surface form:
Myadestes obscurus
Myadestes ⓘ
surface form:
Myadestes ralloides
Myadestes ⓘ
surface form:
Myadestes townsendi
Neocichla ⓘ
surface form:
Neocichla gutturalis
|
| includes |
Cataponera
ⓘ
Cichlopsis ⓘ Cochoa ⓘ Entomodestes ⓘ Myadestes ⓘ Neocichla ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Turdidae
ⓘ
thrush family ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| superfamily | Muscicapoidea ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | subfamily ⓘ |
| vocalization | songbirds ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Myadestinae Description of subject: Myadestinae is a subfamily of passerine birds within the thrush family, comprising several genera of forest-dwelling songbirds found mainly in the Neotropics and Pacific islands.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Melampittinae