black crappie
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The black crappie is a North American freshwater sunfish known for its distinctive dark, speckled pattern and popularity among anglers as a sport and panfish species.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| black crappie canonical | 1 |
| crappie | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4042934 — 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: black crappie Context triple: [Honeoye Lake, fishSpecies, black crappie]
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A.
White bass
The white bass is a North American freshwater game fish known for its schooling behavior, strong fighting ability, and popularity among anglers in lakes and rivers.
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B.
largemouth bass
The largemouth bass is a popular North American freshwater game fish known for its aggressive strikes, strong fighting ability, and importance to recreational angling.
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C.
Walleye
The walleye is a popular North American freshwater game fish prized by anglers for its excellent taste and challenging sport.
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D.
Carp
Carp is a village in the western part of Ottawa, Ontario, known for its rural character and the nearby Diefenbunker Cold War museum.
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E.
walleye
Walleye is the internal codename used by Google for its Pixel 2 smartphone model.
- 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: black crappie Target entity description: The black crappie is a North American freshwater sunfish known for its distinctive dark, speckled pattern and popularity among anglers as a sport and panfish species.
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A.
White bass
The white bass is a North American freshwater game fish known for its schooling behavior, strong fighting ability, and popularity among anglers in lakes and rivers.
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B.
largemouth bass
The largemouth bass is a popular North American freshwater game fish known for its aggressive strikes, strong fighting ability, and importance to recreational angling.
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C.
Walleye
The walleye is a popular North American freshwater game fish prized by anglers for its excellent taste and challenging sport.
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D.
Carp
Carp is a village in the western part of Ottawa, Ontario, known for its rural character and the nearby Diefenbunker Cold War museum.
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E.
walleye
Walleye is the internal codename used by Google for its Pixel 2 smartphone model.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish species
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freshwater fish ⓘ game fish ⓘ panfish ⓘ ray-finned fish ⓘ |
| activityPattern | crepuscular ⓘ |
| anglingRegulation | subject to size and bag limits in many jurisdictions ⓘ |
| averageLength | 15–25 cm ⓘ |
| averageWeight | 0.25–0.9 kg ⓘ |
| bodyShape |
deep-bodied
ⓘ
laterally compressed ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| coloration | silvery-gray ⓘ |
| commonName |
black crappie
ⓘ
calico bass ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
insects ⓘ small fish ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | white crappie ⓘ |
| dorsalFinSpines | 7 or 8 ⓘ |
| family | Centrarchidae ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | visual predator ⓘ |
| fishingLure |
live minnows
ⓘ
small jigs ⓘ |
| fishingMethod |
angling
ⓘ
ice fishing ⓘ |
| fleshDescription | white flaky meat ⓘ |
| genus |
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
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surface form:
Pomoxis
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| habitat |
backwaters
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freshwater lakes ⓘ ponds ⓘ reservoirs ⓘ slow-moving rivers ⓘ |
| importance |
popular panfish
ⓘ
popular sport fish ⓘ |
| introducedTo | various regions outside native range in North America ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespan | up to about 10 years ⓘ |
| managementConcern | overpopulation in small ponds ⓘ |
| maximumLength | about 50 cm ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Canada
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North America ⓘ Eastern United States ⓘ
surface form:
eastern United States
|
| nestBuilder | male ⓘ |
| nestLocation | shallow water ⓘ |
| nestSubstrate | sand or mud ⓘ |
| order | Perciformes ⓘ |
| parentalCare | male guards eggs ⓘ |
| pattern |
irregular dark speckles
ⓘ
mottled pattern ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| prefersSubstrate | vegetated areas ⓘ |
| prefersWater | clear water ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| schoolingBehavior | often forms schools ⓘ |
| spawningSeason | spring ⓘ |
| spawningTemperatureRange | about 14–20 °C ⓘ |
| taxonName | Pomoxis nigromaculatus ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedFor |
food
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recreational fishing ⓘ |
| waterPreference | cool to warm freshwater ⓘ |
| whiteCrappieDorsalFinSpines | 5 or 6 ⓘ |
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: black crappie Description of subject: The black crappie is a North American freshwater sunfish known for its distinctive dark, speckled pattern and popularity among anglers as a sport and panfish species.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
crappie