Southern Resident killer whale
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The Southern Resident killer whale is an endangered, fish-eating population of orcas native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean, especially known for its tight-knit family pods and reliance on Chinook salmon.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Resident killer whales | 2 |
| Southern Resident killer whale canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4379863 — 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: Southern Resident killer whale Context triple: [Salish Sea, containsSpecies, Southern Resident killer whale]
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A.
Cook Inlet beluga whale
The Cook Inlet beluga whale is a small, isolated and critically endangered population of beluga whales found exclusively in Alaska’s Cook Inlet.
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B.
Gisk’aast (Killer Whale)
Gisk’aast (Killer Whale) is one of the principal matrilineal clans of the Nisga’a people, traditionally associated with the killer whale crest and its related histories, rights, and territories.
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C.
Orca Encounter
Orca Encounter is a live killer whale educational and entertainment show at SeaWorld Orlando that showcases orca behaviors, training, and conservation messages.
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D.
Steller sea lion
The Steller sea lion is a large, cold-water marine mammal of the North Pacific known for its massive size, thick neck, and loud, roaring vocalizations.
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E.
Whale Wars
Whale Wars is a reality television series that follows the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's confrontational efforts to disrupt Japanese whaling operations in the Southern Ocean.
- 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: Southern Resident killer whale Target entity description: The Southern Resident killer whale is an endangered, fish-eating population of orcas native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean, especially known for its tight-knit family pods and reliance on Chinook salmon.
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A.
Cook Inlet beluga whale
The Cook Inlet beluga whale is a small, isolated and critically endangered population of beluga whales found exclusively in Alaska’s Cook Inlet.
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B.
Gisk’aast (Killer Whale)
Gisk’aast (Killer Whale) is one of the principal matrilineal clans of the Nisga’a people, traditionally associated with the killer whale crest and its related histories, rights, and territories.
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C.
Orca Encounter
Orca Encounter is a live killer whale educational and entertainment show at SeaWorld Orlando that showcases orca behaviors, training, and conservation messages.
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D.
Steller sea lion
The Steller sea lion is a large, cold-water marine mammal of the North Pacific known for its massive size, thick neck, and loud, roaring vocalizations.
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E.
Whale Wars
Whale Wars is a reality television series that follows the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's confrontational efforts to disrupt Japanese whaling operations in the Southern Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
endangered population
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killer whale population ⓘ |
| alsoEats |
chum salmon
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coho salmon ⓘ |
| commonName | Southern Resident orca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| communication | distinct vocal dialects ⓘ |
| conservationStatus |
Endangered (Canada SARA)
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Endangered (U.S. Endangered Species Act) ⓘ |
| coreArea |
Haro Strait
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Juan de Fuca Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ Strait of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalFeature |
pod-specific traditions
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stable, learned call repertoires ⓘ |
| dietSpecialization | Chinook salmon specialist ⓘ |
| feedingType | fish-eating ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy | cooperative hunting ⓘ |
| hasBehavior | strong site fidelity to summer core areas ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
J pod
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
K pod NERFINISHED ⓘ L pod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lifespan |
females can live more than 80 years
ⓘ
males can live more than 50 years ⓘ |
| listedUnder |
Canadian Species at Risk Act
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Endangered Species Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managementUnit |
Designatable Unit (Canada)
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Distinct Population Segment (U.S.) ⓘ |
| migratoryPattern | seasonal movements along the Pacific Northwest coast ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Salish Sea
NERFINISHED
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coastal waters of the Pacific Northwest ⓘ inland waters of British Columbia ⓘ inland waters of Washington State ⓘ northeastern Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | northeastern Pacific Ocean killer whale populations ⓘ |
| populationTrend | declining ⓘ |
| primaryPrey | Chinook salmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NOAA Fisheries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | low reproductive rate ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
matrilineal pods
ⓘ
tight-knit family groups ⓘ |
| taxon | Orcinus orca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
Chinook salmon decline
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contaminant pollution ⓘ oil spills ⓘ persistent organic pollutants ⓘ prey depletion ⓘ ship traffic disturbance ⓘ vessel noise ⓘ |
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: Southern Resident killer whale Description of subject: The Southern Resident killer whale is an endangered, fish-eating population of orcas native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean, especially known for its tight-knit family pods and reliance on Chinook salmon.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Southern Resident killer whales
this entity surface form:
Southern Resident killer whales