Kogiidae
E595744
Kogiidae is a family of small toothed whales that includes the pygmy and dwarf sperm whales, known for their deep-diving behavior and resemblance to the larger sperm whale.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kogiidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6488687 — 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: Kogiidae Context triple: [Odontoceti, includesTaxon, Kogiidae]
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A.
Iniidae
Iniidae is a family of river dolphins found in South American freshwater systems, including the Amazon and Orinoco river basins.
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B.
Sisoridae
Sisoridae is a family of catfishes native mainly to fast-flowing rivers and streams of Asia, known for their specialized adaptations to strong currents.
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C.
Trichechidae
Trichechidae is a family of large, fully aquatic herbivorous mammals commonly known as manatees, found in warm coastal and freshwater habitats.
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D.
Conirostrum
Conirostrum is a genus of small Neotropical songbirds known as cone-billed tanagers, characterized by their slender, pointed bills and association with the tanager family.
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E.
Coerebinae
Coerebinae is a subfamily of tanagers that includes the Darwin’s finches and other closely related Neotropical songbirds.
- 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: Kogiidae Target entity description: Kogiidae is a family of small toothed whales that includes the pygmy and dwarf sperm whales, known for their deep-diving behavior and resemblance to the larger sperm whale.
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A.
Iniidae
Iniidae is a family of river dolphins found in South American freshwater systems, including the Amazon and Orinoco river basins.
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B.
Sisoridae
Sisoridae is a family of catfishes native mainly to fast-flowing rivers and streams of Asia, known for their specialized adaptations to strong currents.
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C.
Trichechidae
Trichechidae is a family of large, fully aquatic herbivorous mammals commonly known as manatees, found in warm coastal and freshwater habitats.
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D.
Conirostrum
Conirostrum is a genus of small Neotropical songbirds known as cone-billed tanagers, characterized by their slender, pointed bills and association with the tanager family.
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E.
Coerebinae
Coerebinae is a subfamily of tanagers that includes the Darwin’s finches and other closely related Neotropical songbirds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mammal family ⓘ |
| adaptation |
deep-diving physiology
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echolocation ⓘ |
| behavior | deep-diving ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Physeteridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName | kogiids ⓘ |
| conservationConcern |
bycatch in fisheries
ⓘ
ingestion of marine debris ⓘ ship strikes ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Kogia breviceps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kogia sima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defenseMechanism | ink-like intestinal fluid release ⓘ |
| diet |
cephalopods
ⓘ
fish ⓘ |
| fossilRecord | known from Neogene deposits ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
subtropical oceans
ⓘ
temperate oceans ⓘ tropical oceans ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
blunt snout
ⓘ
few functional teeth in lower jaw only ⓘ large head relative to body size ⓘ single S-shaped blowhole ⓘ small dorsal fin far back on body ⓘ small, narrow lower jaw ⓘ thick body ⓘ |
| hasGenus | Kogia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesCommonName |
dwarf sperm whale
ⓘ
pygmy sperm whale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isA |
family of marine mammals
ⓘ
family of toothed whales ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Kogia ⓘ |
| order | Cetacea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | modern cetacean taxonomies ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| resembles | Physeter macrocephalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resemblesCommonName | sperm whale ⓘ |
| suborder | Odontoceti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| superfamily | Physeteroidea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| toothedOrBaleen | toothed whale family ⓘ |
| typicalBodySize | small ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
deep offshore waters
ⓘ
open ocean ⓘ |
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: Kogiidae Description of subject: Kogiidae is a family of small toothed whales that includes the pygmy and dwarf sperm whales, known for their deep-diving behavior and resemblance to the larger sperm whale.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.