Donacobiidae
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Donacobiidae is a small family of New World passerine birds, best known for the Donacobius species found in wetland habitats of South America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Donacobiidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7802124 — 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: Donacobiidae Context triple: [Sylvioidea, containsTaxon, Donacobiidae]
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A.
Synanceiidae
Synanceiidae is a family of venomous marine fish commonly known as stonefishes, notorious for being among the most poisonous fish in the world.
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B.
Capnoides
Capnoides is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order Papaverales, known for delicate, often tubular flowers and typically found in temperate regions.
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C.
Diodontidae
Diodontidae is a family of marine fish commonly known as porcupinefishes, characterized by their ability to inflate their bodies and their covering of sharp spines for defense.
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D.
Gobionidae
Gobionidae is a family of small freshwater fishes commonly known as gudgeons, primarily distributed across Eurasian rivers and streams.
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E.
Yoldiidae
Yoldiidae is a family of small, burrowing marine bivalve mollusks commonly found in cold and temperate seas.
- 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: Donacobiidae Target entity description: Donacobiidae is a small family of New World passerine birds, best known for the Donacobius species found in wetland habitats of South America.
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A.
Synanceiidae
Synanceiidae is a family of venomous marine fish commonly known as stonefishes, notorious for being among the most poisonous fish in the world.
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B.
Capnoides
Capnoides is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order Papaverales, known for delicate, often tubular flowers and typically found in temperate regions.
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C.
Diodontidae
Diodontidae is a family of marine fish commonly known as porcupinefishes, characterized by their ability to inflate their bodies and their covering of sharp spines for defense.
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D.
Gobionidae
Gobionidae is a family of small freshwater fishes commonly known as gudgeons, primarily distributed across Eurasian rivers and streams.
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E.
Yoldiidae
Yoldiidae is a family of small, burrowing marine bivalve mollusks commonly found in cold and temperate seas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade | Passeri ⓘ |
| class | Aves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName | donacobiids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTaxon | Donacobius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet | insectivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
New World
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Neotropics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foragingStratum | dense waterside vegetation ⓘ |
| geographicRange |
Amazon Basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
tropical South America ⓘ |
| historicallyPlacedIn |
Troglodytidae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Turdidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| morphologicalCharacteristic |
contrasting plumage
ⓘ
long tail ⓘ strong legs ⓘ |
| notableSpecies | Donacobius atricapilla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| primaryHabitatType | freshwater wetlands ⓘ |
| recognizedAsDistinctFamily | 20th century ⓘ |
| reproductiveBehavior | cooperative breeding ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
marshes
ⓘ
swamps ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| vernacularName | black-capped donacobius family ⓘ |
| vocalization | loud duets ⓘ |
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: Donacobiidae Description of subject: Donacobiidae is a small family of New World passerine birds, best known for the Donacobius species found in wetland habitats of South America.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.