Puffinus
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Puffinus is a genus of medium-sized seabirds known as shearwaters, characterized by their long-distance oceanic migrations and association with the petrel family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Puffinus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8184954 — 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: Puffinus Context triple: [Procellariidae, containsTaxon, Puffinus]
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Procellariidae
Procellariidae is a family of seabirds that includes petrels, shearwaters, and fulmars, known for their long-distance oceanic flight and tube-shaped nostrils.
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B.
Procellariiformes
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that includes albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters, known for their long-distance oceanic flight and tube-shaped nostrils.
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C.
Phocoenidae
Phocoenidae is the family of small, blunt-nosed marine mammals known as porpoises, closely related to dolphins and found in coastal and riverine waters worldwide.
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D.
Laridae
Laridae is a family of seabirds that includes gulls, terns, and related species commonly found in coastal and marine environments worldwide.
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E.
Pterodroma
Pterodroma is a genus of medium-sized, often long-distance migratory gadfly petrels known for their agile flight over open oceans and typically remote island breeding sites.
- 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: Puffinus Target entity description: Puffinus is a genus of medium-sized seabirds known as shearwaters, characterized by their long-distance oceanic migrations and association with the petrel family.
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Procellariidae
Procellariidae is a family of seabirds that includes petrels, shearwaters, and fulmars, known for their long-distance oceanic flight and tube-shaped nostrils.
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B.
Procellariiformes
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that includes albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters, known for their long-distance oceanic flight and tube-shaped nostrils.
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C.
Phocoenidae
Phocoenidae is the family of small, blunt-nosed marine mammals known as porpoises, closely related to dolphins and found in coastal and riverine waters worldwide.
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Laridae
Laridae is a family of seabirds that includes gulls, terns, and related species commonly found in coastal and marine environments worldwide.
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E.
Pterodroma
Pterodroma is a genus of medium-sized, often long-distance migratory gadfly petrels known for their agile flight over open oceans and typically remote island breeding sites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
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taxon ⓘ |
| associatedWith | petrel family ⓘ |
| behavior |
colonial breeding
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long-distance migration ⓘ oceanic foraging ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup |
petrels
ⓘ
shearwaters ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | shearwaters ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | some species vulnerable or endangered ⓘ |
| describedAs | medium-sized seabirds ⓘ |
| diet |
fish
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marine invertebrates ⓘ squid ⓘ |
| distribution |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ worldwide oceans ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
marine predator
ⓘ
part of marine food web ⓘ |
| family | Procellariidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flightStyle | shearing flight close to waves ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy |
pursuit diving
ⓘ
surface seizing ⓘ |
| habitat |
marine environment
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open ocean ⓘ pelagic waters ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migratory | true ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Puffinus gravis
NERFINISHED
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Puffinus lherminieri NERFINISHED ⓘ Puffinus puffinus ⓘ Puffinus tenuirostris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Procellariiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Procellariidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
breeds in colonies
ⓘ
lays single egg per breeding season ⓘ nests on islands ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| threats |
bycatch in fisheries
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introduced predators at breeding colonies ⓘ light pollution near colonies ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Puffinus puffinus ⓘ |
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: Puffinus Description of subject: Puffinus is a genus of medium-sized seabirds known as shearwaters, characterized by their long-distance oceanic migrations and association with the petrel family.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Manx shearwater