Charadrius
E728422
Charadrius is a genus of small to medium-sized plovers, shorebirds commonly found along coasts and wetlands worldwide.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charadrius canonical | 4 |
| Charadrius alexandrinus nihonensis | 1 |
| Charadrius alexandrinus seebohmi | 1 |
| Charadrius hiaticula | 1 |
| Charadrius melodus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8342213 — 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: Charadrius Context triple: [Charadriidae, notableGenus, Charadrius]
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A.
Podiceps
Podiceps is a genus of freshwater diving birds commonly known as grebes, characterized by their slender necks, lobed toes, and excellent swimming and diving abilities.
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B.
Luscinia
Luscinia is a genus of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as nightingales, belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
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C.
Larus
Larus is a genus of medium to large gulls commonly found in coastal and inland waters across much of the world.
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D.
Sturnus
Sturnus is a genus of passerine birds in the starling family, historically including the European starling and several closely related species found across Eurasia and surrounding regions.
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E.
Sterna
Sterna is a genus of seabirds in the tern family that includes species such as the Arctic tern, known for their graceful flight and long-distance migrations.
- 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: Charadrius Target entity description: Charadrius is a genus of small to medium-sized plovers, shorebirds commonly found along coasts and wetlands worldwide.
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A.
Podiceps
Podiceps is a genus of freshwater diving birds commonly known as grebes, characterized by their slender necks, lobed toes, and excellent swimming and diving abilities.
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B.
Luscinia
Luscinia is a genus of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as nightingales, belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
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C.
Larus
Larus is a genus of medium to large gulls commonly found in coastal and inland waters across much of the world.
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D.
Sturnus
Sturnus is a genus of passerine birds in the starling family, historically including the European starling and several closely related species found across Eurasia and surrounding regions.
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E.
Sterna
Sterna is a genus of seabirds in the tern family that includes species such as the Arctic tern, known for their graceful flight and long-distance migrations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodySize | small to medium-sized shorebirds ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName |
Caspian plover
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kentish plover NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilson's plover NERFINISHED ⓘ collared plover ⓘ common ringed plover ⓘ greater sand plover NERFINISHED ⓘ killdeer ⓘ lesser sand plover ⓘ little ringed plover NERFINISHED ⓘ piping plover NERFINISHED ⓘ plovers ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of small to medium-sized plovers ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
insects ⓘ invertebrates ⓘ worms ⓘ |
| distribution |
both Northern and Southern Hemispheres
ⓘ
worldwide ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | shorebird genus associated with coastal and wetland ecosystems ⓘ |
| eggPlacement | shallow scrape on the ground ⓘ |
| family | Charadriidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | forages visually on invertebrates ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal areas
ⓘ
mudflats ⓘ sandy beaches ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Charadrius alexandrinus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charadrius asiaticus NERFINISHED ⓘ Charadrius collaris ⓘ Charadrius dubius NERFINISHED ⓘ Charadrius hiaticula NERFINISHED ⓘ Charadrius leschenaultii NERFINISHED ⓘ Charadrius melodus NERFINISHED ⓘ Charadrius mongolus NERFINISHED ⓘ Charadrius vociferus NERFINISHED ⓘ Charadrius wilsonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migration | many species are migratory ⓘ |
| morphology |
relatively long legs
ⓘ
short bill ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charadrios (a bird mentioned in ancient Greek texts) ⓘ |
| order | Charadriiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Charadriidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumagePattern |
often has breast bands
ⓘ
often has facial markings ⓘ |
| reproduction | ground-nesting ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Charadrius hiaticula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Charadrius Description of subject: Charadrius is a genus of small to medium-sized plovers, shorebirds commonly found along coasts and wetlands worldwide.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Charadrius hiaticula
this entity surface form:
Charadrius alexandrinus nihonensis
this entity surface form:
Charadrius alexandrinus seebohmi
this entity surface form:
Charadrius melodus