Alauda arvensis
E740400
Alauda arvensis, commonly known as the Eurasian skylark, is a small passerine bird famed for its soaring song flights across open farmland and grasslands in Europe and parts of Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alauda arvensis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8405829 — 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: Alauda arvensis Context triple: [Alaudidae, typeSpecies, Alauda arvensis]
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A.
Canis anthus
Canis anthus, commonly known as the African golden wolf, is a medium-sized canid native to North and East Africa that was formerly considered a subspecies of the golden jackal.
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B.
Passer montanus
Passer montanus, commonly known as the Eurasian tree sparrow, is a small, widespread passerine bird found across Europe and Asia and introduced to other regions.
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C.
Anthus
Anthus is a large genus of small, slender ground-dwelling passerine birds commonly known as pipits, found in open habitats worldwide.
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D.
Streptopelia turtur
Streptopelia turtur, commonly known as the European turtle dove, is a small migratory dove species native to Europe, North Africa, and western Asia, noted for its gentle purring call and distinctive mottled plumage.
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E.
Lanius collurio
Lanius collurio, commonly known as the red-backed shrike, is a small migratory passerine bird recognized for its distinctive mask-like facial markings and habit of impaling prey on thorns.
- 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: Alauda arvensis Target entity description: Alauda arvensis, commonly known as the Eurasian skylark, is a small passerine bird famed for its soaring song flights across open farmland and grasslands in Europe and parts of Asia.
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A.
Canis anthus
Canis anthus, commonly known as the African golden wolf, is a medium-sized canid native to North and East Africa that was formerly considered a subspecies of the golden jackal.
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B.
Passer montanus
Passer montanus, commonly known as the Eurasian tree sparrow, is a small, widespread passerine bird found across Europe and Asia and introduced to other regions.
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C.
Anthus
Anthus is a large genus of small, slender ground-dwelling passerine birds commonly known as pipits, found in open habitats worldwide.
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D.
Streptopelia turtur
Streptopelia turtur, commonly known as the European turtle dove, is a small migratory dove species native to Europe, North Africa, and western Asia, noted for its gentle purring call and distinctive mottled plumage.
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E.
Lanius collurio
Lanius collurio, commonly known as the red-backed shrike, is a small migratory passerine bird recognized for its distinctive mask-like facial markings and habit of impaling prey on thorns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
ⓘ
passerine ⓘ skylark ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| binomialName | Alauda arvensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyLength | 16–18 cm ⓘ |
| breedingSeason | spring to mid-summer ⓘ |
| breedingSystem | monogamous ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 3–5 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
Eurasian skylark
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
skylark ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | declines in agricultural landscapes ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet |
insects
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other invertebrates ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| eggAppearance | speckled ⓘ |
| family | Alaudidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flightStyle | soaring song flight ⓘ |
| foragingStratum | ground ⓘ |
| genus | Alauda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal dunes
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grasslands ⓘ heathland ⓘ open farmland ⓘ |
| introducedRange |
Australia
NERFINISHED
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New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migration | partially migratory ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Europe
NERFINISHED
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temperate Asia ⓘ |
| nestType | ground nest ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumage |
pale underparts
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streaked brown upperparts ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | female slightly smaller than male ⓘ |
| songCharacteristic |
delivered in flight
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long complex song ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
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intensive agriculture ⓘ pesticide use ⓘ |
| wingspan | 30–36 cm ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
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: Alauda arvensis Description of subject: Alauda arvensis, commonly known as the Eurasian skylark, is a small passerine bird famed for its soaring song flights across open farmland and grasslands in Europe and parts of Asia.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.