Neoceti
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Neoceti is a clade of modern whales that includes both baleen whales (Mysticeti) and toothed whales (Odontoceti), encompassing all living cetaceans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neoceti canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9287371 — 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: Neoceti Context triple: [Mysticeti, parentTaxon, Neoceti]
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A.
Thalassius
Thalassius is a figure or persona known primarily as the addressee of the ancient text "Questions to Thalassius," in which theological or philosophical questions are posed to him.
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B.
Tonna
Tonna is a village and community in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales, known for its residential character and proximity to the town of Neath.
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C.
Galarina
Galarina is a famous surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí depicting his muse and wife Gala in a classical, devotional style.
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D.
Yathella
Yathella is a rural locality within the Junee Shire local government area in New South Wales, Australia.
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E.
Metischnogaster
Metischnogaster is a genus of small, primitively eusocial hover wasps within the subfamily Stenogastrinae, known for their distinctive nesting behavior in tropical Asia.
- 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: Neoceti Target entity description: Neoceti is a clade of modern whales that includes both baleen whales (Mysticeti) and toothed whales (Odontoceti), encompassing all living cetaceans.
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A.
Thalassius
Thalassius is a figure or persona known primarily as the addressee of the ancient text "Questions to Thalassius," in which theological or philosophical questions are posed to him.
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B.
Tonna
Tonna is a village and community in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales, known for its residential character and proximity to the town of Neath.
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C.
Galarina
Galarina is a famous surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí depicting his muse and wife Gala in a classical, devotional style.
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D.
Yathella
Yathella is a rural locality within the Junee Shire local government area in New South Wales, Australia.
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E.
Metischnogaster
Metischnogaster is a genus of small, primitively eusocial hover wasps within the subfamily Stenogastrinae, known for their distinctive nesting behavior in tropical Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
absence of functional hind limbs
ⓘ
forelimbs modified as flippers ⓘ fully aquatic lifestyle ⓘ presence of a blowhole ⓘ streamlined body ⓘ thick blubber layer ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Archaeoceti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evolvedFrom | archaeocete whales ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
diving adaptations
ⓘ
enhanced thermoregulation ⓘ specialized hearing for underwater sound ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | modern whales ⓘ |
| hasDistribution | global oceans ⓘ |
| hasFeedingType |
active predation (in Odontoceti)
ⓘ
filter feeding (in Mysticeti) ⓘ |
| hasHabitat |
marine environments
ⓘ
some freshwater environments ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName | en:Neoceti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhysiology | air-breathing mammals ⓘ |
| hasRepresentativeTaxon |
blue whale
ⓘ
bottlenose dolphin ⓘ humpback whale ⓘ orca ⓘ sperm whale ⓘ |
| hasReproduction |
maternal care of calves
ⓘ
viviparous ⓘ |
| hasSubclade |
Mysticeti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Odontoceti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includes |
Mysticeti
NERFINISHED
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Odontoceti NERFINISHED ⓘ all living cetaceans ⓘ baleen whales ⓘ toothed whales ⓘ |
| infraclass | Eutheria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubsetOf | Cetacea ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| order | Cetacea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Neogene and modern marine mammal fauna ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| taxonRank | clade ⓘ |
| timeOfOrigin | Oligocene 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: Neoceti Description of subject: Neoceti is a clade of modern whales that includes both baleen whales (Mysticeti) and toothed whales (Odontoceti), encompassing all living cetaceans.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.