Felidae
E121884
Felidae is the biological family of cats, encompassing all modern and extinct species of wild and domestic felines such as lions, tigers, leopards, and house cats.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1053988 — 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: Felidae Context triple: [Florida panther, family, Felidae]
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A.
Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae is a family of pig-like hoofed mammals known as peccaries, native to the Americas and adapted to a variety of habitats from deserts to tropical forests.
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B.
Ursidae
Ursidae is the biological family of mammals that includes bears, such as brown bears, polar bears, and black bears, characterized by large bodies, strong limbs, and omnivorous diets.
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C.
Carnivora
Carnivora is a diverse order of primarily meat-eating mammals that includes families such as bears, cats, dogs, weasels, and seals.
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D.
Tragulidae
Tragulidae is a family of small, primitive, deer-like mammals known as chevrotains or mouse deer, found in parts of Africa and Asia.
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E.
Hippotraginae
Hippotraginae is a subfamily of large, grazing African antelopes that includes species such as roan, sable, and oryx.
- 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: Felidae Target entity description: Felidae is the biological family of cats, encompassing all modern and extinct species of wild and domestic felines such as lions, tigers, leopards, and house cats.
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A.
Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae is a family of pig-like hoofed mammals known as peccaries, native to the Americas and adapted to a variety of habitats from deserts to tropical forests.
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B.
Ursidae
Ursidae is the biological family of mammals that includes bears, such as brown bears, polar bears, and black bears, characterized by large bodies, strong limbs, and omnivorous diets.
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C.
Carnivora
Carnivora is a diverse order of primarily meat-eating mammals that includes families such as bears, cats, dogs, weasels, and seals.
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D.
Tragulidae
Tragulidae is a family of small, primitive, deer-like mammals known as chevrotains or mouse deer, found in parts of Africa and Asia.
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E.
Hippotraginae
Hippotraginae is a subfamily of large, grazing African antelopes that includes species such as roan, sable, and oryx.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biological family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
acute night vision
ⓘ
digitigrade locomotion ⓘ flexible bodies and tails ⓘ obligate carnivores ⓘ retractile claws in most species ⓘ specialized carnassial teeth ⓘ well-developed hearing ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
cats
ⓘ
felines ⓘ |
| containsDomesticSpecies | Felis catus ⓘ |
| containsWildSpecies |
Acinonyx
ⓘ
surface form:
Acinonyx jubatus
Panthera leo ⓘ Panthera onca ⓘ Panthera pardus ⓘ Panthera tigris ⓘ |
| describedBy | John Edward Gray ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1821 ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide except Antarctica and some islands ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily |
Felinae
ⓘ
Pantherinae ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Carnivora ⓘ |
| includes |
Acinonyx
ⓘ
Cheetah ⓘ
surface form:
Acinonyx jubatus
Caracal ⓘ Caracal caracal ⓘ Catopuma ⓘ Felis ⓘ Felis ⓘ
surface form:
Felis catus
Felis ⓘ
surface form:
Felis silvestris
Herpailurus ⓘ Leopardus ⓘ Leptailurus serval ⓘ Eurasian lynx ⓘ
surface form:
Lynx
Eurasian lynx ⓘ
surface form:
Lynx lynx
Bobcat ⓘ
surface form:
Lynx rufus
Neofelis ⓘ Neofelis nebulosa ⓘ
surface form:
Neofelis diardi
Neofelis nebulosa ⓘ Otocolobus ⓘ Panthera ⓘ Panthera leo ⓘ Panthera onca ⓘ Panthera pardus ⓘ Panthera tigris ⓘ Panthera uncia ⓘ Prionailurus bengalensis ⓘ
surface form:
Prionailurus
Prionailurus bengalensis ⓘ fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) ⓘ
surface form:
Prionailurus viverrinus
Felis ⓘ
surface form:
Profelis
Puma ⓘ Puma concolor ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableBehavior |
ambush predation
ⓘ
territoriality ⓘ vocal communication including meows, roars, and growls ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| suborder | Feliformia ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Felis
ⓘ
surface form:
Felis catus
|
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: Felidae Description of subject: Felidae is the biological family of cats, encompassing all modern and extinct species of wild and domestic felines such as lions, tigers, leopards, and house cats.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Panthera
this entity surface form:
Panthera
subject surface form:
Bengal tiger
subject surface form:
Prionailurus viverrinus