Pteropodoidea
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Pteropodoidea is a superfamily of Old World fruit bats that includes various genera of flying foxes and related large, fruit-eating bats.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pteropodoidea canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21559317 — 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: Pteropodoidea Context triple: [Cynopterus, superfamily, Pteropodoidea]
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A.
Pteropodinae
Pteropodinae is a subfamily of Old World fruit bats within the family Pteropodidae, comprising several genera of large, primarily frugivorous flying foxes.
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B.
Thaliacea
Thaliacea is a class of free-floating, barrel-shaped marine tunicates that form part of the plankton and often live in colonies.
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C.
Ptyctodontida
Ptyctodontida is an extinct order of placoderm fishes characterized by their reduced armor and specialized crushing tooth plates, known primarily from Devonian marine deposits.
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D.
Otarioidea
Otarioidea is a superfamily of marine mammals that includes the eared seals, such as sea lions and fur seals.
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E.
Cacatuoidea
Cacatuoidea is a superfamily of birds that includes cockatoos and their close relatives, characterized by their crests, strong curved bills, and often loud vocalizations.
- 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: Pteropodoidea Target entity description: Pteropodoidea is a superfamily of Old World fruit bats that includes various genera of flying foxes and related large, fruit-eating bats.
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A.
Pteropodinae
Pteropodinae is a subfamily of Old World fruit bats within the family Pteropodidae, comprising several genera of large, primarily frugivorous flying foxes.
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B.
Thaliacea
Thaliacea is a class of free-floating, barrel-shaped marine tunicates that form part of the plankton and often live in colonies.
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C.
Ptyctodontida
Ptyctodontida is an extinct order of placoderm fishes characterized by their reduced armor and specialized crushing tooth plates, known primarily from Devonian marine deposits.
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D.
Otarioidea
Otarioidea is a superfamily of marine mammals that includes the eared seals, such as sea lions and fur seals.
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E.
Cacatuoidea
Cacatuoidea is a superfamily of birds that includes cockatoos and their close relatives, characterized by their crests, strong curved bills, and often loud vocalizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.