Varanoidea
E1500395
UNEXPLORED
Varanoidea is a superfamily of mostly large, predatory lizards that includes monitor lizards and their close extinct and living relatives.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Varanoidea canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21781471 — 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: Varanoidea Context triple: [Varanidae, superfamily, Varanoidea]
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A.
Bufonoidea
Bufonoidea is a superfamily of “true toads” and their close relatives within the order Anura, encompassing several families of primarily terrestrial, warty-skinned amphibians.
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B.
Gecarcoidea
Gecarcoidea is a genus of terrestrial crabs best known for including the Christmas Island red crab, famous for its spectacular mass migrations.
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C.
Ceratomorpha
Ceratomorpha is a suborder of odd-toed ungulate mammals that includes rhinoceroses and their close extinct relatives.
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D.
Gracillarioidea
Gracillarioidea is a superfamily of small moths best known for their leaf-mining larvae that feed within plant tissues.
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E.
Geometroidea
Geometroidea is a large superfamily of moths best known for its inchworm-like larvae and diverse, often well-camouflaged adult forms.
- 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: Varanoidea Target entity description: Varanoidea is a superfamily of mostly large, predatory lizards that includes monitor lizards and their close extinct and living relatives.
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A.
Bufonoidea
Bufonoidea is a superfamily of “true toads” and their close relatives within the order Anura, encompassing several families of primarily terrestrial, warty-skinned amphibians.
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B.
Gecarcoidea
Gecarcoidea is a genus of terrestrial crabs best known for including the Christmas Island red crab, famous for its spectacular mass migrations.
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C.
Ceratomorpha
Ceratomorpha is a suborder of odd-toed ungulate mammals that includes rhinoceroses and their close extinct relatives.
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D.
Gracillarioidea
Gracillarioidea is a superfamily of small moths best known for their leaf-mining larvae that feed within plant tissues.
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E.
Geometroidea
Geometroidea is a large superfamily of moths best known for its inchworm-like larvae and diverse, often well-camouflaged adult forms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.