Acrobatidae
E150686
Acrobatidae is a small family of Australian marsupials known for their gliding and feather-tailed species, such as the feathertail glider.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acrobatidae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1297406 — 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: Acrobatidae Context triple: [Diprotodontia, includesFamily, Acrobatidae]
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A.
Falacrinae
Falacrinae was a small ancient village in central Italy, best known as the birthplace of the Roman emperor Vespasian.
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B.
Tarsipedidae
Tarsipedidae is a small marsupial family best known for the honey possum, a tiny nectar-feeding mammal native to southwestern Australia.
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C.
Reduncinae
Reduncinae is a subfamily of African antelopes within the Bovidae family, including species such as reedbucks, kobs, and waterbucks that are typically associated with wetland and grassland habitats.
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D.
Apinae
Apinae is a large subfamily of bees that includes honey bees, bumblebees, and many other important pollinating species.
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E.
Pseudocheiridae
Pseudocheiridae is a family of nocturnal, arboreal marsupials commonly known as ringtail possums, native to Australia and nearby regions.
- 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: Acrobatidae Target entity description: Acrobatidae is a small family of Australian marsupials known for their gliding and feather-tailed species, such as the feathertail glider.
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A.
Falacrinae
Falacrinae was a small ancient village in central Italy, best known as the birthplace of the Roman emperor Vespasian.
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B.
Tarsipedidae
Tarsipedidae is a small marsupial family best known for the honey possum, a tiny nectar-feeding mammal native to southwestern Australia.
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C.
Reduncinae
Reduncinae is a subfamily of African antelopes within the Bovidae family, including species such as reedbucks, kobs, and waterbucks that are typically associated with wetland and grassland habitats.
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D.
Apinae
Apinae is a large subfamily of bees that includes honey bees, bumblebees, and many other important pollinating species.
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E.
Pseudocheiridae
Pseudocheiridae is a family of nocturnal, arboreal marsupials commonly known as ringtail possums, native to Australia and nearby regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
arboreal lifestyle
ⓘ
feather-like tail fringes ⓘ gliding ability ⓘ nocturnal behavior ⓘ very small body size ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | feathertail glider family ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | varies by species ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Acrobates
ⓘ
Distoechurus ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Acrobates pygmaeus
ⓘ
Distoechurus ⓘ
surface form:
Distoechurus pennatus
|
| diet |
insects
ⓘ
nectar ⓘ pollen ⓘ |
| endemicStatus |
Australasian realm
ⓘ
surface form:
Australasian region
|
| geographicDistribution |
New Guinea rain forests
ⓘ
surface form:
New Guinea rainforests
eastern Australia ⓘ |
| habitat |
forests
ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ |
| infraclass | Marsupialia ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | gliding between trees ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Acrobates ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Australia
ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
feather-tailed possum
ⓘ
Petaurus ⓘ
surface form:
feathertail glider
|
| order | Diprotodontia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | marsupial pouch ⓘ |
| sizeCharacteristic | includes some of the smallest gliding mammals ⓘ |
| suborder | Phalangeriformes ⓘ |
| tailFunction | aids in gliding control ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
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: Acrobatidae Description of subject: Acrobatidae is a small family of Australian marsupials known for their gliding and feather-tailed species, such as the feathertail glider.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.