Catarrhini
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Catarrhini is a parvorder of primates that includes Old World monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by downward-facing nostrils and generally larger body sizes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Catarrhini canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1526093 — 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: Catarrhini Context triple: [Pan, parvorder, Catarrhini]
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A.
Haplorhini
Haplorhini is a primate suborder that includes tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by dry noses and generally larger brains relative to body size.
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B.
Primates
Primates are a diverse order of mammals that includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians, characterized by large brains, forward-facing eyes, and grasping hands.
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C.
Cephalophinae
Cephalophinae is a subfamily of small to medium-sized African antelopes commonly known as duikers, characterized by their forest-dwelling habits and secretive behavior.
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D.
Hominidae
Hominidae is the biological family of great apes that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
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E.
Laurasiatheria
Laurasiatheria is a major clade of placental mammals that includes diverse groups such as hoofed mammals, carnivores, bats, and shrews, thought to have originated on the ancient supercontinent Laurasia.
- 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: Catarrhini Target entity description: Catarrhini is a parvorder of primates that includes Old World monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by downward-facing nostrils and generally larger body sizes.
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A.
Haplorhini
Haplorhini is a primate suborder that includes tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by dry noses and generally larger brains relative to body size.
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B.
Primates
Primates are a diverse order of mammals that includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians, characterized by large brains, forward-facing eyes, and grasping hands.
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C.
Cephalophinae
Cephalophinae is a subfamily of small to medium-sized African antelopes commonly known as duikers, characterized by their forest-dwelling habits and secretive behavior.
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D.
Hominidae
Hominidae is the biological family of great apes that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
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E.
Laurasiatheria
Laurasiatheria is a major clade of placental mammals that includes diverse groups such as hoofed mammals, carnivores, bats, and shrews, thought to have originated on the ancient supercontinent Laurasia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
parvorder
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
Haplorhini
ⓘ
surface form:
Haplorrhini
Primates ⓘ |
| characteristic |
generally larger body size than New World monkeys
ⓘ
ischial callosities present in many species ⓘ narrow, downward-directed nostrils ⓘ tails absent or non-prehensile ⓘ trichromatic color vision common ⓘ |
| commonName | catarrhine primates ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Gorilla
ⓘ
surface form:
Gorilla gorilla
Homo sapiens ⓘ Hylobates ⓘ
surface form:
Hylobates lar
Macaca mulatta ⓘ Pan troglodytes ⓘ Papio anubis ⓘ Pongo ⓘ
surface form:
Pongo pygmaeus
|
| dentalFormulaTypical | 2.1.2.3 ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
New World monkeys
ⓘ
surface form:
Platyrrhini
|
| etymology | from Greek kata- (down) and rhis (nose) ⓘ |
| fossilRecord | extends back to Oligocene ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Gibraltar ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
forward-facing eyes
ⓘ
nails instead of claws ⓘ opposable thumbs in most species ⓘ relatively large brain ⓘ |
| includes |
Cercopithecidae
ⓘ
Cercopithecoidea ⓘ
surface form:
Cercopithecinae
Colobinae ⓘ Hominidae ⓘ Homininae ⓘ Hylobatidae ⓘ Old World monkeys ⓘ Ponginae ⓘ apes ⓘ humans ⓘ |
| locomotion | arboreal and terrestrial forms ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Old World ⓘ |
| nostrilOrientation | downward-facing ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Simiiformes ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | often highly social ⓘ |
| subtaxon |
Cercopithecoidea
ⓘ
Hominoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | parvorder ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Catarrhini Description of subject: Catarrhini is a parvorder of primates that includes Old World monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by downward-facing nostrils and generally larger body sizes.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.