Geoemydidae
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Geoemydidae is a diverse family of primarily Old World freshwater and semi-aquatic turtles that includes many species of Asian river, pond, and forest turtles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Geoemydidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2984914 — 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: Geoemydidae Context triple: [Testudinoidea, includesTaxon, Geoemydidae]
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A.
Ranidae
Ranidae is a large and widespread family of “true frogs,” characterized by their smooth skin, long legs, and strong jumping abilities, and found on every continent except Antarctica.
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B.
Bufonidae
Bufonidae is a large family of true toads, comprising numerous species of warty, terrestrial amphibians found worldwide except in Antarctica.
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C.
Amphibia
Amphibia is a class of cold-blooded vertebrate animals that typically have moist skin and undergo metamorphosis from aquatic larvae to more terrestrial adults, including frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians.
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D.
Bufo
Bufo is a genus of so-called “true toads,” comprising many common, warty-skinned terrestrial toad species found across much of the world.
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E.
Rana draytonii
Rana draytonii is a threatened species of large, semi-aquatic frog native to California and the western United States, known for its distinctive reddish hind legs and importance in local wetland ecosystems.
- 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: Geoemydidae Target entity description: Geoemydidae is a diverse family of primarily Old World freshwater and semi-aquatic turtles that includes many species of Asian river, pond, and forest turtles.
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A.
Ranidae
Ranidae is a large and widespread family of “true frogs,” characterized by their smooth skin, long legs, and strong jumping abilities, and found on every continent except Antarctica.
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B.
Bufonidae
Bufonidae is a large family of true toads, comprising numerous species of warty, terrestrial amphibians found worldwide except in Antarctica.
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C.
Amphibia
Amphibia is a class of cold-blooded vertebrate animals that typically have moist skin and undergo metamorphosis from aquatic larvae to more terrestrial adults, including frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians.
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D.
Bufo
Bufo is a genus of so-called “true toads,” comprising many common, warty-skinned terrestrial toad species found across much of the world.
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E.
Rana draytonii
Rana draytonii is a threatened species of large, semi-aquatic frog native to California and the western United States, known for its distinctive reddish hind legs and importance in local wetland ecosystems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
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taxon ⓘ turtle family ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| commonName |
Asian forest turtles
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Asian river turtles ⓘ Emydidae ⓘ
surface form:
Old World pond turtles
|
| conservationStatusTrend | many species threatened ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Batagur
ⓘ
Batagur ⓘ
surface form:
Batagur baska
Cuora ⓘ Cuora ⓘ
surface form:
Cuora trifasciata
Cyclemys ⓘ Geoemyda ⓘ Geoemyda japonica ⓘ Hardella ⓘ Heosemys ⓘ Leucocephalon ⓘ Mauremys ⓘ Mauremys ⓘ
surface form:
Mauremys reevesii
Melanochelys ⓘ Notochelys ⓘ Pangshura ⓘ Rhinoclemmys ⓘ Rhinoclemmys ⓘ
surface form:
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima
Sacalia ⓘ Siebenrockiella ⓘ Vijayachelys ⓘ |
| diet |
herbivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Asia
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ Europe ⓘ North Africa ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| geologicalTimeOfOrigin | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| habitat |
forest floor near water
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freshwater ⓘ lakes ⓘ marshes ⓘ ponds ⓘ rivers ⓘ streams ⓘ swamps ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle |
aquatic
ⓘ
semi-aquatic ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
high diversity of shell shapes
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includes some of the most endangered turtle species ⓘ many species with strong sexual dimorphism ⓘ |
| order | Testudines ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| previousName | Bataguridae ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| superfamily | Testudinoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
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overexploitation for food ⓘ pet trade ⓘ pollution ⓘ |
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: Geoemydidae Description of subject: Geoemydidae is a diverse family of primarily Old World freshwater and semi-aquatic turtles that includes many species of Asian river, pond, and forest turtles.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.