Hominidae
E32340
Hominidae is the biological family of great apes that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hominidae canonical | 19 |
| Gorillinae | 1 |
| Homininae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T249945 — 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: Hominidae Context triple: [Pan troglodytes, family, Hominidae]
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A.
Pan troglodytes
Pan troglodytes, commonly known as the common chimpanzee, is a highly intelligent great ape native to the forests and savannas of central and West Africa and one of humans’ closest living relatives.
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B.
Ursidae
Ursidae is the biological family of mammals that includes bears, such as brown bears, polar bears, and black bears, characterized by large bodies, strong limbs, and omnivorous diets.
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C.
Bovidae
Bovidae is a large family of hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes antelopes, sheep, goats, and cattle, characterized by permanent bony horns and typically complex social behavior.
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D.
Primates’ Meeting
The Primates’ Meeting is a regular gathering of the senior archbishops and presiding bishops of the Anglican Communion to consult on matters of doctrine, policy, and global Anglican affairs.
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E.
Artiodactyla
Artiodactyla is a large order of even-toed hoofed mammals that includes animals such as deer, cattle, pigs, and camels.
- 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: Hominidae Target entity description: Hominidae is the biological family of great apes that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
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A.
Pan troglodytes
Pan troglodytes, commonly known as the common chimpanzee, is a highly intelligent great ape native to the forests and savannas of central and West Africa and one of humans’ closest living relatives.
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B.
Ursidae
Ursidae is the biological family of mammals that includes bears, such as brown bears, polar bears, and black bears, characterized by large bodies, strong limbs, and omnivorous diets.
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C.
Bovidae
Bovidae is a large family of hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes antelopes, sheep, goats, and cattle, characterized by permanent bony horns and typically complex social behavior.
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D.
Primates’ Meeting
The Primates’ Meeting is a regular gathering of the senior archbishops and presiding bishops of the Anglican Communion to consult on matters of doctrine, policy, and global Anglican affairs.
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E.
Artiodactyla
Artiodactyla is a large order of even-toed hoofed mammals that includes animals such as deer, cattle, pigs, and camels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biological family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
complex social behavior
ⓘ
extended parental care ⓘ flexible shoulders ⓘ high encephalization ⓘ lack of tail ⓘ large body size ⓘ opposable thumbs ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | great apes ⓘ |
| describedBy | John Edward Gray ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Hylobatidae ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ worldwide (humans) ⓘ |
| habitat |
subtropical forests
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ |
| higherClassification | great apes and humans ⓘ |
| includesClade |
chimpanzees
ⓘ
gorillas ⓘ humans ⓘ orangutans ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Gorilla
ⓘ
surface form:
Gorilla beringei
Gorilla ⓘ
surface form:
Gorilla gorilla
Homo sapiens ⓘ Pan paniscus ⓘ Pan troglodytes ⓘ Pongo ⓘ
surface form:
Pongo abelii
Pongo ⓘ
surface form:
Pongo pygmaeus
Pongo ⓘ
surface form:
Pongo tapanuliensis
|
| includesTaxon |
Gorilla
ⓘ
Homininae ⓘ Homo ⓘ Pan ⓘ Ponginae ⓘ Pongo ⓘ |
| infraorder |
Haplorhini
ⓘ
surface form:
Simiiformes
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| parvorder | Catarrhini ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Gorilla
ⓘ
surface form:
Gorillini
Hominini ⓘ Ponginae ⓘ |
| suborder | Haplorhini ⓘ |
| superfamily | Hominoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Homo ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1825 ⓘ |
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: Hominidae Description of subject: Hominidae is the biological family of great apes that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gorillinae