Cuban crocodile
E407799
The Cuban crocodile is a small, highly aggressive and critically endangered crocodile species native to Cuba, known for its terrestrial habits and distinctive bright coloration.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crocodylus rhombifer | 1 |
| Cuban crocodile canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4010639 — 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: Cuban crocodile Context triple: [Ciénaga de Zapata, hasEndemicSpecies, Cuban crocodile]
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A.
Orinoco crocodile
The Orinoco crocodile is a critically endangered, large freshwater crocodilian native to the Orinoco River system of Colombia and Venezuela, known for its long, narrow snout and historically extensive range.
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B.
American crocodile
The American crocodile is a large, primarily coastal crocodilian native to the Americas, known for inhabiting brackish and saltwater habitats such as mangrove swamps, estuaries, and coastal lagoons.
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C.
Alligator
Alligator was a prominent Seminole war leader who played a key role in resisting U.S. forces during the Second Seminole War in Florida.
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D.
Alligator
"Alligator" is a 2019 indie folk/rock single by Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men, known for its energetic, anthemic sound and dynamic music video.
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E.
Alligator
Alligator is a critically acclaimed 2005 indie rock album by The National that helped establish the band’s distinctive dark, introspective sound.
- 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: Cuban crocodile Target entity description: The Cuban crocodile is a small, highly aggressive and critically endangered crocodile species native to Cuba, known for its terrestrial habits and distinctive bright coloration.
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A.
Orinoco crocodile
The Orinoco crocodile is a critically endangered, large freshwater crocodilian native to the Orinoco River system of Colombia and Venezuela, known for its long, narrow snout and historically extensive range.
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B.
American crocodile
The American crocodile is a large, primarily coastal crocodilian native to the Americas, known for inhabiting brackish and saltwater habitats such as mangrove swamps, estuaries, and coastal lagoons.
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C.
Alligator
Alligator is a critically acclaimed 2005 indie rock album by The National that helped establish the band’s distinctive dark, introspective sound.
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D.
Alligator
Alligator was a prominent Seminole war leader who played a key role in resisting U.S. forces during the Second Seminole War in Florida.
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E.
Alligator
"Alligator" is a 2019 indie folk/rock single by Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men, known for its energetic, anthemic sound and dynamic music video.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crocodile species
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reptile ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| averageFemaleLength | 2.0–2.1 m ⓘ |
| averageMaleLength | 2.1–2.3 m ⓘ |
| averageMass | 70–80 kg ⓘ |
| behavior |
highly aggressive
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terrestrial ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| clutchSize | about 30–40 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName | Cuban crocodile ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | very small wild population ⓘ |
| describedBy | Wilhelm Peters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| distinctiveFeature |
long strong limbs
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rough dorsal scales ⓘ short broad snout ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Cuba ⓘ |
| family | Crocodylidae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Isla de la Juventud
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Ciénaga de Zapata ⓘ
surface form:
Zapata Swamp
|
| genus | Crocodylus ⓘ |
| geologicalTimeFirstDescribed | Holocene ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater wetlands
ⓘ
marshes ⓘ swamps ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Critically Endangered ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| listedIn | CITES Appendix I ⓘ |
| locomotion | strong jumper ⓘ |
| maximumReportedLength | about 3.5 m ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Cuba ⓘ |
| order | Crocodilia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| preysOn |
birds
ⓘ
fish ⓘ small mammals ⓘ turtles ⓘ |
| primaryThreat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ hybridization with American crocodile ⓘ |
| protectedBy | Cuban law ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| scientificName |
Crocodylus
ⓘ
surface form:
Crocodylus rhombifer
|
| sexualMaturityAge | about 6–8 years ⓘ |
| skinColoration | brightly colored ⓘ |
| skinPattern | dark dorsal spots ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1862 ⓘ |
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: Cuban crocodile Description of subject: The Cuban crocodile is a small, highly aggressive and critically endangered crocodile species native to Cuba, known for its terrestrial habits and distinctive bright coloration.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Crocodylus rhombifer