Ambystoma
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Ambystoma is a genus of mole salamanders known for their robust bodies, terrestrial habits, and in some species remarkable regenerative abilities.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ambystoma canonical | 4 |
| Ambystoma jeffersonianum | 1 |
| Ambystoma laterale | 1 |
| Ambystoma maculatum | 1 |
| Ambystoma tigrinum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4291165 — 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: Ambystoma Context triple: [California tiger salamander, genus, Ambystoma]
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A.
Axolotl
The Axolotl in Minecraft is an aquatic, amphibious mob that inhabits lush caves and underwater areas, aiding players in combat by attacking hostile underwater creatures.
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B.
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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C.
Salamanders
Salamanders are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Holly Springs, North Carolina, competing in the Coastal Plain League.
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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.
Rhinella marina
Rhinella marina, commonly known as the cane toad, is a large, highly toxic, and invasive amphibian species native to Central and South America and introduced widely for pest control.
- 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: Ambystoma Target entity description: Ambystoma is a genus of mole salamanders known for their robust bodies, terrestrial habits, and in some species remarkable regenerative abilities.
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A.
Axolotl
The Axolotl in Minecraft is an aquatic, amphibious mob that inhabits lush caves and underwater areas, aiding players in combat by attacking hostile underwater creatures.
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B.
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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C.
Salamanders
Salamanders are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Holly Springs, North Carolina, competing in the Coastal Plain League.
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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.
Rhinella marina
Rhinella marina, commonly known as the cane toad, is a large, highly toxic, and invasive amphibian species native to Central and South America and introduced widely for pest control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mostly nocturnal ⓘ |
| bodyForm | robust body ⓘ |
| class | Amphibia ⓘ |
| commonName | mole salamanders ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | habitat loss threat to several species ⓘ |
| describedBy | Johann Jakob von Tschudi ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1838 ⓘ |
| development | aquatic larvae ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Canada
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| ecologicalRole |
insect predator
ⓘ
prey for larger vertebrates ⓘ |
| family | Ambystomatidae ⓘ |
| fertilization | internal fertilization via spermatophores ⓘ |
| habitat |
forests
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ near freshwater bodies ⓘ terrestrial environments ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| limbType | tetrapod limbs ⓘ |
| locomotion | primarily terrestrial ⓘ |
| metamorphosis | larval to adult terrestrial stage ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Neotropics
ⓘ
linked to:
Neotropical realm
North America ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Ambystoma laterale
ⓘ
Ambystoma maculatum ⓘ
linked to:
Ambystoma
Ambystoma mavortium ⓘ Ambystoma mexicanum ⓘ Ambystoma tigrinum ⓘ
linked to:
Ambystoma
|
| notableTrait |
limb regeneration
ⓘ
tail regeneration ⓘ |
| order | Urodela ⓘ |
| overwinteringBehavior | burrowing underground ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Ambystomatidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| prey |
invertebrates
ⓘ
small vertebrates ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| researchUse |
model organism for regeneration studies
ⓘ
model organism in developmental biology ⓘ |
| respiration |
gills in larvae
ⓘ
lungs in adults ⓘ |
| skeletonType | vertebrate endoskeleton ⓘ |
| skinType | moist glandular skin ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Ambystoma Description of subject: Ambystoma is a genus of mole salamanders known for their robust bodies, terrestrial habits, and in some species remarkable regenerative abilities.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Ambystoma
linked to: Ambystoma