Ambystomatidae
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Ambystomatidae is a family of mole salamanders native to North America, known for their burrowing habits and complex life cycles that often include both aquatic larval and terrestrial adult stages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ambystomatidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4291166 — 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: Ambystomatidae Context triple: [California tiger salamander, family, Ambystomatidae]
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Ambystoma
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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B.
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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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.
Geoemydidae
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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E.
Anablepidae
Anablepidae is a family of ray-finned fishes best known for the "four-eyed fish" that can simultaneously see above and below the water’s surface.
- 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: Ambystomatidae Target entity description: Ambystomatidae is a family of mole salamanders native to North America, known for their burrowing habits and complex life cycles that often include both aquatic larval and terrestrial adult stages.
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A.
Ambystoma
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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B.
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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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.
Geoemydidae
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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E.
Anablepidae
Anablepidae is a family of ray-finned fishes best known for the "four-eyed fish" that can simultaneously see above and below the water’s surface.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
amphibian family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| class | Amphibia ⓘ |
| commonName | mole salamanders ⓘ |
| conservationConcern |
many species threatened by habitat loss
ⓘ
vulnerable to pollution ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Ambystoma
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rhyacosiredon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Ambystoma gracile
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ambystoma jeffersonianum NERFINISHED ⓘ Ambystoma laterale NERFINISHED ⓘ Ambystoma maculatum NERFINISHED ⓘ Ambystoma mavortium NERFINISHED ⓘ Ambystoma mexicanum NERFINISHED ⓘ Ambystoma opacum NERFINISHED ⓘ Ambystoma talpoideum ⓘ Ambystoma tigrinum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| development | metamorphosis from larva to adult ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalBehavior |
burrowing
ⓘ
fossorial ⓘ |
| habitat |
forests
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ terrestrial habitats ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeCycleStage |
aquatic larval stage
ⓘ
terrestrial adult stage ⓘ |
| nativeTo | North America ⓘ |
| notableMember | axolotl ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
complex life cycle
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costal grooves on body ⓘ relatively broad head ⓘ robust body form ⓘ |
| order |
Caudata
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Urodela ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| preysOn |
invertebrates
ⓘ
small vertebrates ⓘ |
| reproduction |
egg-laying
ⓘ
external fertilization ⓘ |
| scientificStudyField | herpetology ⓘ |
| suborder | Salamandroidea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
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: Ambystomatidae Description of subject: Ambystomatidae is a family of mole salamanders native to North America, known for their burrowing habits and complex life cycles that often include both aquatic larval and terrestrial adult stages.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.