Felinae
E453393
Felinae is the subfamily of small to medium-sized cats that includes domestic cats, lynxes, ocelots, and many other non-pantherine feline species.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Felinae canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4564916 — 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: Felinae Context triple: [Felidae, hasSubfamily, Felinae]
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A.
Felis
Felis is a genus of small to medium-sized cats that includes the domestic cat and several closely related wild species.
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B.
Felidae
Felidae is the biological family of cats, encompassing all modern and extinct species of wild and domestic felines such as lions, tigers, leopards, and house cats.
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C.
Pallas's cat
Pallas's cat is a small wild feline native to the grasslands and montane steppes of Central Asia, notable for its stocky build, dense fur, and distinctive flattened face.
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D.
Neofelis nebulosa
Neofelis nebulosa, commonly known as the clouded leopard, is a medium-sized, arboreal wild cat native to the forests of Southeast Asia, notable for its striking cloud-like coat pattern and exceptionally long canine teeth.
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E.
Viverridae
Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized, often nocturnal mammals such as civets and genets, known for their elongated bodies, pointed faces, and primarily Old World distribution.
- 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: Felinae Target entity description: Felinae is the subfamily of small to medium-sized cats that includes domestic cats, lynxes, ocelots, and many other non-pantherine feline species.
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A.
Felis
Felis is a genus of small to medium-sized cats that includes the domestic cat and several closely related wild species.
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B.
Felidae
Felidae is the biological family of cats, encompassing all modern and extinct species of wild and domestic felines such as lions, tigers, leopards, and house cats.
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C.
Pallas's cat
Pallas's cat is a small wild feline native to the grasslands and montane steppes of Central Asia, notable for its stocky build, dense fur, and distinctive flattened face.
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D.
Neofelis nebulosa
Neofelis nebulosa, commonly known as the clouded leopard, is a medium-sized, arboreal wild cat native to the forests of Southeast Asia, notable for its striking cloud-like coat pattern and exceptionally long canine teeth.
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E.
Viverridae
Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized, often nocturnal mammals such as civets and genets, known for their elongated bodies, pointed faces, and primarily Old World distribution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
subfamily
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
generally lack fully roaring larynx
ⓘ
typically small to medium-sized cats ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | small cats subfamily ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Pantherinae ⓘ |
| family | Felidae ⓘ |
| hasMember |
cheetah
ⓘ
domestic cat ⓘ lynx ⓘ ocelot ⓘ puma ⓘ |
| includesDomesticSpecies |
Felis catus
ⓘ
linked to:
Felis
|
| includesTaxon |
Acinonyx jubatus
ⓘ
linked to:
Cheetah
Caracal caracal ⓘ Catopuma badia ⓘ
linked to:
Catopuma
Catopuma temminckii ⓘ
linked to:
Catopuma
Felis bieti ⓘ
linked to:
Felis
Felis catus ⓘ
linked to:
Felis
Felis chaus ⓘ Felis lybica ⓘ
linked to:
Felis
Felis margarita ⓘ
linked to:
Felis
Felis nigripes ⓘ Felis silvestris ⓘ
linked to:
Felis
Herpailurus yagouaroundi ⓘ
linked to:
Herpailurus
Leopardus colocola ⓘ
linked to:
Leopardus
Leopardus guigna ⓘ
linked to:
Kodkod
Leopardus jacobita ⓘ Leopardus pardalis ⓘ
linked to:
ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
Leopardus tigrinus ⓘ Leopardus wiedii ⓘ
linked to:
Leopardus
Leptailurus serval ⓘ Lynx canadensis ⓘ
linked to:
Canada lynx
Lynx lynx ⓘ
linked to:
Eurasian lynx
Lynx pardinus ⓘ
linked to:
Lynx
Lynx rufus ⓘ
linked to:
Bobcat
Otocolobus manul ⓘ Pardofelis marmorata ⓘ Prionailurus bengalensis ⓘ Prionailurus planiceps ⓘ Prionailurus rubiginosus ⓘ
linked to:
Prionailurus
Prionailurus viverrinus ⓘ
linked to:
fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
Profelis aurata ⓘ Puma concolor ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Felidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| suborder | Feliformia ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subfamily ⓘ |
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: Felinae Description of subject: Felinae is the subfamily of small to medium-sized cats that includes domestic cats, lynxes, ocelots, and many other non-pantherine feline species.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.