Perissodactyla
E46302
Perissodactyla is an order of odd-toed hoofed mammals that includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs, characterized by weight-bearing on one or three toes and a hindgut-fermenting digestive system.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Perissodactyla canonical | 45 |
| Pan-Perissodactyla | 1 |
| Rhinocerotoidea | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T343306 — 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: Perissodactyla Context triple: [Artiodactyla, distinguishedFrom, Perissodactyla]
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A.
Artiodactyla
Artiodactyla is a large order of even-toed hoofed mammals that includes animals such as deer, cattle, pigs, and camels.
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B.
Ruminantia
Ruminantia is a suborder of hoofed, herbivorous mammals that digest plant material through rumination, including animals such as deer, cattle, goats, and antelopes.
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C.
Giraffidae
Giraffidae is a family of long-necked, even-toed ungulate mammals that includes giraffes and okapis.
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D.
Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae is a family of large, mostly herbivorous, semi-aquatic mammals that includes the common hippopotamus and its relatives.
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E.
Camelidae
Camelidae is the biological family of large, even-toed ungulates that includes camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos, adapted to arid and high-altitude environments.
- 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: Perissodactyla Target entity description: Perissodactyla is an order of odd-toed hoofed mammals that includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs, characterized by weight-bearing on one or three toes and a hindgut-fermenting digestive system.
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A.
Artiodactyla
Artiodactyla is a large order of even-toed hoofed mammals that includes animals such as deer, cattle, pigs, and camels.
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B.
Ruminantia
Ruminantia is a suborder of hoofed, herbivorous mammals that digest plant material through rumination, including animals such as deer, cattle, goats, and antelopes.
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C.
Giraffidae
Giraffidae is a family of long-necked, even-toed ungulate mammals that includes giraffes and okapis.
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D.
Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae is a family of large, mostly herbivorous, semi-aquatic mammals that includes the common hippopotamus and its relatives.
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E.
Camelidae
Camelidae is the biological family of large, even-toed ungulates that includes camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos, adapted to arid and high-altitude environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal order
ⓘ
taxonomic order ⓘ |
| bodyPlan | large-bodied mammals ⓘ |
| characteristic |
herbivorous diet
ⓘ
hindgut fermentation ⓘ odd number of toes on the hind feet ⓘ weight-bearing on one or three toes ⓘ |
| clade | Laurasiatheria ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | odd-toed ungulates ⓘ |
| conservationStatusTrend | many species threatened or endangered ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| differenceFromArtiodactyla | odd number of toes instead of even number of toes ⓘ |
| digestiveSystemType | hindgut fermenter ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | large herbivores ⓘ |
| economicImportance | includes domesticated horses ⓘ |
| exampleSpecies |
Equus ferus caballus
ⓘ
linked to:
Camargue horse
Rhinoceros unicornis ⓘ
linked to:
Indian rhinoceros
Tapirus terrestris ⓘ |
| fossilRange | early Eocene to Recent ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Americas ⓘ Asia ⓘ parts of Europe ⓘ |
| habitat | terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Equidae
ⓘ
Rhinocerotidae ⓘ Tapiridae ⓘ |
| historicalDiversity | greater in the Cenozoic than today ⓘ |
| includesCommonName |
horses
ⓘ
rhinoceroses ⓘ tapirs ⓘ |
| infraclass | Eutheria ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| limbAxis | passes through the third digit ⓘ |
| locomotionType | unguligrade ⓘ |
| notableFamily |
Equidae
ⓘ
Rhinocerotidae ⓘ Tapiridae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| skeletalFeature | mesaxonic limb structure ⓘ |
| subclass | Theria ⓘ |
| taxonRank | order ⓘ |
| toothType | lophodont or hypsodont cheek teeth ⓘ |
| typicalToeNumber |
1
ⓘ
3 ⓘ |
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: Perissodactyla Description of subject: Perissodactyla is an order of odd-toed hoofed mammals that includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs, characterized by weight-bearing on one or three toes and a hindgut-fermenting digestive system.
Referenced by (47)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Perissodactyla
linked to: Perissodactyla