Emydidae
E518906
Emydidae is a diverse family of primarily freshwater turtles, including pond, box, and marsh turtles found across North America, Europe, and parts of Asia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Painted turtle | 2 |
| Emydidae canonical | 1 |
| Old World pond turtles | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5416462 — 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: Emydidae Context triple: [Eastern box turtle, family, Emydidae]
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A.
Trionychidae
Trionychidae is a family of softshell turtles characterized by their flattened, leathery shells and aquatic lifestyles, found in freshwater habitats across parts of Asia, Africa, and North America.
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B.
Testudinidae
Testudinidae is a family of land-dwelling tortoises known for their domed shells, sturdy limbs, and adaptation to terrestrial habitats across many regions of the world.
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C.
Chelonia
Chelonia is a genus of sea turtles best known for including the green sea turtle, a large, primarily herbivorous marine reptile found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
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D.
Testudinoidea
Testudinoidea is a large superfamily of turtles that includes many familiar land and freshwater species such as tortoises and pond turtles.
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E.
Testudines
Testudines is the taxonomic order of reptiles that includes all turtles and tortoises, characterized by a bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs.
- 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: Emydidae Target entity description: Emydidae is a diverse family of primarily freshwater turtles, including pond, box, and marsh turtles found across North America, Europe, and parts of Asia.
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A.
Trionychidae
Trionychidae is a family of softshell turtles characterized by their flattened, leathery shells and aquatic lifestyles, found in freshwater habitats across parts of Asia, Africa, and North America.
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B.
Testudinidae
Testudinidae is a family of land-dwelling tortoises known for their domed shells, sturdy limbs, and adaptation to terrestrial habitats across many regions of the world.
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C.
Chelonia
Chelonia is a genus of sea turtles best known for including the green sea turtle, a large, primarily herbivorous marine reptile found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
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D.
Testudinoidea
Testudinoidea is a large superfamily of turtles that includes many familiar land and freshwater species such as tortoises and pond turtles.
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E.
Testudines
Testudines is the taxonomic order of reptiles that includes all turtles and tortoises, characterized by a bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
taxonomic family
ⓘ
turtle family ⓘ |
| aquaticLifestyle | primarily aquatic ⓘ |
| baskingBehavior | frequent basking on logs and rocks ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| commonName |
New World pond turtles
ⓘ
marsh turtles ⓘ pond turtles ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | many species threatened or endangered ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Chrysemys picta
ⓘ
linked to:
Chrysemys
Emys orbicularis ⓘ Graptemys geographica ⓘ
linked to:
Graptemys
Pseudemys concinna ⓘ
linked to:
Pseudemys
Terrapene carolina ⓘ Trachemys scripta ⓘ
linked to:
Trachemys
|
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| ectothermic | true ⓘ |
| eggLayingSite | terrestrial nests ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
lakes ⓘ marshes ⓘ ponds ⓘ slow-moving rivers ⓘ |
| includesCommonGroups |
box turtles
ⓘ
marsh turtles ⓘ pond turtles ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| limbAdaptation | webbed feet ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Chrysemys
ⓘ
Emys ⓘ
linked to:
Mauremys
Graptemys ⓘ Pseudemys ⓘ Terrapene ⓘ Trachemys ⓘ |
| order | Testudines ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedFor | diversity of freshwater turtles ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| shellType | hard-shelled ⓘ |
| suborder | Cryptodira ⓘ |
| superfamily | Testudinoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| terrestrialMembers | box turtles (Terrapene) ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Emys ⓘ |
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: Emydidae Description of subject: Emydidae is a diverse family of primarily freshwater turtles, including pond, box, and marsh turtles found across North America, Europe, and parts of Asia.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Emydidae
linked to: Emydidae
linked to: Emydidae