Hemiprocnidae
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Hemiprocnidae is a family of small, agile arboreal birds known as tree swifts, found in tropical Asia and closely related to true swifts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hemiprocnidae canonical | 2 |
| Hypocoliidae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6418225 — 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: Hemiprocnidae Context triple: [Apodiformes, contains, Hemiprocnidae]
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A.
Emberizoidea
Emberizoidea is a large superfamily of passerine birds that includes buntings, American sparrows, and related seed-eating songbirds.
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B.
Sylvioidea
Sylvioidea is a large superfamily of passerine birds that includes many warblers, babblers, and related songbirds found across much of the world.
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C.
Anguimorpha
Anguimorpha is a diverse clade of mostly carnivorous lizards that includes groups such as monitor lizards, glass lizards, and alligator lizards, characterized by elongated bodies and often reduced or absent limbs.
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D.
Himantolophidae
Himantolophidae is a family of deep-sea anglerfishes known for their globular bodies, bioluminescent lures, and extreme sexual dimorphism.
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E.
Nandiniidae
Nandiniidae is a small family of African carnivorous mammals best known for the African palm civet, a solitary, arboreal species with a cat-like appearance.
- 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: Hemiprocnidae Target entity description: Hemiprocnidae is a family of small, agile arboreal birds known as tree swifts, found in tropical Asia and closely related to true swifts.
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A.
Emberizoidea
Emberizoidea is a large superfamily of passerine birds that includes buntings, American sparrows, and related seed-eating songbirds.
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B.
Sylvioidea
Sylvioidea is a large superfamily of passerine birds that includes many warblers, babblers, and related songbirds found across much of the world.
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C.
Anguimorpha
Anguimorpha is a diverse clade of mostly carnivorous lizards that includes groups such as monitor lizards, glass lizards, and alligator lizards, characterized by elongated bodies and often reduced or absent limbs.
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D.
Himantolophidae
Himantolophidae is a family of deep-sea anglerfishes known for their globular bodies, bioluminescent lures, and extreme sexual dimorphism.
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E.
Nandiniidae
Nandiniidae is a small family of African carnivorous mammals best known for the African palm civet, a solitary, arboreal species with a cat-like appearance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| characteristic |
agile flight
ⓘ
arboreal lifestyle ⓘ crested head in many species ⓘ long wings ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName |
tree swifts
ⓘ
treeswifts ⓘ |
| containsGenus | Hemiprocne ⓘ |
| diet | insects ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Apodidae by ability to perch on branches
ⓘ
linked to:
Apodidae
|
| distribution | tropical Asia ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | aerial insect predator ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | aerial insectivory ⓘ |
| flightStyle | swift-like flight ⓘ |
| foundInBiome |
tropical monsoon forest
ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| habitat |
arboreal habitats
ⓘ
forests ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Hemiprocne comata
ⓘ
linked to:
Hemiprocne
Hemiprocne coronata ⓘ
linked to:
Hemiprocne
Hemiprocne longipennis ⓘ
linked to:
Hemiprocne
Hemiprocne mystacea ⓘ
linked to:
Hemiprocne
|
| higherClassification | Apodiformes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
long, pointed wings
ⓘ
often elongated tail feathers ⓘ strong feet adapted for perching ⓘ |
| nestingSite | trees ⓘ |
| numberOfGenera | 1 ⓘ |
| order | Apodiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| rangeRegion |
South Asia
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ parts of East Asia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Apodidae
ⓘ
true swifts ⓘ |
| reproductiveBehavior | builds small nests on branches ⓘ |
| roostingBehavior | perches on branches ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| vernacularNameLanguage | English ⓘ |
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: Hemiprocnidae Description of subject: Hemiprocnidae is a family of small, agile arboreal birds known as tree swifts, found in tropical Asia and closely related to true swifts.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hemiprocnidae