Monodontidae
E595745
Monodontidae is a small family of Arctic and sub-Arctic toothed whales best known for the narwhal and beluga.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Monodontidae canonical | 3 |
| monodontids | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6488688 — 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: Monodontidae Context triple: [Odontoceti, includesTaxon, Monodontidae]
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A.
Melanocetidae
Melanocetidae is a family of deep-sea anglerfish known for their globular bodies, bioluminescent lures, and extreme sexual dimorphism.
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B.
Lipotes
Lipotes is a genus of freshwater river dolphins best known for the baiji, a critically endangered or possibly extinct species once native to China’s Yangtze River.
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C.
Trichodontidae
Trichodontidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes, commonly known as sandfishes, found in cold coastal waters of the North Pacific.
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D.
Xiphodontidae
Xiphodontidae is an extinct family of early, deer-like artiodactyl mammals known from the Eocene of Europe.
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E.
Aplodontiidae
Aplodontiidae is a family of primitive rodents best known for the mountain beaver, a burrowing species native to the Pacific Northwest of North America.
- 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: Monodontidae Target entity description: Monodontidae is a small family of Arctic and sub-Arctic toothed whales best known for the narwhal and beluga.
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A.
Melanocetidae
Melanocetidae is a family of deep-sea anglerfish known for their globular bodies, bioluminescent lures, and extreme sexual dimorphism.
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B.
Lipotes
Lipotes is a genus of freshwater river dolphins best known for the baiji, a critically endangered or possibly extinct species once native to China’s Yangtze River.
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C.
Trichodontidae
Trichodontidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes, commonly known as sandfishes, found in cold coastal waters of the North Pacific.
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D.
Xiphodontidae
Xiphodontidae is an extinct family of early, deer-like artiodactyl mammals known from the Eocene of Europe.
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E.
Aplodontiidae
Aplodontiidae is a family of primitive rodents best known for the mountain beaver, a burrowing species native to the Pacific Northwest of North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal family
ⓘ
whale family ⓘ |
| bodySize | medium-sized toothed whales ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
monodontids
ⓘ
linked to:
Monodontidae
|
| conservationConcern | vulnerable to climate change impacts ⓘ |
| conservationThreat |
industrial noise
ⓘ
pollutants ⓘ sea ice loss ⓘ subsistence hunting ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Delphinapterus leucas
ⓘ
Monodon monoceros ⓘ |
| diet |
cephalopods
ⓘ
crustaceans ⓘ fish ⓘ |
| distribution |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
sub-Arctic waters ⓘ |
| geologicalTimeOfOrigin | Neogene ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal waters
ⓘ
continental shelf regions ⓘ pack ice regions ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
highly social behavior
ⓘ
lack of dorsal fin ⓘ rounded forehead (melon) ⓘ vocal communication ⓘ |
| hasCommonRepresentative |
beluga whale
ⓘ
narwhal ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily | none (no widely recognized subfamilies) ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Monodon ⓘ |
| order | Cetacea ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedSpeciesCount | 2 living species ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Delphinidae
ⓘ
Phocoenidae ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| suborder | Odontoceti ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| toothedOrBaleen | toothed whale 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: Monodontidae Description of subject: Monodontidae is a small family of Arctic and sub-Arctic toothed whales best known for the narwhal and beluga.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Monodontidae