Chelonioidea
E740164
Chelonioidea is a superfamily of marine turtles that includes all living sea turtle species.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chelonioidea canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8519431 — 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: Chelonioidea Context triple: [Dermochelys, superfamily, Chelonioidea]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Chelonioidea Target entity description: Chelonioidea is a superfamily of marine turtles that includes all living sea turtle species.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
superfamily
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodyTemperatureRegulation | ectothermic ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| commonName | sea turtles ⓘ |
| containsAllLiving | sea turtle species ⓘ |
| diet |
carnivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide oceans ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | marine megafauna ⓘ |
| eggLayingSite | sandy beaches ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Cretaceous period
ⓘ
linked to:
Cretaceous
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| habitat |
marine environment
ⓘ
subtropical oceans ⓘ temperate oceans ⓘ tropical oceans ⓘ |
| includes |
Caretta caretta
ⓘ
Chelonia mydas ⓘ Cheloniidae ⓘ Dermochelyidae ⓘ Dermochelys coriacea ⓘ Eretmochelys imbricata ⓘ Lepidochelys kempii ⓘ Lepidochelys olivacea ⓘ Natator depressus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeHistoryTrait |
late sexual maturity
ⓘ
long-lived ⓘ |
| lifestyle | marine ⓘ |
| limbType | flippers ⓘ |
| locomotion | aquatic swimming ⓘ |
| majorThreat |
bycatch in fisheries
ⓘ
climate change ⓘ habitat loss ⓘ pollution ⓘ |
| migrationPattern | long-distance migrations ⓘ |
| order | Testudines ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| sensoryAdaptation | orientation to Earth magnetic field ⓘ |
| shellType |
bony shell
ⓘ
carapace and plastron ⓘ |
| suborder | Cryptodira ⓘ |
| taxonRank | superfamily ⓘ |
| threatStatus |
many species endangered
ⓘ
many species threatened ⓘ |
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: Chelonioidea Description of subject: Chelonioidea is a superfamily of marine turtles that includes all living sea turtle species.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.