Spalacidae
E792119
Spalacidae is a family of burrowing rodents, commonly known as mole-rats and blind mole-rats, adapted to a subterranean lifestyle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spalacidae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8602286 — 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: Spalacidae Context triple: [Myomorpha, containsFamily, Spalacidae]
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A.
Dipodidae
Dipodidae is a family of small, long-legged jumping rodents that includes jerboas and their relatives, adapted for fast, bipedal locomotion in open habitats.
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B.
Sciuridae
Sciuridae is a large family of rodents that includes squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, and prairie dogs, characterized by their strong hind legs, bushy tails, and gnawing incisors.
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C.
Erethizontidae
Erethizontidae is the family of New World porcupines, medium-sized arboreal or terrestrial rodents characterized by coats of sharp quills used for defense.
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D.
Cricetidae
Cricetidae is a large family of rodents that includes hamsters, voles, lemmings, and many New World rats and mice.
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E.
Muridae
Muridae is the largest family of rodents, encompassing mice, rats, and many related small mammals found worldwide.
- 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: Spalacidae Target entity description: Spalacidae is a family of burrowing rodents, commonly known as mole-rats and blind mole-rats, adapted to a subterranean lifestyle.
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A.
Dipodidae
Dipodidae is a family of small, long-legged jumping rodents that includes jerboas and their relatives, adapted for fast, bipedal locomotion in open habitats.
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B.
Sciuridae
Sciuridae is a large family of rodents that includes squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, and prairie dogs, characterized by their strong hind legs, bushy tails, and gnawing incisors.
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C.
Erethizontidae
Erethizontidae is the family of New World porcupines, medium-sized arboreal or terrestrial rodents characterized by coats of sharp quills used for defense.
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D.
Cricetidae
Cricetidae is a large family of rodents that includes hamsters, voles, lemmings, and many New World rats and mice.
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E.
Muridae
Muridae is the largest family of rodents, encompassing mice, rats, and many related small mammals found worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rodent family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| behavior | fossorial ⓘ |
| bodySize | small to medium-sized rodents ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
blind mole-rats
ⓘ
mole-rats ⓘ |
| convergentWith |
African mole-rats
ⓘ
naked mole-rat ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Bathyergidae
ⓘ
Heterocephalidae ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
ecosystem engineering
ⓘ
soil aeration ⓘ |
| eyeCharacteristic | eyes covered by skin or fur ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Eurasia
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ eastern Mediterranean region ⓘ parts of eastern Europe ⓘ |
| habitat |
agricultural fields
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ steppe ⓘ underground burrow systems ⓘ |
| includes |
Eospalax
ⓘ
Myospalax ⓘ Nannospalax ⓘ
linked to:
Spalax
Spalax ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | subterranean ⓘ |
| locomotion |
digging with forelimbs
ⓘ
digging with head and incisors ⓘ |
| notableAdaptation |
adapted to burrowing
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adapted to subterranean lifestyle ⓘ poor vision or blindness ⓘ powerful forelimbs for digging ⓘ reduced eyes ⓘ robust skull for digging ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| sensoryAdaptation |
enhanced olfactory senses
ⓘ
enhanced tactile senses ⓘ |
| skullCharacteristic | strong incisors used for digging ⓘ |
| socialStructure | often solitary or living in small family groups ⓘ |
| suborder | Myomorpha ⓘ |
| superfamily | Muroidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalFood |
roots
ⓘ
tubers ⓘ underground plant parts ⓘ |
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: Spalacidae Description of subject: Spalacidae is a family of burrowing rodents, commonly known as mole-rats and blind mole-rats, adapted to a subterranean lifestyle.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.