Testudinoidea
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Testudinoidea is a large superfamily of turtles that includes many familiar land and freshwater species such as tortoises and pond turtles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Testudinoidea canonical | 15 |
| Emydidae | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T617172 — 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: Testudinoidea Context triple: [Kinixys, superfamily, Testudinoidea]
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A.
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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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.
Reptilia
Reptilia is a major vertebrate class comprising reptiles such as turtles, lizards, snakes, and crocodiles, typically characterized by scaly skin and laying shelled eggs on land.
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D.
Stigmochelys
Stigmochelys is a genus of tortoises best known for the leopard tortoise, a large, high-domed species native to the savannas of eastern and southern Africa.
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E.
Dermochelys coriacea
Dermochelys coriacea, commonly known as the leatherback sea turtle, is the largest living turtle species and a highly migratory marine reptile found in oceans 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: Testudinoidea Target entity description: 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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A.
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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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.
Reptilia
Reptilia is a major vertebrate class comprising reptiles such as turtles, lizards, snakes, and crocodiles, typically characterized by scaly skin and laying shelled eggs on land.
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D.
Stigmochelys
Stigmochelys is a genus of tortoises best known for the leopard tortoise, a large, high-domed species native to the savannas of eastern and southern Africa.
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E.
Dermochelys coriacea
Dermochelys coriacea, commonly known as the leatherback sea turtle, is the largest living turtle species and a highly migratory marine reptile found in oceans worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
superfamily
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
includes both fully terrestrial and semi-aquatic species
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includes many familiar land and freshwater turtle species ⓘ many members are omnivorous ⓘ members typically have well-developed domed shells ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| commonName | testudinoid turtles ⓘ |
| contains | modern tortoises and many freshwater turtles ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide except Antarctica ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater habitats
ⓘ
terrestrial habitats ⓘ |
| hasLivingMembers | true ⓘ |
| higherTaxon |
Cryptodira
ⓘ
Testudines ⓘ |
| includesCommonGroup |
Asian river turtles
ⓘ
box turtles ⓘ pond turtles ⓘ tortoises ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Emydidae
ⓘ
linked to:
Testudinoidea
Geoemydidae ⓘ Platysternidae ⓘ Testudinidae ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| order | Testudines ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| suborder | Cryptodira ⓘ |
| taxonRank | superfamily ⓘ |
| usedIn | zoological classification ⓘ |
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: Testudinoidea Description of subject: Testudinoidea is a large superfamily of turtles that includes many familiar land and freshwater species such as tortoises and pond turtles.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Testudinoidea
linked to: Testudinoidea