Atelinae
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Atelinae is a subfamily of New World monkeys that includes the large, highly arboreal howler, spider, and woolly monkeys known for their prehensile tails and complex social behavior.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atelinae canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9706347 — 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: Atelinae Context triple: [Atelidae, hasSubfamily, Atelinae]
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A.
Alouattinae
Alouattinae is a subfamily of New World monkeys best known for the howler monkeys, which are characterized by their loud vocalizations and prehensile tails.
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B.
Zethinae
Zethinae is a subfamily of social wasps within the family Vespidae, comprising species known for their nest-building behavior and complex social organization.
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C.
Lophorinae
Lophorinae is a subfamily of birds-of-paradise known for its elaborately ornamented males and complex courtship displays.
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D.
Tangarinae
Tangarinae is a subfamily of colorful Neotropical tanager birds that includes the genus Tangara and its close relatives.
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E.
Coerebinae
Coerebinae is a subfamily of tanagers that includes the Darwin’s finches and other closely related Neotropical songbirds.
- 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: Atelinae Target entity description: Atelinae is a subfamily of New World monkeys that includes the large, highly arboreal howler, spider, and woolly monkeys known for their prehensile tails and complex social behavior.
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A.
Alouattinae
Alouattinae is a subfamily of New World monkeys best known for the howler monkeys, which are characterized by their loud vocalizations and prehensile tails.
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B.
Zethinae
Zethinae is a subfamily of social wasps within the family Vespidae, comprising species known for their nest-building behavior and complex social organization.
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C.
Lophorinae
Lophorinae is a subfamily of birds-of-paradise known for its elaborately ornamented males and complex courtship displays.
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D.
Tangarinae
Tangarinae is a subfamily of colorful Neotropical tanager birds that includes the genus Tangara and its close relatives.
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E.
Coerebinae
Coerebinae is a subfamily of tanagers that includes the Darwin’s finches and other closely related Neotropical songbirds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
subfamily
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| brainCharacteristic | relatively large brain for body size among New World monkeys ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| conservationStatusTrend | many species threatened ⓘ |
| diet |
folivorous in some genera
ⓘ
primarily frugivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | seed dispersers ⓘ |
| family | Atelidae ⓘ |
| furColorVariation | varied by genus and species ⓘ |
| geographicZone |
Neotropics
ⓘ
linked to:
Neotropical realm
|
| hasCharacteristic |
complex social behavior
ⓘ
highly arboreal ⓘ large body size for New World monkeys ⓘ prehensile tail ⓘ |
| includesCommonNameGroup |
howler monkeys
ⓘ
spider monkeys ⓘ woolly monkeys ⓘ woolly spider monkeys ⓘ |
| infraorder | Simiiformes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotionType |
brachiation-like climbing
ⓘ
suspensory locomotion ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central America
ⓘ
South America ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Alouatta
ⓘ
Ateles ⓘ Brachyteles ⓘ Lagothrix ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Atelidae ⓘ |
| parvorder |
Platyrrhini
ⓘ
linked to:
New World monkeys
|
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | single offspring per birth is typical ⓘ |
| sensoryAdaptation | reliance on vision ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
territorial calling in howler monkeys
ⓘ
vocal communication ⓘ |
| socialStructure | multi-male multi-female groups ⓘ |
| suborder | Haplorhini ⓘ |
| tailFunction | grasping branches ⓘ |
| tailType | fully prehensile ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subfamily ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ |
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: Atelinae Description of subject: Atelinae is a subfamily of New World monkeys that includes the large, highly arboreal howler, spider, and woolly monkeys known for their prehensile tails and complex social behavior.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.