Cebus
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Cebus is a genus of New World capuchin monkeys known for their high intelligence, dexterous hands, and adaptability to diverse forest habitats in Central and South America.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cebus canonical | 2 |
| Cebus albifrons | 1 |
| Cebus capucinus | 1 |
| Cebus kaapori | 1 |
| Cebus olivaceus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9706274 — 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: Cebus Context triple: [Cebidae, includesGenus, Cebus]
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A.
Presbytis
Presbytis is a genus of Old World leaf monkeys native to Southeast Asia, known for their arboreal lifestyle and folivorous diet.
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B.
Capuchin
Capuchin refers to a branch of the Franciscan religious order within the Catholic Church, known for its friars’ simple lifestyle, brown habits with large hoods, and emphasis on poverty and preaching.
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C.
Callithrix
Callithrix is a genus of small New World monkeys commonly known as marmosets, native to the forests of South America.
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D.
Marmoset
"Marmoset" is a song by the American noise rock band Rapeman, known for its abrasive sound and association with the late-1980s underground rock scene.
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E.
Tapirus terrestris
Tapirus terrestris, commonly known as the South American tapir, is a large, herbivorous mammal with a short prehensile snout that inhabits forests and wetlands across much of South 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: Cebus Target entity description: Cebus is a genus of New World capuchin monkeys known for their high intelligence, dexterous hands, and adaptability to diverse forest habitats in Central and South America.
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A.
Presbytis
Presbytis is a genus of Old World leaf monkeys native to Southeast Asia, known for their arboreal lifestyle and folivorous diet.
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B.
Capuchin
Capuchin refers to a branch of the Franciscan religious order within the Catholic Church, known for its friars’ simple lifestyle, brown habits with large hoods, and emphasis on poverty and preaching.
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C.
Callithrix
Callithrix is a genus of small New World monkeys commonly known as marmosets, native to the forests of South America.
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D.
Marmoset
"Marmoset" is a song by the American noise rock band Rapeman, known for its abrasive sound and association with the late-1980s underground rock scene.
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E.
Tapirus terrestris
Tapirus terrestris, commonly known as the South American tapir, is a large, herbivorous mammal with a short prehensile snout that inhabits forests and wetlands across much of South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
behavioral flexibility
ⓘ
dexterous hands ⓘ high intelligence ⓘ omnivorous diet ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
capuchin monkeys
ⓘ
gracile capuchins ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | some species threatened by habitat loss ⓘ |
| diet |
fruits
ⓘ
insects ⓘ small vertebrates ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Sapajus ⓘ |
| family | Cebidae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
dry forests
ⓘ
rainforests ⓘ subtropical forests ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ |
| geographicRange | from Honduras to northern Argentina ⓘ |
| habitat | arboreal habitats ⓘ |
| hasBrainCharacteristic | relatively large brain for body size ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Cebus albifrons
ⓘ
linked to:
Cebus
Cebus capucinus ⓘ
linked to:
Cebus
Cebus imitator ⓘ Cebus kaapori ⓘ
linked to:
Cebus
Cebus olivaceus ⓘ
linked to:
Cebus
|
| infraorder | Simiiformes ⓘ |
| isA | New World monkey genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | quadrupedal arboreal locomotion ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
capuchin friars
ⓘ
linked to:
Capuchin friars
|
| nativeTo |
Central America
ⓘ
South America ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Cebidae
ⓘ
Cebinae ⓘ
linked to:
Cebidae
|
| parvorder |
Platyrrhini
ⓘ
linked to:
New World monkeys
|
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
group-living
ⓘ
multi-male multi-female groups ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Cebinae
ⓘ
linked to:
Cebidae
|
| suborder | Haplorhini ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| toolUse | known to use tools in some species ⓘ |
| usedIn |
behavioral research
ⓘ
cognitive research ⓘ |
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: Cebus Description of subject: Cebus is a genus of New World capuchin monkeys known for their high intelligence, dexterous hands, and adaptability to diverse forest habitats in Central and South America.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cebus
linked to: Cebus
linked to: Cebus
linked to: Cebus