Ateles
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Ateles is a genus of New World monkeys commonly known as spider monkeys, characterized by their long limbs and prehensile tails adapted for an arboreal lifestyle in Central and South American forests.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ateles canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9706320 — 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: Ateles Context triple: [Atelidae, includesTaxon, Ateles]
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A.
Saimiri
Saimiri is a genus of small, agile New World monkeys commonly known as squirrel monkeys, native to the tropical forests of Central and South America.
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B.
Cebus
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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C.
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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D.
Leontopithecus
Leontopithecus is a genus of small, brightly colored New World monkeys commonly known as lion tamarins, native to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil.
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E.
Alouatta
Alouatta is a genus of large New World howler monkeys known for their loud vocalizations and arboreal lifestyle in Central and South American forests.
- 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: Ateles Target entity description: Ateles is a genus of New World monkeys commonly known as spider monkeys, characterized by their long limbs and prehensile tails adapted for an arboreal lifestyle in Central and South American forests.
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A.
Saimiri
Saimiri is a genus of small, agile New World monkeys commonly known as squirrel monkeys, native to the tropical forests of Central and South America.
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B.
Cebus
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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C.
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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D.
Leontopithecus
Leontopithecus is a genus of small, brightly colored New World monkeys commonly known as lion tamarins, native to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil.
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E.
Alouatta
Alouatta is a genus of large New World howler monkeys known for their loud vocalizations and arboreal lifestyle in Central and South American forests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | New World monkeys ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
spider monkey genus
ⓘ
spider monkeys ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | many species threatened ⓘ |
| diet |
frugivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| family | Atelidae ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Bolivia
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ Central American countries ⓘ Colombia ⓘ Ecuador ⓘ Guianas ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Peru ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ |
| habitat |
arboreal canopy
ⓘ
evergreen forests ⓘ tropical rainforests ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
long limbs
ⓘ
prehensile tail ⓘ reduced or absent thumbs ⓘ |
| hasPrehensileTail | true ⓘ |
| infraorder | Simiiformes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | arboreal ⓘ |
| locomotionType |
brachiation
ⓘ
suspensory locomotion ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central America
ⓘ
Neotropics ⓘ
linked to:
Neotropical realm
South America ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Atelidae
ⓘ
Atelinae ⓘ |
| parvorder |
Platyrrhini
ⓘ
linked to:
New World monkeys
|
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | single offspring per birth ⓘ |
| socialStructure | fission–fusion society ⓘ |
| subfamily | Atelinae ⓘ |
| suborder | Haplorhini ⓘ |
| taxonAuthor | Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ |
| usesTailFor |
grasping branches
ⓘ
support during locomotion ⓘ |
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: Ateles Description of subject: Ateles is a genus of New World monkeys commonly known as spider monkeys, characterized by their long limbs and prehensile tails adapted for an arboreal lifestyle in Central and South American forests.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.