Ornitholestes
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Ornitholestes was a small, agile, carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period, known for its speed and likely role as a nimble predator of small animals.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ornitholestes canonical | 1 |
| Ornitholestes hermanni | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11130159 — 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: Ornitholestes Context triple: [Time of the Titans, depicts, Ornitholestes]
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A.
Ornithomimus
Ornithomimus was a fast, ostrich-like theropod dinosaur known for its long legs, toothless beak, and likely omnivorous diet during the Late Cretaceous period.
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B.
Dromaeosaurus
Dromaeosaurus was a small, carnivorous dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, closely related to other “raptor” dinosaurs and known for its sickle-shaped toe claw and likely agile, predatory lifestyle.
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C.
Coelophysis
Coelophysis was a small, lightly built, carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Triassic period, known for being one of the earliest well-documented theropods.
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D.
Troodon
Troodon was a small, bird-like, highly intelligent theropod dinosaur known for its large eyes, grasping hands, and serrated teeth, which suggest an active, possibly omnivorous lifestyle.
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E.
Compsognathus
Compsognathus was a small, bipedal carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period, known for its slender build and for being one of the first dinosaurs reconstructed from nearly complete skeletons.
- 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: Ornitholestes Target entity description: Ornitholestes was a small, agile, carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period, known for its speed and likely role as a nimble predator of small animals.
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A.
Ornithomimus
Ornithomimus was a fast, ostrich-like theropod dinosaur known for its long legs, toothless beak, and likely omnivorous diet during the Late Cretaceous period.
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B.
Dromaeosaurus
Dromaeosaurus was a small, carnivorous dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, closely related to other “raptor” dinosaurs and known for its sickle-shaped toe claw and likely agile, predatory lifestyle.
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C.
Coelophysis
Coelophysis was a small, lightly built, carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Triassic period, known for being one of the earliest well-documented theropods.
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D.
Troodon
Troodon was a small, bird-like, highly intelligent theropod dinosaur known for its large eyes, grasping hands, and serrated teeth, which suggest an active, possibly omnivorous lifestyle.
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E.
Compsognathus
Compsognathus was a small, bipedal carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period, known for its slender build and for being one of the first dinosaurs reconstructed from nearly complete skeletons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carnivorous dinosaur
ⓘ
coelurosaur ⓘ prehistoric animal ⓘ theropod dinosaur ⓘ |
| clade |
Coelurosauria
ⓘ
Dinosauria ⓘ |
| coexistedWith |
Allosaurus
ⓘ
Apatosaurus ⓘ Stegosaurus ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | small predator ⓘ |
| estimatedLength | about 2 meters ⓘ |
| estimatedMass | around 10 to 15 kilograms ⓘ |
| etymology | "bird robber" ⓘ |
| family | Coeluridae ⓘ |
| forelimbCharacteristic | three-fingered hands ⓘ |
| formation | Morrison Formation ⓘ |
| fossilCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fossilsFoundIn | Wyoming ⓘ |
| fossilSpecimenStatus | known from a single partial skeleton ⓘ |
| geologicalAgeInMa | approximately 155 to 150 million years ago ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| likelyActivityPattern | active hunter ⓘ |
| likelyPreyedOn |
early mammals
ⓘ
lizards ⓘ small dinosaurs ⓘ small vertebrates ⓘ |
| livedIn | North America ⓘ |
| locomotion | bipedal ⓘ |
| namedBy | Henry Fairfield Osborn ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
agile build
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grasping forelimbs ⓘ lightly built skull ⓘ long hind limbs ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| order | Saurischia ⓘ |
| paleoenvironment | semi-arid floodplain ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| skeletonPostureInterpretation | adapted for speed and agility ⓘ |
| suborder | Theropoda ⓘ |
| tailCharacteristic | long tail for balance ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temporalRange |
Kimmeridgian
ⓘ
Late Jurassic ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Ornitholestes hermanni
ⓘ
linked to:
Ornitholestes
|
| yearDescribed | 1903 ⓘ |
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: Ornitholestes Description of subject: Ornitholestes was a small, agile, carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period, known for its speed and likely role as a nimble predator of small animals.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ornitholestes