Cuora
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Cuora is a genus of Asian box turtles known for their hinged plastrons that allow them to completely close their shells for protection.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cuora trifasciata | 2 |
| Cuora canonical | 1 |
| Cuora amboinensis | 1 |
| Cuora aurocapitata | 1 |
| Cuora bourreti | 1 |
| Cuora flavomarginata | 1 |
| Cuora galbinifrons | 1 |
| Cuora mouhotii | 1 |
| Cuora pani | 1 |
| Cuora picturata | 1 |
| Cuora serrata | 1 |
| Cuora yunnanensis | 1 |
| Cuora zhoui | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13286656 — 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: Cuora Context triple: [Geoemydidae, containsTaxon, Cuora]
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A.
Saurenchelys
Saurenchelys is a genus of deep-sea eels known for their elongated bodies and belonging to the family Nettastomatidae.
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B.
Ctenosaura
Ctenosaura is a genus of spiny-tailed iguanas native to Mexico and Central America, known for their robust bodies, distinctive tail spines, and often dark, banded coloration.
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C.
Sauromalus
Sauromalus is a genus of large, herbivorous lizards commonly known as chuckwallas, native to arid regions of the southwestern United States and Mexico.
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D.
Hadrosciurus
Hadrosciurus is a genus of New World tree squirrels known for their arboreal habits and bushy tails, found primarily in Central and South American forests.
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E.
Tortoise
Tortoise is an influential American post-rock band known for its experimental, genre-blending instrumental compositions and pioneering role in the 1990s Chicago music scene.
- 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: Cuora Target entity description: Cuora is a genus of Asian box turtles known for their hinged plastrons that allow them to completely close their shells for protection.
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A.
Saurenchelys
Saurenchelys is a genus of deep-sea eels known for their elongated bodies and belonging to the family Nettastomatidae.
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B.
Ctenosaura
Ctenosaura is a genus of spiny-tailed iguanas native to Mexico and Central America, known for their robust bodies, distinctive tail spines, and often dark, banded coloration.
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C.
Sauromalus
Sauromalus is a genus of large, herbivorous lizards commonly known as chuckwallas, native to arid regions of the southwestern United States and Mexico.
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D.
Hadrosciurus
Hadrosciurus is a genus of New World tree squirrels known for their arboreal habits and bushy tails, found primarily in Central and South American forests.
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E.
Tortoise
Tortoise is an influential American post-rock band known for its experimental, genre-blending instrumental compositions and pioneering role in the 1990s Chicago music scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| commonName | Asian box turtles ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | many species critically endangered ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| eggLaying | few clutches per year ⓘ |
| family | Geoemydidae ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Cambodia
ⓘ
China ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Laos ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| habitat |
forests
ⓘ
rice paddies ⓘ slow-moving freshwater bodies ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
ability to close shell completely
ⓘ
hinged plastron ⓘ terrestrial or semi-aquatic lifestyle ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Cuora amboinensis
ⓘ
linked to:
Cuora
Cuora aurocapitata ⓘ
linked to:
Cuora
Cuora bourreti ⓘ
linked to:
Cuora
Cuora flavomarginata ⓘ
linked to:
Cuora
Cuora galbinifrons ⓘ
linked to:
Cuora
Cuora mccordi ⓘ Cuora mouhotii ⓘ
linked to:
Cuora
Cuora pani ⓘ
linked to:
Cuora
Cuora picturata ⓘ
linked to:
Cuora
Cuora serrata ⓘ
linked to:
Cuora
Cuora trifasciata ⓘ
linked to:
Cuora
Cuora yunnanensis ⓘ
linked to:
Cuora
Cuora zhoui ⓘ
linked to:
Cuora
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| order | Testudines ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| superfamily | Testudinoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
habitat loss
ⓘ
over-collection for food ⓘ over-collection for pet trade ⓘ traditional medicine trade ⓘ |
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: Cuora Description of subject: Cuora is a genus of Asian box turtles known for their hinged plastrons that allow them to completely close their shells for protection.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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