Notochelys
E1034203
Notochelys is a genus of freshwater turtles within the family Geoemydidae, native to Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Notochelys canonical | 2 |
| Notochelys platynota | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13286667 — 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: Notochelys Context triple: [Geoemydidae, containsTaxon, Notochelys]
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A.
Melanochelys
Melanochelys is a genus of Asian freshwater turtles in the family Geoemydidae, commonly known as black or dark pond turtles.
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B.
Stigmochelys
Stigmochelys is a genus of tortoises best known for the leopard tortoise, a large, high-domed species native to the savannas of eastern and southern Africa.
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C.
Geochelone
Geochelone is a genus of large terrestrial tortoises that includes several well-known species native to parts of Africa and Asia.
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D.
Dermochelys
Dermochelys is a genus of large marine turtles best known for including the leatherback sea turtle, the largest living turtle species.
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E.
Eretmochelys imbricata
Eretmochelys imbricata, commonly known as the hawksbill sea turtle, is a critically endangered marine turtle species recognized for its narrow, pointed beak and beautifully patterned shell.
- 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: Notochelys Target entity description: Notochelys is a genus of freshwater turtles within the family Geoemydidae, native to Southeast Asia.
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A.
Melanochelys
Melanochelys is a genus of Asian freshwater turtles in the family Geoemydidae, commonly known as black or dark pond turtles.
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B.
Stigmochelys
Stigmochelys is a genus of tortoises best known for the leopard tortoise, a large, high-domed species native to the savannas of eastern and southern Africa.
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C.
Geochelone
Geochelone is a genus of large terrestrial tortoises that includes several well-known species native to parts of Africa and Asia.
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D.
Dermochelys
Dermochelys is a genus of large marine turtles best known for including the leatherback sea turtle, the largest living turtle species.
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E.
Eretmochelys imbricata
Eretmochelys imbricata, commonly known as the hawksbill sea turtle, is a critically endangered marine turtle species recognized for its narrow, pointed beak and beautifully patterned shell.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Geoemydidae ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| commonName | Malayan flat-shelled turtle ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Thailand ⓘ |
| family |
Geoemydidae
ⓘ
Geoemydidae ⓘ |
| genus | Notochelys ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Notochelys platynota
ⓘ
linked to:
Notochelys
|
| isA | freshwater turtle genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Southeast Asia
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| order | Testudines ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Geoemydinae
ⓘ
linked to:
Geoemydidae
|
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ |
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: Notochelys Description of subject: Notochelys is a genus of freshwater turtles within the family Geoemydidae, native to Southeast Asia.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.