Felidae
E121884
Felidae is the biological family of cats, encompassing all modern and extinct species of wild and domestic felines such as lions, tigers, leopards, and house cats.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1053988 — 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: Felidae Context triple: [Florida panther, family, Felidae]
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A.
Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae is a family of pig-like hoofed mammals known as peccaries, native to the Americas and adapted to a variety of habitats from deserts to tropical forests.
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B.
Ursidae
Ursidae is the biological family of mammals that includes bears, such as brown bears, polar bears, and black bears, characterized by large bodies, strong limbs, and omnivorous diets.
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C.
Carnivora
Carnivora is a diverse order of primarily meat-eating mammals that includes families such as bears, cats, dogs, weasels, and seals.
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D.
Tragulidae
Tragulidae is a family of small, primitive, deer-like mammals known as chevrotains or mouse deer, found in parts of Africa and Asia.
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E.
Hippotraginae
Hippotraginae is a subfamily of large, grazing African antelopes that includes species such as roan, sable, and oryx.
- 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: Felidae Target entity description: Felidae is the biological family of cats, encompassing all modern and extinct species of wild and domestic felines such as lions, tigers, leopards, and house cats.
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A.
Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae is a family of pig-like hoofed mammals known as peccaries, native to the Americas and adapted to a variety of habitats from deserts to tropical forests.
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B.
Ursidae
Ursidae is the biological family of mammals that includes bears, such as brown bears, polar bears, and black bears, characterized by large bodies, strong limbs, and omnivorous diets.
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C.
Carnivora
Carnivora is a diverse order of primarily meat-eating mammals that includes families such as bears, cats, dogs, weasels, and seals.
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D.
Tragulidae
Tragulidae is a family of small, primitive, deer-like mammals known as chevrotains or mouse deer, found in parts of Africa and Asia.
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E.
Hippotraginae
Hippotraginae is a subfamily of large, grazing African antelopes that includes species such as roan, sable, and oryx.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biological family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
acute night vision
ⓘ
digitigrade locomotion ⓘ flexible bodies and tails ⓘ obligate carnivores ⓘ retractile claws in most species ⓘ specialized carnassial teeth ⓘ well-developed hearing ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
cats
ⓘ
felines ⓘ |
| containsDomesticSpecies | Felis catus ⓘ |
| containsWildSpecies |
Acinonyx jubatus
ⓘ
linked to:
Acinonyx
Panthera leo ⓘ Panthera onca ⓘ Panthera pardus ⓘ Panthera tigris ⓘ |
| describedBy | John Edward Gray ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1821 ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide except Antarctica and some islands ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily |
Felinae
ⓘ
Pantherinae ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Carnivora ⓘ |
| includes |
Acinonyx
ⓘ
Acinonyx jubatus ⓘ
linked to:
Cheetah
Caracal ⓘ Caracal caracal ⓘ Catopuma ⓘ Felis ⓘ Felis catus ⓘ
linked to:
Felis
Felis silvestris ⓘ
linked to:
Felis
Herpailurus ⓘ Leopardus ⓘ Leptailurus serval ⓘ Lynx ⓘ
linked to:
Eurasian lynx
Lynx lynx ⓘ
linked to:
Eurasian lynx
Lynx rufus ⓘ
linked to:
Bobcat
Neofelis ⓘ Neofelis diardi ⓘ
linked to:
Neofelis nebulosa
Neofelis nebulosa ⓘ Otocolobus ⓘ Panthera ⓘ Panthera leo ⓘ Panthera onca ⓘ Panthera pardus ⓘ Panthera tigris ⓘ Panthera uncia ⓘ Prionailurus ⓘ
linked to:
Prionailurus bengalensis
Prionailurus bengalensis ⓘ Prionailurus viverrinus ⓘ
linked to:
fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
Profelis ⓘ
linked to:
Felis
Puma ⓘ Puma concolor ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableBehavior |
ambush predation
ⓘ
territoriality ⓘ vocal communication including meows, roars, and growls ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| suborder | Feliformia ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Felis catus
ⓘ
linked to:
Felis
|
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: Felidae Description of subject: Felidae is the biological family of cats, encompassing all modern and extinct species of wild and domestic felines such as lions, tigers, leopards, and house cats.
Referenced by (71)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Felidae
linked to: Felidae
subject linked to:
Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
subject linked to:
fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)