Hypsiprymnodontidae
E147873
Hypsiprymnodontidae is a family of small, primitive marsupials known as musky rat-kangaroos, native to the rainforests of northeastern Australia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hypsiprymnodontidae canonical | 4 |
| Hypsiprymnodon | 2 |
| Hypsiprymnodon moschatus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1297404 — 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: Hypsiprymnodontidae Context triple: [Diprotodontia, includesFamily, Hypsiprymnodontidae]
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A.
Lipotes
Lipotes is a genus of freshwater river dolphins best known for the baiji, a critically endangered or possibly extinct species once native to China’s Yangtze River.
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B.
Cryptodira
Cryptodira is a major suborder of turtles characterized by their ability to retract the head straight back into the shell by bending the neck in a vertical S-shaped curve.
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C.
Sciurillinae
Sciurillinae is a small subfamily of squirrels that includes some of the tiniest and most primitive tree-dwelling squirrel species found in South America.
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D.
Reduncinae
Reduncinae is a subfamily of African antelopes within the Bovidae family, including species such as reedbucks, kobs, and waterbucks that are typically associated with wetland and grassland habitats.
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E.
Falacrinae
Falacrinae was a small ancient village in central Italy, best known as the birthplace of the Roman emperor Vespasian.
- 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: Hypsiprymnodontidae Target entity description: Hypsiprymnodontidae is a family of small, primitive marsupials known as musky rat-kangaroos, native to the rainforests of northeastern Australia.
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A.
Lipotes
Lipotes is a genus of freshwater river dolphins best known for the baiji, a critically endangered or possibly extinct species once native to China’s Yangtze River.
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B.
Cryptodira
Cryptodira is a major suborder of turtles characterized by their ability to retract the head straight back into the shell by bending the neck in a vertical S-shaped curve.
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C.
Sciurillinae
Sciurillinae is a small subfamily of squirrels that includes some of the tiniest and most primitive tree-dwelling squirrel species found in South America.
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D.
Reduncinae
Reduncinae is a subfamily of African antelopes within the Bovidae family, including species such as reedbucks, kobs, and waterbucks that are typically associated with wetland and grassland habitats.
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E.
Falacrinae
Falacrinae was a small ancient village in central Italy, best known as the birthplace of the Roman emperor Vespasian.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
musky odor
ⓘ
primitive macropodiform features ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | musky rat-kangaroos ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | habitat loss in rainforest regions ⓘ |
| containsTaxon | Hypsiprymnodon moschatus ⓘ |
| diet |
frugivorous
ⓘ
insectivorous ⓘ omnivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy |
more generalized dentition
ⓘ
retention of primitive ankle morphology ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Macropodidae ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
invertebrate predator
ⓘ
seed disperser ⓘ |
| endemicTo |
Australia
ⓘ
northeastern Queensland ⓘ
linked to:
North Queensland
|
| firstDescribedBy | Oldfield Thomas ⓘ |
| habitat |
rainforest
ⓘ
tropical forest floor ⓘ |
| higherTaxon |
Macropodoidea
ⓘ
linked to:
Macropodiformes
|
| infraclass | Marsupialia ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
quadrupedal
ⓘ
terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Queensland rainforests
ⓘ
linked to:
Wet Tropics of Queensland
northeastern Australia ⓘ |
| order | Diprotodontia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | marsupial ⓘ |
| suborder | Macropodiformes ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus |
Hypsiprymnodon
ⓘ
linked to:
Hypsiprymnodontidae
|
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: Hypsiprymnodontidae Description of subject: Hypsiprymnodontidae is a family of small, primitive marsupials known as musky rat-kangaroos, native to the rainforests of northeastern Australia.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hypsiprymnodontidae
linked to: Hypsiprymnodontidae
linked to: Hypsiprymnodontidae