Diprotodon
E148672
Diprotodon was a giant prehistoric marsupial, the largest known marsupial to have ever lived, that roamed Australia during the Pleistocene epoch.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diprotodon canonical | 7 |
| Diprotodon optatum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1297419 — 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: Diprotodon Context triple: [Diprotodontia, includesExtinctTaxon, Diprotodon]
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A.
Echidna
Echidna is a monstrous figure in Greek mythology, often called the "Mother of Monsters," who is typically depicted as half-woman and half-serpent.
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B.
Megapodius freycinet
Megapodius freycinet is a species of mound-building bird, commonly known as a scrubfowl, native to forested regions of eastern Indonesia and nearby islands.
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C.
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
The Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat is a burrowing marsupial native to arid regions of southern Australia, known for its compact build, silky fur, and distinctive hairy snout.
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D.
Tasmanian devil
The Tasmanian devil is a carnivorous marsupial native to Tasmania, known for its powerful jaws, loud screeches, and status as the world’s largest surviving marsupial carnivore.
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E.
Burramyidae
Burramyidae is a family of small nocturnal marsupials known as pygmy possums, native to Australia and nearby regions.
- 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: Diprotodon Target entity description: Diprotodon was a giant prehistoric marsupial, the largest known marsupial to have ever lived, that roamed Australia during the Pleistocene epoch.
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A.
Echidna
Echidna is a monstrous figure in Greek mythology, often called the "Mother of Monsters," who is typically depicted as half-woman and half-serpent.
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B.
Megapodius freycinet
Megapodius freycinet is a species of mound-building bird, commonly known as a scrubfowl, native to forested regions of eastern Indonesia and nearby islands.
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C.
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
The Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat is a burrowing marsupial native to arid regions of southern Australia, known for its compact build, silky fur, and distinctive hairy snout.
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D.
Tasmanian devil
The Tasmanian devil is a carnivorous marsupial native to Tasmania, known for its powerful jaws, loud screeches, and status as the world’s largest surviving marsupial carnivore.
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E.
Burramyidae
Burramyidae is a family of small nocturnal marsupials known as pygmy possums, native to Australia and nearby regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extinct genus
ⓘ
marsupial ⓘ megafauna ⓘ |
| bodyLength | about 3 to 4 meters ⓘ |
| bodyMass | up to about 2800 kilograms ⓘ |
| causeOfExtinction |
climate change (hypothesized)
ⓘ
human hunting (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
koalas
ⓘ
linked to:
Phascolarctos cinereus
wombats ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| dentition |
large chisel-like incisors
ⓘ
simple lophodont cheek teeth ⓘ |
| describedBy | Richard Owen ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| family | Diprotodontidae ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Early Pleistocene ⓘ |
| fossilFoundIn |
Lake Callabonna, South Australia
ⓘ
New South Wales, Australia ⓘ
linked to:
New South Wales
Queensland, Australia ⓘ
linked to:
Queensland
Tasmania ⓘ Western Australia ⓘ |
| fossilType |
skeletons
ⓘ
skulls ⓘ trackways ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Quaternary ⓘ |
| heightAtShoulder | about 2 meters ⓘ |
| infraclass | Marsupialia ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| largestKnown | marsupial ⓘ |
| lastAppearance | Late Pleistocene ⓘ |
| livedIn |
grasslands
ⓘ
open woodlands ⓘ semi-arid environments ⓘ |
| locomotion | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | two forward teeth ⓘ |
| nativeRange | mainland Australia ⓘ |
| order | Diprotodontia ⓘ |
| partOf | Australian Pleistocene megafauna ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| popularCultureRole | sometimes called a giant wombat ⓘ |
| reproduction | pouched mammal ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Pleistocene
ⓘ
linked to:
Pleistocene epoch
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| trophicLevel | primary consumer ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1838 ⓘ |
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: Diprotodon Description of subject: Diprotodon was a giant prehistoric marsupial, the largest known marsupial to have ever lived, that roamed Australia during the Pleistocene epoch.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.