Haplorhini
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Haplorhini is a primate suborder that includes tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by dry noses and generally larger brains relative to body size.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Haplorhini canonical | 18 |
| Haplorrhini | 3 |
| Simiiformes | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1526091 — 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: Haplorhini Context triple: [Pan, suborder, Haplorhini]
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A.
Primates
Primates are a diverse order of mammals that includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians, characterized by large brains, forward-facing eyes, and grasping hands.
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B.
Hominidae
Hominidae is the biological family of great apes that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
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C.
Laurasiatheria
Laurasiatheria is a major clade of placental mammals that includes diverse groups such as hoofed mammals, carnivores, bats, and shrews, thought to have originated on the ancient supercontinent Laurasia.
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D.
Whippomorpha
Whippomorpha is a mammalian clade that includes whales, dolphins, and hippopotamuses, uniting these seemingly disparate animals based on shared evolutionary ancestry.
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E.
Eutheria
Eutheria is a major clade of mammals that includes all placental mammals and their extinct relatives, characterized by prolonged gestation and complex placental development.
- 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: Haplorhini Target entity description: Haplorhini is a primate suborder that includes tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by dry noses and generally larger brains relative to body size.
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A.
Primates
Primates are a diverse order of mammals that includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians, characterized by large brains, forward-facing eyes, and grasping hands.
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B.
Hominidae
Hominidae is the biological family of great apes that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
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C.
Laurasiatheria
Laurasiatheria is a major clade of placental mammals that includes diverse groups such as hoofed mammals, carnivores, bats, and shrews, thought to have originated on the ancient supercontinent Laurasia.
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D.
Whippomorpha
Whippomorpha is a mammalian clade that includes whales, dolphins, and hippopotamuses, uniting these seemingly disparate animals based on shared evolutionary ancestry.
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E.
Eutheria
Eutheria is a major clade of mammals that includes all placental mammals and their extinct relatives, characterized by prolonged gestation and complex placental development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | primate suborder ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
dry nose
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fused upper lip ⓘ hemochorial placenta ⓘ increased reliance on vision ⓘ larger body size on average than strepsirrhines ⓘ larger brain relative to body size ⓘ no rhinarium ⓘ postorbital closure ⓘ reduced reliance on olfaction ⓘ |
| containsClade |
Catarrhini
ⓘ
Cercopithecoidea ⓘ Hominoidea ⓘ Platyrrhini ⓘ
linked to:
New World monkeys
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| contrastsWith | Strepsirrhini ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Strepsirrhini by absence of toothcomb
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Strepsirrhini by lack of grooming claw on most digits ⓘ |
| divergedFrom | Strepsirrhini ⓘ |
| divergenceEra | Paleocene or early Eocene ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Africa
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Asia ⓘ Central America ⓘ South America ⓘ some islands of Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| hasBinomialNomenclatureAuthority | Pocock ⓘ |
| hasExtantSpecies | yes ⓘ |
| hasLivingRepresentative |
Homo sapiens
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Macaca mulatta ⓘ Pan troglodytes ⓘ Tarsius tarsier ⓘ
linked to:
Philippine tarsier
|
| higherClade |
Animalia
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Chordata ⓘ Deuterostomia ⓘ Euarchontoglires ⓘ Eutheria ⓘ Mammalia ⓘ Vertebrata ⓘ |
| includesCommonName |
apes
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humans ⓘ monkeys ⓘ tarsiers ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Simiiformes
ⓘ
Tarsiiformes ⓘ |
| isMonophyletic | yes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Primates ⓘ |
| taxonRank | suborder ⓘ |
| typicalActivityPattern | diurnal in many 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: Haplorhini Description of subject: Haplorhini is a primate suborder that includes tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by dry noses and generally larger brains relative to body size.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Haplorhini
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