Cheloniidae
E197316
Cheloniidae is a family of hard-shelled sea turtles that includes several widely distributed marine species found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cheloniidae canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1749839 — 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: Cheloniidae Context triple: [Chelonia mydas, family, Cheloniidae]
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A.
Chelonia mydas
Chelonia mydas, commonly known as the green sea turtle, is a large, primarily herbivorous marine turtle found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
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B.
Dermochelys coriacea
Dermochelys coriacea, commonly known as the leatherback sea turtle, is the largest living turtle species and a highly migratory marine reptile found in oceans worldwide.
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C.
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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D.
Leatherback
Leatherback is a massive, gorilla-like Category IV kaiju from the film "Pacific Rim," known for its brute strength and electromagnetic pulse abilities in battle against Jaegers.
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E.
Testudinidae
Testudinidae is a family of land-dwelling tortoises known for their domed shells, sturdy limbs, and adaptation to terrestrial habitats across many regions of the world.
- 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: Cheloniidae Target entity description: Cheloniidae is a family of hard-shelled sea turtles that includes several widely distributed marine species found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
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A.
Chelonia mydas
Chelonia mydas, commonly known as the green sea turtle, is a large, primarily herbivorous marine turtle found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
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B.
Dermochelys coriacea
Dermochelys coriacea, commonly known as the leatherback sea turtle, is the largest living turtle species and a highly migratory marine reptile found in oceans worldwide.
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C.
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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D.
Leatherback
Leatherback is a massive, gorilla-like Category IV kaiju from the film "Pacific Rim," known for its brute strength and electromagnetic pulse abilities in battle against Jaegers.
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E.
Testudinidae
Testudinidae is a family of land-dwelling tortoises known for their domed shells, sturdy limbs, and adaptation to terrestrial habitats across many regions of the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
group of sea turtles
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taxonomic family ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| commonName | hard-shelled sea turtles ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | many species threatened ⓘ |
| describedBy | John Edward Gray ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1825 ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| differentiatedFrom | Dermochelyidae ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature |
lack of extensive leathery carapace
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scute-covered hard shell ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
contributors to marine nutrient cycling
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large marine herbivores and predators ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Atlantic Ocean
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Indian Ocean ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal waters
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open ocean ⓘ subtropical oceans ⓘ tropical oceans ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
air-breathing
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hard-shelled ⓘ marine ⓘ oviparous ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Caretta caretta
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Chelonia agassizii ⓘ
linked to:
Chelonia mydas
Chelonia mydas ⓘ Eretmochelys imbricata ⓘ Eretmochelys imbricata bissa ⓘ Lepidochelys kempii ⓘ Lepidochelys olivacea ⓘ Natator depressus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming with forelimb flippers ⓘ |
| order | Testudines ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying on sandy beaches ⓘ |
| shellType | bony carapace covered with scutes ⓘ |
| suborder | Cryptodira ⓘ |
| superfamily | Chelonioidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| threat |
bycatch in fisheries
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climate change ⓘ habitat loss of nesting beaches ⓘ marine pollution ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Chelonia ⓘ |
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: Cheloniidae Description of subject: Cheloniidae is a family of hard-shelled sea turtles that includes several widely distributed marine species found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.