Dermochelyidae
E203703
Dermochelyidae is a family of large marine turtles best known for including the leatherback sea turtle, the largest living turtle species.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dermochelyidae canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1771331 — 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: Dermochelyidae Context triple: [Dermochelys coriacea, family, Dermochelyidae]
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A.
Dermochelys
Dermochelys is a genus of large marine turtles best known for including the leatherback sea turtle, the largest living turtle species.
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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.
Cheloniidae
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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D.
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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E.
Chelonia
Chelonia is a genus of sea turtles best known for including the green sea turtle, a large, primarily herbivorous marine reptile found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
- 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: Dermochelyidae Target entity description: Dermochelyidae is a family of large marine turtles best known for including the leatherback sea turtle, the largest living turtle species.
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A.
Dermochelys
Dermochelys is a genus of large marine turtles best known for including the leatherback sea turtle, the largest living turtle species.
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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.
Cheloniidae
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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D.
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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E.
Chelonia
Chelonia is a genus of sea turtles best known for including the green sea turtle, a large, primarily herbivorous marine reptile found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
taxonomic family
ⓘ
turtle family ⓘ |
| bodySizeCharacteristic | large marine turtles ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| commonName | leatherback turtle family ⓘ |
| conservationStatusGeneral | threatened by human activities ⓘ |
| diet | mostly gelatinous zooplankton such as jellyfish ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide oceans ⓘ |
| ectothermyCharacteristic | reptilian family with elevated body temperature relative to water via gigantothermy ⓘ |
| eggLayingSite | sandy beaches ⓘ |
| fossilRecord | known from the Late Cretaceous onward ⓘ |
| habitat | marine ⓘ |
| includesGenus | Dermochelys ⓘ |
| includesTaxon | Dermochelys coriacea ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| limbType | flipper-like forelimbs adapted for open-ocean swimming ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Dermochelys (leatherback turtles)
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linked to:
Dermochelys
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| notableFor |
containing the largest living turtle species
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including the leatherback sea turtle ⓘ |
| order | Testudines ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| shellType | leathery carapace without typical bony scutes ⓘ |
| suborder | Cryptodira ⓘ |
| superfamily | Chelonioidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| threat |
bycatch in fisheries
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coastal habitat loss ⓘ marine pollution ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Dermochelys ⓘ |
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: Dermochelyidae Description of subject: Dermochelyidae is a family of large marine turtles best known for including the leatherback sea turtle, the largest living turtle species.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.