Iomys
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Iomys is a genus of flying squirrels known for their gliding adaptations and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Southeast Asian forests.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iomys canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1931442 — 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: Iomys Context triple: [Callosciurinae, includesTaxon, Iomys]
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A.
Myus
Myus was an ancient Greek city of Ionia located near the mouth of the Maeander River in western Anatolia.
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B.
Mykelti
Mykelti is the distinctive given name of American actor Mykelti Williamson, known for roles in films like "Forrest Gump" and various television series.
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C.
Hyllus
Hyllus is a figure in Greek mythology known as the son of Heracles and Deianira, often associated with the Dorian invasion and the Heracleidae.
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D.
Myaso
Myaso is a colloquial nickname used by fans and rivals to refer to the Russian football club Spartak Moscow, reflecting its historical association with the meat industry.
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E.
Myal
Myal is an Afro-Caribbean spiritual tradition originating among enslaved Africans in Jamaica, characterized by spirit possession, healing rituals, and resistance to oppression.
- 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: Iomys Target entity description: Iomys is a genus of flying squirrels known for their gliding adaptations and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Southeast Asian forests.
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A.
Myus
Myus was an ancient Greek city of Ionia located near the mouth of the Maeander River in western Anatolia.
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B.
Mykelti
Mykelti is the distinctive given name of American actor Mykelti Williamson, known for roles in films like "Forrest Gump" and various television series.
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C.
Hyllus
Hyllus is a figure in Greek mythology known as the son of Heracles and Deianira, often associated with the Dorian invasion and the Heracleidae.
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D.
Myaso
Myaso is a colloquial nickname used by fans and rivals to refer to the Russian football club Spartak Moscow, reflecting its historical association with the meat industry.
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E.
Myal
Myal is an Afro-Caribbean spiritual tradition originating among enslaved Africans in Jamaica, characterized by spirit possession, healing rituals, and resistance to oppression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Sciurinae ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
Iomys
ⓘ
Javanese flying squirrel ⓘ |
| diet |
frugivorous
ⓘ
herbivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | seed disperser ⓘ |
| family | Sciuridae ⓘ |
| foundInBiome | tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| foundInContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| habitat |
arboreal habitat
ⓘ
subtropical forests ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
gliding membrane
ⓘ
patagium ⓘ |
| hasFur | true ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Iomys horsfieldii
ⓘ
Iomys sipora ⓘ |
| hasVertebralColumn | true ⓘ |
| isFlyingSquirrelGenus | true ⓘ |
| isWarmBlooded | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle |
arboreal
ⓘ
nocturnal ⓘ |
| locomotion | gliding ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Java ⓘ Mentawai Islands ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Sumatra ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Iomys
ⓘ
Iomys ⓘ Pteromyini ⓘ Sciuridae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ species ⓘ |
| tribe | Pteromyini ⓘ |
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: Iomys Description of subject: Iomys is a genus of flying squirrels known for their gliding adaptations and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Southeast Asian forests.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.