Equidae
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Equidae is the biological family of odd-toed ungulate mammals that includes horses, donkeys, and zebras.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Equidae canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2380649 — 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: Equidae Context triple: [Perissodactyla, hasMember, Equidae]
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Camelidae
Camelidae is the biological family of large, even-toed ungulates that includes camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos, adapted to arid and high-altitude environments.
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B.
Perissodactyla
Perissodactyla is an order of odd-toed hoofed mammals that includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs, characterized by weight-bearing on one or three toes and a hindgut-fermenting digestive system.
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C.
Bovidae
Bovidae is a large family of hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes antelopes, sheep, goats, and cattle, characterized by permanent bony horns and typically complex social behavior.
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D.
Bovinae
Bovinae is a subfamily of large hoofed mammals that includes cattle, bison, buffalo, and related species commonly known as bovines.
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E.
Giraffidae
Giraffidae is a family of long-necked, even-toed ungulate mammals that includes giraffes and okapis.
- 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: Equidae Target entity description: Equidae is the biological family of odd-toed ungulate mammals that includes horses, donkeys, and zebras.
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A.
Camelidae
Camelidae is the biological family of large, even-toed ungulates that includes camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos, adapted to arid and high-altitude environments.
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B.
Perissodactyla
Perissodactyla is an order of odd-toed hoofed mammals that includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs, characterized by weight-bearing on one or three toes and a hindgut-fermenting digestive system.
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C.
Bovidae
Bovidae is a large family of hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes antelopes, sheep, goats, and cattle, characterized by permanent bony horns and typically complex social behavior.
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D.
Bovinae
Bovinae is a subfamily of large hoofed mammals that includes cattle, bison, buffalo, and related species commonly known as bovines.
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E.
Giraffidae
Giraffidae is a family of long-necked, even-toed ungulate mammals that includes giraffes and okapis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biological family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
elongated limbs adapted for running
ⓘ
herbivorous diet ⓘ high-crowned teeth adapted for grazing ⓘ single functional toe on each foot in modern species ⓘ social behavior with herd structures ⓘ |
| chromosomeNumberRange | varies by species (e.g., 2n=64 in horses, 2n=62 in donkeys) ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | equids ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | some wild species and subspecies are threatened or endangered ⓘ |
| containsExtantGenera | Equus ⓘ |
| containsExtinctGenera |
Hyracotherium
ⓘ
Merychippus ⓘ Mesohippus ⓘ Pliohippus ⓘ |
| describedAs | odd-toed ungulates ⓘ |
| dietType | grazer ⓘ |
| domesticatedMembers |
donkey
ⓘ
horse ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | large herbivore ⓘ |
| evolutionaryOrigin |
Eocene epoch
ⓘ
linked to:
Eocene
|
| fossilRecord | well documented in North America ⓘ |
| hybridOffspring |
hinny
ⓘ
mule ⓘ zonkey ⓘ zorse ⓘ |
| includes |
donkey
ⓘ
horse ⓘ zebra ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | cursorial ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Africa
ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ North America (historically) ⓘ
linked to:
North America
|
| order | Perissodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reintroducedRange | North America (modern feral horses and donkeys) ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | viviparous ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Equus ⓘ |
| typicalGestationPeriod | approximately 11 to 13 months ⓘ |
| usedByHumansFor |
agricultural work
ⓘ
meat production ⓘ milk production ⓘ recreation and sport ⓘ transportation ⓘ |
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: Equidae Description of subject: Equidae is the biological family of odd-toed ungulate mammals that includes horses, donkeys, and zebras.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.