New World monkeys
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New World monkeys are a diverse group of primates native to Central and South America, distinguished by features such as prehensile tails in many species, side-facing nostrils, and an exclusively arboreal lifestyle.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Platyrrhini | 16 |
| New World monkeys canonical | 7 |
| Monos (Monkeys) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2717360 — 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: New World monkeys Context triple: [Neotropical realm, faunaCharacteristic, New World monkeys]
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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.
Haplorhini
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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C.
Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae is the family of Old World monkeys, a diverse group of primates native to Africa and Asia that includes baboons, macaques, and colobus monkeys.
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D.
Catarrhini
Catarrhini is a parvorder of primates that includes Old World monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by downward-facing nostrils and generally larger body sizes.
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E.
Bale monkey
The Bale monkey is a primate species endemic to Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains, known for its specialized bamboo forest habitat and limited geographic range.
- 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: New World monkeys Target entity description: New World monkeys are a diverse group of primates native to Central and South America, distinguished by features such as prehensile tails in many species, side-facing nostrils, and an exclusively arboreal lifestyle.
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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.
Haplorhini
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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C.
Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae is the family of Old World monkeys, a diverse group of primates native to Africa and Asia that includes baboons, macaques, and colobus monkeys.
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D.
Catarrhini
Catarrhini is a parvorder of primates that includes Old World monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by downward-facing nostrils and generally larger body sizes.
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E.
Bale monkey
The Bale monkey is a primate species endemic to Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains, known for its specialized bamboo forest habitat and limited geographic range.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
group of primates
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parvorder ⓘ |
| approximateDivergenceTime | 35–40 million years ago ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | New World monkeys ⓘ |
| diet |
frugivorous
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insectivorous ⓘ omnivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Old World monkeys ⓘ |
| evolutionaryDivergenceFrom | Catarrhini ⓘ |
| exampleSpecies |
capuchin monkey
ⓘ
common marmoset ⓘ golden lion tamarin ⓘ howler monkey ⓘ night monkey ⓘ saki monkey ⓘ spider monkey ⓘ squirrel monkey ⓘ titi monkey ⓘ woolly monkey ⓘ |
| geologicalOrigin | South America ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
broad nasal septum
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color vision in many species ⓘ diurnal activity in most species ⓘ long tails ⓘ often prehensile tail ⓘ side-facing nostrils ⓘ small to medium body size ⓘ |
| includesFamily |
Aotidae
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Atelidae ⓘ Callitrichidae ⓘ Cebidae ⓘ Pitheciidae ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | arboreal ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central America
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South America ⓘ southern Mexico ⓘ |
| noseType | platyrrhine ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
live birth
ⓘ
placental mammals ⓘ |
| scientificName |
Platyrrhini
ⓘ
linked to:
New World monkeys
|
| sisterGroup | Catarrhini ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
complex social behavior
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group-living ⓘ |
| suborder | Haplorhini ⓘ |
| taxonRank | parvorder ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
subtropical forests
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tropical forests ⓘ |
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: New World monkeys Description of subject: New World monkeys are a diverse group of primates native to Central and South America, distinguished by features such as prehensile tails in many species, side-facing nostrils, and an exclusively arboreal lifestyle.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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