Primates
E32769
biological order
taxon
Primates are a diverse order of mammals that includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians, characterized by large brains, forward-facing eyes, and grasping hands.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Primates canonical | 27 |
| Monos (Monkeys) | 1 |
| Simiiformes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T249946 — 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: Primates Context triple: [Pan troglodytes, order, Primates]
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A.
Hominidae
Hominidae is the biological family of great apes that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
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B.
Carnivora
Carnivora is a diverse order of primarily meat-eating mammals that includes families such as bears, cats, dogs, weasels, and seals.
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C.
Primates’ Meeting
The Primates’ Meeting is a regular gathering of the senior archbishops and presiding bishops of the Anglican Communion to consult on matters of doctrine, policy, and global Anglican affairs.
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D.
Artiodactyla
Artiodactyla is a large order of even-toed hoofed mammals that includes animals such as deer, cattle, pigs, and camels.
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E.
Pan paniscus
Pan paniscus, commonly known as the bonobo, is a great ape species native to the Congo Basin in Central Africa, noted for its matriarchal social structure, high intelligence, and relatively peaceful, cooperative behavior.
- 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: Primates Target entity description: 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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A.
Hominidae
Hominidae is the biological family of great apes that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
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B.
Carnivora
Carnivora is a diverse order of primarily meat-eating mammals that includes families such as bears, cats, dogs, weasels, and seals.
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C.
Primates’ Meeting
The Primates’ Meeting is a regular gathering of the senior archbishops and presiding bishops of the Anglican Communion to consult on matters of doctrine, policy, and global Anglican affairs.
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D.
Artiodactyla
Artiodactyla is a large order of even-toed hoofed mammals that includes animals such as deer, cattle, pigs, and camels.
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E.
Pan paniscus
Pan paniscus, commonly known as the bonobo, is a great ape species native to the Congo Basin in Central Africa, noted for its matriarchal social structure, high intelligence, and relatively peaceful, cooperative behavior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biological order
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taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
enhanced vision and reduced reliance on smell
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extended parental care ⓘ flexible shoulder joints ⓘ forward-facing eyes ⓘ generalized dentition ⓘ grasping hands ⓘ high degree of social behavior ⓘ large brain relative to body size ⓘ nails instead of claws in most species ⓘ opposable thumbs in many species ⓘ stereoscopic vision ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | primates ⓘ |
| diet |
folivorous in some species
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frugivorous in many species ⓘ omnivorous in many species ⓘ |
| evolutionaryOrigin | Late Cretaceous or early Paleocene ⓘ |
| habitat |
forests
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savannas ⓘ subtropical regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Atelidae
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Callitrichidae ⓘ Cebidae ⓘ Cercopithecidae ⓘ Haplorhini ⓘ Hominidae ⓘ Homo sapiens ⓘ Hylobatidae ⓘ Lemuriformes ⓘ Strepsirrhini ⓘ Tarsiiformes ⓘ |
| infraclass | Eutheria ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespan | generally long relative to body size ⓘ |
| locomotion |
arboreal in many species
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bipedal in humans ⓘ quadrupedal in many species ⓘ |
| notableMember |
great apes
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humans ⓘ monkeys ⓘ prosimians ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| scientificName | Primates ⓘ |
| subclass | Theria ⓘ |
| taxonRank | order ⓘ |
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: Primates Description of subject: Primates are a diverse order of mammals that includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians, characterized by large brains, forward-facing eyes, and grasping hands.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Primates
linked to: Primates