Gila monster
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The Gila monster is a large, slow-moving venomous lizard native to the arid regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gila monster canonical | 16 |
| Heloderma suspectum | 3 |
| Gila monsters | 1 |
| The Giant Gila Monster | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T255190 — 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: Gila monster Context triple: [North American deserts, hasFauna, Gila monster]
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A.
Psammobates
Psammobates is a genus of small, terrestrial tortoises native to arid and semi-arid regions of southern Africa.
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B.
Burmese python
The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake native to Southeast Asia that has become a highly destructive invasive species in the Florida Everglades.
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C.
Mojave Desert tortoise
The Mojave Desert tortoise is a long-lived, burrowing land turtle native to the arid regions of the southwestern United States, known for its domed shell, herbivorous diet, and threatened conservation status.
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D.
Kinixys
Kinixys is a genus of African hinge-back tortoises known for the movable hinge on their shells that allows them to partially close the rear portion for protection.
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E.
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.
- 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: Gila monster Target entity description: The Gila monster is a large, slow-moving venomous lizard native to the arid regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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A.
Psammobates
Psammobates is a genus of small, terrestrial tortoises native to arid and semi-arid regions of southern Africa.
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B.
Burmese python
The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake native to Southeast Asia that has become a highly destructive invasive species in the Florida Everglades.
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C.
Mojave Desert tortoise
The Mojave Desert tortoise is a long-lived, burrowing land turtle native to the arid regions of the southwestern United States, known for its domed shell, herbivorous diet, and threatened conservation status.
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D.
Kinixys
Kinixys is a genus of African hinge-back tortoises known for the movable hinge on their shells that allows them to partially close the rear portion for protection.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
species of lizard
ⓘ
venomous lizard ⓘ |
| activityPattern |
crepuscular
ⓘ
diurnal ⓘ |
| behavior | slow-moving ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Heloderma suspectum
ⓘ
linked to:
Gila monster
|
| bodyLength | about 30–60 cm ⓘ |
| bodyMass | about 350–700 g ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| clutchSize | about 2–12 eggs ⓘ |
| coloration | black with pink or orange markings ⓘ |
| commonName | Gila monster ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Near Threatened ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| culturalSignificance | iconic reptile of the American Southwest ⓘ |
| describedBy | Edward Drinker Cope ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1869 ⓘ |
| diet |
birds
ⓘ
eggs ⓘ reptiles ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| family | Helodermatidae ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | opportunistic predator ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Arizona
ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Sinaloa ⓘ Sonora ⓘ Utah ⓘ |
| genus | Heloderma ⓘ |
| habitat |
arroyos
ⓘ
desert scrub ⓘ rocky foothills ⓘ semi-arid regions ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInCaptivity | over 20 years ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | up to about 20 years ⓘ |
| lifestyle | fossorial ⓘ |
| maximumLength | about 56–60 cm ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gila River ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
northwestern Mexico
ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ |
| order | Squamata ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| protectedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| skinType | bead-like scales ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| venomDelivery | grooved teeth in lower jaw ⓘ |
| venomous | true ⓘ |
| venomUse | defense ⓘ |
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: Gila monster Description of subject: The Gila monster is a large, slow-moving venomous lizard native to the arid regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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