Chelydridae
E377926
Chelydridae is a family of primarily freshwater turtles best known for the large, aggressive snapping turtles found in the Americas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chelydridae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3653635 — 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: Chelydridae Context triple: [Cryptodira, includesFamily, Chelydridae]
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A.
Ranidae
Ranidae is a large and widespread family of “true frogs,” characterized by their smooth skin, long legs, and strong jumping abilities, and found on every continent except Antarctica.
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B.
Geoemydidae
Geoemydidae is a diverse family of primarily Old World freshwater and semi-aquatic turtles that includes many species of Asian river, pond, and forest turtles.
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C.
Bufonidae
Bufonidae is a large family of true toads, comprising numerous species of warty, terrestrial amphibians found worldwide except in Antarctica.
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D.
Sylviidae
Sylviidae is a family of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as Old World warblers, found across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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E.
Maluridae
Maluridae is a family of small, often brightly colored passerine birds commonly known as fairywrens, grasswrens, and emu-wrens, native primarily to Australia and nearby regions.
- 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: Chelydridae Target entity description: Chelydridae is a family of primarily freshwater turtles best known for the large, aggressive snapping turtles found in the Americas.
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A.
Ranidae
Ranidae is a large and widespread family of “true frogs,” characterized by their smooth skin, long legs, and strong jumping abilities, and found on every continent except Antarctica.
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B.
Geoemydidae
Geoemydidae is a diverse family of primarily Old World freshwater and semi-aquatic turtles that includes many species of Asian river, pond, and forest turtles.
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C.
Bufonidae
Bufonidae is a large family of true toads, comprising numerous species of warty, terrestrial amphibians found worldwide except in Antarctica.
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D.
Sylviidae
Sylviidae is a family of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as Old World warblers, found across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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E.
Maluridae
Maluridae is a family of small, often brightly colored passerine birds commonly known as fairywrens, grasswrens, and emu-wrens, native primarily to Australia and nearby regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
taxon
ⓘ
turtle family ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mostly aquatic ⓘ |
| behavior | ambush predator ⓘ |
| characteristic |
aggressive behavior
ⓘ
large head ⓘ long tail ⓘ powerful jaws ⓘ reduced plastron ⓘ robust limbs ⓘ strongly keeled tail ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| commonName | snapping turtles ⓘ |
| defenseBehavior | powerful bite ⓘ |
| diet |
carnivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
scavenger
ⓘ
top aquatic predator ⓘ |
| eggLayingSite | terrestrial nests ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | John Edward Gray ⓘ |
| firstDescribedInYear | 1831 ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Americas ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
lakes ⓘ marshes ⓘ rivers ⓘ swamps ⓘ |
| hasTemporalRange | present ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Chelydra
ⓘ
Macrochelys ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Chelydra serpentina
ⓘ
linked to:
Chelydra
Macrochelys temminckii ⓘ
linked to:
Macrochelys
|
| order | Testudines ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | modern herpetology ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| shellType | carapace with ridges in juveniles ⓘ |
| suborder | Cryptodira ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| vernacularName | snapping turtle family ⓘ |
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: Chelydridae Description of subject: Chelydridae is a family of primarily freshwater turtles best known for the large, aggressive snapping turtles found in the Americas.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.