Hydropotinae
E38251
Hydropotinae is an extinct subfamily of deer within the family Cervidae, known from fossil evidence rather than living species.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hydropotinae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T298132 — 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: Hydropotinae Context triple: [Cervidae, hasExtinctSubfamily, Hydropotinae]
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A.
Mimidae
Mimidae is a family of passerine birds known for their vocal mimicry, including mockingbirds, thrashers, and catbirds.
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B.
Odontophoridae
Odontophoridae is a family of New World quails, small ground-dwelling game birds known for their rounded bodies, short tails, and often elaborate head plumes.
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C.
Osphranter rufus
Osphranter rufus is the red kangaroo, the largest living marsupial native to Australia’s arid and semi-arid regions.
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D.
Oreortyx
Oreortyx is a small genus of New World quails best known for the mountain quail, a ground-dwelling game bird native to western North America.
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E.
Formicidae
Formicidae is the biological family comprising all ant species, known for their complex social organization and widespread ecological impact.
- 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: Hydropotinae Target entity description: Hydropotinae is an extinct subfamily of deer within the family Cervidae, known from fossil evidence rather than living species.
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A.
Mimidae
Mimidae is a family of passerine birds known for their vocal mimicry, including mockingbirds, thrashers, and catbirds.
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B.
Odontophoridae
Odontophoridae is a family of New World quails, small ground-dwelling game birds known for their rounded bodies, short tails, and often elaborate head plumes.
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C.
Osphranter rufus
Osphranter rufus is the red kangaroo, the largest living marsupial native to Australia’s arid and semi-arid regions.
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D.
Oreortyx
Oreortyx is a small genus of New World quails best known for the mountain quail, a ground-dwelling game bird native to western North America.
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E.
Formicidae
Formicidae is the biological family comprising all ant species, known for their complex social organization and widespread ecological impact.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extinct taxon
ⓘ
subfamily ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | deer ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy | absence of extant species ⓘ |
| evidenceType | paleontological evidence ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| family | Cervidae ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | hydropotine deer ⓘ |
| hasLivingSpecies | no ⓘ |
| hasScientificName | Hydropotinae ⓘ |
| includedIn | Cervidae classification ⓘ |
| isA | group of extinct deer ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| knownFrom | fossil record ⓘ |
| memberOf | Cervidae ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Cervidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hydropotes
ⓘ
linked to:
Hydropotes inermis
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| subfamilyOf | Cervidae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subfamily ⓘ |
| typeOf | cervid subfamily ⓘ |
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: Hydropotinae Description of subject: Hydropotinae is an extinct subfamily of deer within the family Cervidae, known from fossil evidence rather than living species.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.