Marmotini
E40002
Marmotini is a tribe of ground-dwelling squirrels that includes marmots, prairie dogs, and related genera found across the Northern Hemisphere.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marmotini canonical | 10 |
| Olympic marmot | 1 |
| Tamias | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T298340 — 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: Marmotini Context triple: [Xerospermophilus, parentTaxon, Marmotini]
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A.
Hydropotes inermis
Hydropotes inermis, commonly known as the water deer, is a small East Asian deer species notable for its lack of antlers and prominent tusk-like canine teeth.
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B.
The Beaver
The Beaver is a 2011 drama film starring Mel Gibson as a depressed man who begins communicating through a beaver hand puppet, directed by Jodie Foster.
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C.
Mouton
Mouton is an academic publishing house known for its influential works in linguistics and related fields.
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D.
Wydler
Wydler is a surname most notably associated with American politician John W. Wydler, who served as a U.S. Representative from New York.
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E.
Poike
Poike is one of the three main extinct volcanic cones that form the triangular shape of Easter Island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.
- 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: Marmotini Target entity description: Marmotini is a tribe of ground-dwelling squirrels that includes marmots, prairie dogs, and related genera found across the Northern Hemisphere.
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A.
Hydropotes inermis
Hydropotes inermis, commonly known as the water deer, is a small East Asian deer species notable for its lack of antlers and prominent tusk-like canine teeth.
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B.
The Beaver
The Beaver is a 2011 drama film starring Mel Gibson as a depressed man who begins communicating through a beaver hand puppet, directed by Jodie Foster.
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C.
Mouton
Mouton is an academic publishing house known for its influential works in linguistics and related fields.
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D.
Wydler
Wydler is a surname most notably associated with American politician John W. Wydler, who served as a U.S. Representative from New York.
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E.
Poike
Poike is one of the three main extinct volcanic cones that form the triangular shape of Easter Island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
taxon
ⓘ
tribe ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | marmots and allies ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Cynomys ludovicianus
ⓘ
linked to:
Cynomys
Marmota marmota ⓘ Marmota monax ⓘ Spermophilus citellus ⓘ
linked to:
Spermophilus
|
| describedAs | tribe of ground-dwelling squirrels ⓘ |
| diet |
herbivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Eurasia
ⓘ
North America ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| ecologicalNiche | ground-dwelling squirrels ⓘ |
| family | Sciuridae ⓘ |
| habitat | terrestrial ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
burrowing behavior
ⓘ
diurnal activity ⓘ hibernation in many species ⓘ social behavior in many species ⓘ |
| hasMemberType |
ground squirrel
ⓘ
marmot ⓘ prairie dog ⓘ |
| includesCommonName |
ground squirrels
ⓘ
marmots ⓘ prairie dogs ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Ammospermophilus
ⓘ
Callospermophilus ⓘ Cynomys ⓘ Eutamias sibiricus ⓘ
linked to:
Eutamias
Ictidomys ⓘ
linked to:
Otospermophilus
Marmota ⓘ Notocitellus ⓘ Otospermophilus ⓘ Poliocitellus ⓘ Spermophilus ⓘ Urocitellus ⓘ Xerospermophilus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Sciuridae
ⓘ
Sciurinae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| subfamily | Sciurinae ⓘ |
| superfamily | Sciuroidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | tribe ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Marmotini Description of subject: Marmotini is a tribe of ground-dwelling squirrels that includes marmots, prairie dogs, and related genera found across the Northern Hemisphere.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.