Hippopotamidae
E45053
Hippopotamidae is a family of large, mostly herbivorous, semi-aquatic mammals that includes the common hippopotamus and its relatives.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hippopotamidae canonical | 14 |
| Hippopotaminae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T343249 — 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: Hippopotamidae Context triple: [Artiodactyla, includesTaxon, Hippopotamidae]
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A.
Giraffidae
Giraffidae is a family of long-necked, even-toed ungulate mammals that includes giraffes and okapis.
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B.
Suidae
Suidae is the biological family of pigs and their relatives, including domestic pigs, wild boars, and warthogs.
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C.
Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae is a family of pig-like hoofed mammals known as peccaries, native to the Americas and adapted to a variety of habitats from deserts to tropical forests.
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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.
Bovidae
Bovidae is a large family of hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes antelopes, sheep, goats, and cattle, characterized by permanent bony horns and typically complex social 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: Hippopotamidae Target entity description: Hippopotamidae is a family of large, mostly herbivorous, semi-aquatic mammals that includes the common hippopotamus and its relatives.
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A.
Giraffidae
Giraffidae is a family of long-necked, even-toed ungulate mammals that includes giraffes and okapis.
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B.
Suidae
Suidae is the biological family of pigs and their relatives, including domestic pigs, wild boars, and warthogs.
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C.
Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae is a family of pig-like hoofed mammals known as peccaries, native to the Americas and adapted to a variety of habitats from deserts to tropical forests.
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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.
Bovidae
Bovidae is a large family of hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes antelopes, sheep, goats, and cattle, characterized by permanent bony horns and typically complex social behavior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mammal family ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mostly nocturnal foraging ⓘ |
| adaptation | eyes ears and nostrils placed high on head ⓘ |
| ancestralRelation | closest living relatives are cetaceans ⓘ |
| bodyMassRange | hundreds to thousands of kilograms ⓘ |
| clade |
Cetancodonta
ⓘ
Cetancodontamorpha ⓘ
linked to:
Whippomorpha
|
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
hippopotamuses
ⓘ
hippos ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | some species threatened or vulnerable ⓘ |
| describedAs | large mammals ⓘ |
| diet | mostly herbivorous ⓘ |
| economicImpact | conflict with agriculture in some regions ⓘ |
| fossilRecord | well represented in Miocene deposits ⓘ |
| habitat |
lakes
ⓘ
rivers ⓘ swamps ⓘ |
| hasLivingSpeciesCount | 2 ⓘ |
| includesExtinctTaxa | yes ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Choeropsis liberiensis
ⓘ
Hippopotamus amphibius ⓘ
linked to:
Hippopotamus
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | semi-aquatic ⓘ |
| limbStructure | short, pillar-like legs ⓘ |
| locomotion | walk on riverbeds ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Africa ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| respirationAdaptation | nostrils close underwater ⓘ |
| skinSecretion | produce reddish oily secretion ⓘ |
| skinSecretionFunction | acts as sunscreen ⓘ |
| skinType | thick, nearly hairless skin ⓘ |
| socialStructure | often live in groups ⓘ |
| suborder | Whippomorpha ⓘ |
| superfamily | Hippopotamoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| threats |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Hippopotamus ⓘ |
| youngDevelop | nurse on milk ⓘ |
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: Hippopotamidae Description of subject: Hippopotamidae is a family of large, mostly herbivorous, semi-aquatic mammals that includes the common hippopotamus and its relatives.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hippopotamidae