Pilosa
E721104
Pilosa is an order of placental mammals that includes sloths and anteaters, characterized by specialized limbs and diets adapted for arboreal living and insectivory.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8255569 — 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: Pilosa Context triple: [Xenarthra, containsTaxon, Pilosa]
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A.
Tubulidentata
Tubulidentata is an order of African mammals best known for the aardvark, characterized by specialized tubular teeth and adaptations for feeding on ants and termites.
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B.
Hyemoschus
Hyemoschus is a genus of small, primitive ruminant mammals commonly known as African chevrotains or mouse-deer, found in the forests of central and western Africa.
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C.
Proboscidea
Proboscidea is a mammalian order that includes elephants and their extinct relatives, characterized by trunks and large tusks.
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D.
Tapiridae
Tapiridae is the biological family of large, herbivorous, odd-toed ungulates known as tapirs, characterized by their short prehensile snouts and semi-aquatic habits in Central and South America and Southeast Asia.
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E.
Kogiidae
Kogiidae is a family of small toothed whales that includes the pygmy and dwarf sperm whales, known for their deep-diving behavior and resemblance to the larger sperm whale.
- 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: Pilosa Target entity description: Pilosa is an order of placental mammals that includes sloths and anteaters, characterized by specialized limbs and diets adapted for arboreal living and insectivory.
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A.
Tubulidentata
Tubulidentata is an order of African mammals best known for the aardvark, characterized by specialized tubular teeth and adaptations for feeding on ants and termites.
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B.
Hyemoschus
Hyemoschus is a genus of small, primitive ruminant mammals commonly known as African chevrotains or mouse-deer, found in the forests of central and western Africa.
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C.
Proboscidea
Proboscidea is a mammalian order that includes elephants and their extinct relatives, characterized by trunks and large tusks.
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D.
Tapiridae
Tapiridae is the biological family of large, herbivorous, odd-toed ungulates known as tapirs, characterized by their short prehensile snouts and semi-aquatic habits in Central and South America and Southeast Asia.
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E.
Kogiidae
Kogiidae is a family of small toothed whales that includes the pygmy and dwarf sperm whales, known for their deep-diving behavior and resemblance to the larger sperm whale.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
order of mammals
ⓘ
taxonomic rank ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Xenarthra ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonNameIncludes |
anteaters
ⓘ
sloths ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | some species threatened or endangered ⓘ |
| containsSuborder |
Folivora
ⓘ
linked to:
Pilosa
Vermilingua ⓘ |
| dietIncludes |
ants
ⓘ
insects ⓘ leaves ⓘ termites ⓘ |
| evolutionaryFeature | xenarthrous vertebral joints ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Central America
ⓘ
South America ⓘ parts of North America (historically and marginally) ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
adaptations for arboreal living
ⓘ
adaptations for insectivory ⓘ elongated claws in many species ⓘ elongated snout in many anteaters ⓘ long tongue in many anteaters ⓘ low metabolic rate in many species ⓘ reduced dentition in many species ⓘ specialized limbs ⓘ |
| hasExtantMembers | yes ⓘ |
| hasFossilRecord | yes ⓘ |
| includes |
anteaters
ⓘ
sloths ⓘ |
| infraclass | Eutheria ⓘ |
| isA | order of placental mammals ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotionIncludes |
arboreal climbing
ⓘ
suspensory hanging in many sloths ⓘ terrestrial walking in many anteaters ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Cingulata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
placental
ⓘ
viviparous ⓘ |
| scientificNameAuthorship | established in modern taxonomy of Xenarthra ⓘ |
| subclass | Theria ⓘ |
| superorder | Xenarthra ⓘ |
| taxonRank | order ⓘ |
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: Pilosa Description of subject: Pilosa is an order of placental mammals that includes sloths and anteaters, characterized by specialized limbs and diets adapted for arboreal living and insectivory.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pilosa
linked to: Pilosa