Ochotonidae
E721112
Ochotonidae is the mammal family comprising pikas, small herbivorous lagomorphs adapted to cold, rocky habitats in Eurasia and North America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ochotonidae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8255652 — 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: Ochotonidae Context triple: [Lagomorpha, hasLivingFamily, Ochotonidae]
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A.
Aplodontiidae
Aplodontiidae is a family of primitive rodents best known for the mountain beaver, a burrowing species native to the Pacific Northwest of North America.
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B.
Momotidae
Momotidae is a family of colorful, medium-sized Neotropical birds known as motmots, characterized by their long, often racket-tipped tails and insectivorous habits.
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C.
Lipotidae
Lipotidae is the biological family that includes the baiji, an extinct species of freshwater river dolphin once native to China’s Yangtze River.
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D.
Iniidae
Iniidae is a family of river dolphins found in South American freshwater systems, including the Amazon and Orinoco river basins.
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E.
Oreamnos
Oreamnos is a genus of North American mountain goats known for their thick white coats and exceptional climbing ability on steep, rocky terrain.
- 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: Ochotonidae Target entity description: Ochotonidae is the mammal family comprising pikas, small herbivorous lagomorphs adapted to cold, rocky habitats in Eurasia and North America.
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A.
Aplodontiidae
Aplodontiidae is a family of primitive rodents best known for the mountain beaver, a burrowing species native to the Pacific Northwest of North America.
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B.
Momotidae
Momotidae is a family of colorful, medium-sized Neotropical birds known as motmots, characterized by their long, often racket-tipped tails and insectivorous habits.
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C.
Lipotidae
Lipotidae is the biological family that includes the baiji, an extinct species of freshwater river dolphin once native to China’s Yangtze River.
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D.
Iniidae
Iniidae is a family of river dolphins found in South American freshwater systems, including the Amazon and Orinoco river basins.
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E.
Oreamnos
Oreamnos is a genus of North American mountain goats known for their thick white coats and exceptional climbing ability on steep, rocky terrain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mammal family ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | lagomorphs ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | pikas ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | some species threatened by climate change ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Leporidae ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Oligocene ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior | collects and stores vegetation ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
no visible tail
ⓘ
short limbs ⓘ short rounded ears ⓘ small body size ⓘ vocal alarm calls ⓘ |
| hasDentalFormulaCharacteristic | two pairs of upper incisors ⓘ |
| hasMemberCount |
about 30 extant species
ⓘ
one extant genus ⓘ |
| includes | Ochotona ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Eurasia
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| order | Lagomorpha ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | gives birth to altricial young ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | often lives in colonies ⓘ |
| suborder | Ochotonina ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| thermoregulationAdaptation | adapted to cold climates ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Ochotona ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
cold habitats
ⓘ
rocky habitats ⓘ |
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: Ochotonidae Description of subject: Ochotonidae is the mammal family comprising pikas, small herbivorous lagomorphs adapted to cold, rocky habitats in Eurasia and North America.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.