Cyclemys
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Cyclemys is a genus of freshwater Asian leaf turtles known for their domed shells and semi-aquatic habits.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cyclemys canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13286660 — 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: Cyclemys Context triple: [Geoemydidae, containsTaxon, Cyclemys]
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A.
Neenchelys
Neenchelys is a genus of slender, burrowing eels in the family Moringuidae, commonly known as spaghetti or worm eels, found in tropical and subtropical marine waters.
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B.
Pelophylax
Pelophylax is a genus of true frogs commonly known as water or green frogs, widely distributed across Europe, Asia, and parts of North Africa.
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C.
Bathmocercus
Bathmocercus is a small genus of African warblers known for their skulking behavior in dense undergrowth and distinctive vocalizations.
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D.
Gymnomystax
Gymnomystax is a small genus of New World blackbirds known for its association with marshy and aquatic habitats in South America.
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E.
Capnoides
Capnoides is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order Papaverales, known for delicate, often tubular flowers and typically found in temperate regions.
- 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: Cyclemys Target entity description: Cyclemys is a genus of freshwater Asian leaf turtles known for their domed shells and semi-aquatic habits.
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A.
Neenchelys
Neenchelys is a genus of slender, burrowing eels in the family Moringuidae, commonly known as spaghetti or worm eels, found in tropical and subtropical marine waters.
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B.
Pelophylax
Pelophylax is a genus of true frogs commonly known as water or green frogs, widely distributed across Europe, Asia, and parts of North Africa.
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C.
Bathmocercus
Bathmocercus is a small genus of African warblers known for their skulking behavior in dense undergrowth and distinctive vocalizations.
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D.
Gymnomystax
Gymnomystax is a small genus of New World blackbirds known for its association with marshy and aquatic habitats in South America.
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E.
Capnoides
Capnoides is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order Papaverales, known for delicate, often tubular flowers and typically found in temperate regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mostly crepuscular ⓘ |
| bodySize | small to medium-sized turtles ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName | Asian leaf turtles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationConcern |
many species are threatened by collection for the pet trade
ⓘ
many species are threatened by habitat loss ⓘ |
| describedBy | Leopold Fitzinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1835 ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
aquatic invertebrate predator
ⓘ
scavenger ⓘ seed disperser ⓘ |
| family | Geoemydidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
ponds ⓘ streams ⓘ swamps ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Cyclemys atripons
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cyclemys dentata NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyclemys enigmatica NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyclemys fusca NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyclemys gemeli NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyclemys oldhamii NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyclemys pulchristriata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | semi-aquatic ⓘ |
| microhabitat |
heavily vegetated water bodies
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shallow, slow-moving waters ⓘ |
| notableFeature | plastron coloration changes with age in some species ⓘ |
| order | Testudines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| region | Indomalayan realm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| shellPattern | leaf-like pattern ⓘ |
| shellShape | domed ⓘ |
| superfamily | Testudinoidea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| threat |
illegal wildlife trade
ⓘ
overexploitation for food ⓘ wetland degradation ⓘ |
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: Cyclemys Description of subject: Cyclemys is a genus of freshwater Asian leaf turtles known for their domed shells and semi-aquatic habits.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.