Alligatoridae
E119373
Alligatoridae is a family of reptiles that includes alligators and caimans, characterized by broad snouts and semi-aquatic lifestyles in freshwater habitats.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alligatoridae canonical | 3 |
| Alligatoroidea | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1019628 — 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: Alligatoridae Context triple: [American alligator, family, Alligatoridae]
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A.
American alligator
The American alligator is a large, semi-aquatic reptile native to the southeastern United States, known for inhabiting freshwater wetlands and playing a key role as an apex predator in its ecosystems.
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B.
American crocodile
The American crocodile is a large, primarily coastal crocodilian native to the Americas, known for inhabiting brackish and saltwater habitats such as mangrove swamps, estuaries, and coastal lagoons.
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C.
Stigmochelys
Stigmochelys is a genus of tortoises best known for the leopard tortoise, a large, high-domed species native to the savannas of eastern and southern Africa.
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D.
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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E.
Testudines
Testudines is the taxonomic order of reptiles that includes all turtles and tortoises, characterized by a bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs.
- 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: Alligatoridae Target entity description: Alligatoridae is a family of reptiles that includes alligators and caimans, characterized by broad snouts and semi-aquatic lifestyles in freshwater habitats.
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A.
American alligator
The American alligator is a large, semi-aquatic reptile native to the southeastern United States, known for inhabiting freshwater wetlands and playing a key role as an apex predator in its ecosystems.
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B.
American crocodile
The American crocodile is a large, primarily coastal crocodilian native to the Americas, known for inhabiting brackish and saltwater habitats such as mangrove swamps, estuaries, and coastal lagoons.
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C.
Stigmochelys
Stigmochelys is a genus of tortoises best known for the leopard tortoise, a large, high-domed species native to the savannas of eastern and southern Africa.
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D.
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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E.
Testudines
Testudines is the taxonomic order of reptiles that includes all turtles and tortoises, characterized by a bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| bodyCovering | scales ⓘ |
| characteristicSnoutShape | broad snout ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| commonName | alligators and caimans ⓘ |
| containsExtantSpecies | true ⓘ |
| containsExtinctTaxa | true ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Crocodylidae ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
apex predators in freshwater ecosystems
ⓘ
keystone species in wetlands ⓘ |
| eggLayingSite | nests built near water ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Cenozoic era ⓘ |
| fossilRecordFrom | Paleocene ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Americas
ⓘ
China ⓘ |
| hasArmor | bony osteoderms in skin ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Alligator
ⓘ
Caiman ⓘ Melanosuchus ⓘ Paleosuchus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | semi-aquatic ⓘ |
| limbType | short powerful limbs ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central America
ⓘ
North America ⓘ South America ⓘ eastern China ⓘ |
| notableSpeciesExample |
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
ⓘ
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) ⓘ black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) ⓘ spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) ⓘ |
| order | Crocodylia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | lungs ⓘ |
| snoutComparisonToCrocodylidae | broader snout than true crocodiles ⓘ |
| suborder |
Crocodilia
ⓘ
surface form:
Eusuchia
|
| superfamily |
Alligatoridae
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Alligatoroidea
|
| tailType | laterally compressed muscular tail ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| thermoregulation | ectothermic ⓘ |
| toothVisibility | lower teeth mostly hidden when mouth closed ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Alligator ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
freshwater
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lakes ⓘ marshes ⓘ rivers ⓘ swamps ⓘ |
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: Alligatoridae Description of subject: Alligatoridae is a family of reptiles that includes alligators and caimans, characterized by broad snouts and semi-aquatic lifestyles in freshwater habitats.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alligatoroidea