Crocodylidae
E125597
Crocodylidae is the biological family comprising the true crocodiles, large semiaquatic reptiles found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crocodylidae canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1038330 — 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: Crocodylidae Context triple: [American crocodile, family, Crocodylidae]
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A.
Crocodylus
Crocodylus is a genus of large, semiaquatic reptiles commonly known as true crocodiles, found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
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B.
Alligatoridae
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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C.
Cryptodira
Cryptodira is a major suborder of turtles characterized by their ability to retract the head straight back into the shell by bending the neck in a vertical S-shaped curve.
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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.
Nile crocodile
The Nile crocodile is a large and aggressive African crocodilian known for inhabiting rivers, lakes, and wetlands and being one of the continent’s most formidable predators.
- 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: Crocodylidae Target entity description: Crocodylidae is the biological family comprising the true crocodiles, large semiaquatic reptiles found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
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A.
Crocodylus
Crocodylus is a genus of large, semiaquatic reptiles commonly known as true crocodiles, found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
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B.
Alligatoridae
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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C.
Cryptodira
Cryptodira is a major suborder of turtles characterized by their ability to retract the head straight back into the shell by bending the neck in a vertical S-shaped curve.
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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.
Nile crocodile
The Nile crocodile is a large and aggressive African crocodilian known for inhabiting rivers, lakes, and wetlands and being one of the continent’s most formidable predators.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biological family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| adultDiet |
birds
ⓘ
fish ⓘ mammals ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Crocodylomorpha ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| commonName | true crocodiles ⓘ |
| describedBy | Georges Cuvier ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1807 ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ subtropical regions ⓘ the Americas ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| ectothermic | true ⓘ |
| eggLayingSite | nests on land ⓘ |
| feedingType | ambush predator ⓘ |
| habitat |
brackish water
ⓘ
freshwater rivers ⓘ lakes ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
armored scaly skin
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conical teeth ⓘ elongated snout ⓘ eyes and nostrils positioned on top of the head ⓘ four-chambered heart ⓘ powerful tail ⓘ secondary bony palate ⓘ strong bite force ⓘ webbed feet ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Crocodylus
ⓘ
Mecistops ⓘ Osteolaemus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| largestSpeciesMaxLength | about 7 meters ⓘ |
| lifestyle | semiaquatic ⓘ |
| order |
Crocodilia
ⓘ
surface form:
Crocodylia
|
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Alligatoridae
ⓘ
Gavialidae ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| reproductiveCare | parental care of eggs and hatchlings ⓘ |
| suborder |
Crocodilia
ⓘ
surface form:
Crocodylia
|
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Crocodylus ⓘ |
| youngDiet | invertebrates and small vertebrates ⓘ |
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: Crocodylidae Description of subject: Crocodylidae is the biological family comprising the true crocodiles, large semiaquatic reptiles found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.