Lipotidae
E145662
Lipotidae is the biological family that includes the baiji, an extinct species of freshwater river dolphin once native to China’s Yangtze River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lipotidae canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1287466 — 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: Lipotidae Context triple: [baiji, family, Lipotidae]
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A.
Pantholopinae
Pantholopinae is a subfamily of bovids that includes the Tibetan antelope and its close relatives, characterized by adaptations to high-altitude environments.
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B.
Falacrinae
Falacrinae was a small ancient village in central Italy, best known as the birthplace of the Roman emperor Vespasian.
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C.
Moschidae
Moschidae is a family of small, deer-like mammals known as musk deer, characterized by the absence of antlers and the presence of elongated upper canines in males.
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D.
Nomadinae
Nomadinae is a subfamily of parasitic cuckoo bees within the family Apidae, known for laying their eggs in the nests of other bee species.
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E.
Oreocnide
Oreocnide is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae, comprising species typically found in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia.
- 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: Lipotidae Target entity description: 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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A.
Pantholopinae
Pantholopinae is a subfamily of bovids that includes the Tibetan antelope and its close relatives, characterized by adaptations to high-altitude environments.
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B.
Falacrinae
Falacrinae was a small ancient village in central Italy, best known as the birthplace of the Roman emperor Vespasian.
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C.
Moschidae
Moschidae is a family of small, deer-like mammals known as musk deer, characterized by the absence of antlers and the presence of elongated upper canines in males.
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D.
Nomadinae
Nomadinae is a subfamily of parasitic cuckoo bees within the family Apidae, known for laying their eggs in the nests of other bee species.
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E.
Oreocnide
Oreocnide is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae, comprising species typically found in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biological family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | baiji family ⓘ |
| conservationStatusOfFamilyRepresentative |
extinct in the wild
ⓘ
possibly extinct ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Lipotes
ⓘ
surface form:
Lipotes vexillifer
baiji ⓘ |
| distributionStatus | restricted to Yangtze River basin ⓘ |
| evolutionaryAdaptation | freshwater specialization ⓘ |
| geologicalTimeRange | Holocene ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater river systems
ⓘ
large turbid rivers ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
adapted to freshwater
ⓘ
echolocating cetaceans ⓘ long, narrow beak ⓘ poor eyesight ⓘ toothed whales ⓘ |
| includesExtinctTaxon |
Lipotes
ⓘ
surface form:
Lipotes vexillifer
|
| isMonotypic | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| memberOf | river dolphins ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Lipotes ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
China
ⓘ
Yangtze River ⓘ |
| notableFor | one of the first cetacean families with a representative driven to functional extinction by human activity ⓘ |
| order |
Artiodactyla
ⓘ
Cetacea ⓘ |
| partOf | Cetacea diversity ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
mammalogists
ⓘ
marine biologists ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Iniidae
ⓘ
Platanistidae ⓘ Pontoporiidae ⓘ |
| scientificName | Lipotidae self-link ⓘ |
| suborder | Odontoceti ⓘ |
| taxonomicAuthority | Zhou, 1958 ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| threatsToRepresentativeSpecies |
dam construction
ⓘ
habitat degradation ⓘ intensive fishing ⓘ pollution ⓘ vessel traffic ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Lipotes
ⓘ
surface form:
Lipotes vexillifer
|
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: Lipotidae Description of subject: Lipotidae is the biological family that includes the baiji, an extinct species of freshwater river dolphin once native to China’s Yangtze River.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Yangtze river dolphin