Hominoidea
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Hominoidea is the biological superfamily of tailless primates that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, gibbons, and their extinct relatives.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hominoidea canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1526094 — 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: Hominoidea Context triple: [Pan, superfamily, Hominoidea]
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A.
Haplorhini
Haplorhini is a primate suborder that includes tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by dry noses and generally larger brains relative to body size.
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B.
Hominidae
Hominidae is the biological family of great apes that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
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C.
Catarrhini
Catarrhini is a parvorder of primates that includes Old World monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by downward-facing nostrils and generally larger body sizes.
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D.
Primates
Primates are a diverse order of mammals that includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians, characterized by large brains, forward-facing eyes, and grasping hands.
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E.
Hylobatidae
Hylobatidae is the family of lesser apes, commonly known as gibbons, small arboreal primates native to the forests of Southeast 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: Hominoidea Target entity description: Hominoidea is the biological superfamily of tailless primates that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, gibbons, and their extinct relatives.
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A.
Haplorhini
Haplorhini is a primate suborder that includes tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by dry noses and generally larger brains relative to body size.
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B.
Hominidae
Hominidae is the biological family of great apes that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
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C.
Catarrhini
Catarrhini is a parvorder of primates that includes Old World monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by downward-facing nostrils and generally larger body sizes.
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D.
Primates
Primates are a diverse order of mammals that includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians, characterized by large brains, forward-facing eyes, and grasping hands.
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E.
Hylobatidae
Hylobatidae is the family of lesser apes, commonly known as gibbons, small arboreal primates native to the forests of Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biological superfamily
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
Chordata
ⓘ
Euarchontoglires ⓘ Eukaryota ⓘ Haplorhini ⓘ
surface form:
Haplorrhini
Mammalia ⓘ Vertebrata ⓘ |
| commonName | apes ⓘ |
| containsClade |
great apes
ⓘ
lesser apes ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy |
absence of tail
ⓘ
high degree of shoulder mobility ⓘ lack of an external tail ⓘ larger brain relative to body size than most other primates ⓘ more erect body posture than most other primates ⓘ more flexible shoulder and wrist joints adapted for brachiation or climbing ⓘ relatively long arms compared to legs in many species ⓘ |
| earliestFossilRecord | early Miocene ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ |
| geologicTimeRange | Miocene to Recent ⓘ |
| greatApesSubgroup | Hominidae ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
Y-5 molar cusp pattern
ⓘ
complex social behavior ⓘ extended period of juvenile development ⓘ high cognitive abilities ⓘ high degree of parental care ⓘ increased reliance on vision over smell ⓘ large brain-to-body mass ratio ⓘ long lifespan relative to body size ⓘ relatively flat face compared to many other primates ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Gorilla
ⓘ
surface form:
Gorilla beringei
Gorilla gorilla ⓘ Homo sapiens ⓘ hoolock gibbon ⓘ
surface form:
Hoolock hoolock
Javan gibbon ⓘ
surface form:
Hylobates lar
Nomascus leucogenys ⓘ Pan paniscus ⓘ Pan troglodytes ⓘ Pongo ⓘ
surface form:
Pongo abelii
Pongo ⓘ
surface form:
Pongo pygmaeus
Pongo ⓘ
surface form:
Pongo tapanuliensis
Symphalangus syndactylus ⓘ |
| includes |
chimpanzees
ⓘ
gibbons ⓘ gorillas ⓘ humans ⓘ orangutans ⓘ |
| includesExtinctTaxon |
Dryopithecus
ⓘ
Gigantopithecus ⓘ Oreopithecus ⓘ Proconsul ⓘ Sivapithecus ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Hominidae
ⓘ
Hylobatidae ⓘ |
| lesserApesSubgroup | Hylobatidae ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Catarrhini
ⓘ
Primates ⓘ Simiiformes ⓘ |
| sisterGroup |
Cercopithecidae
ⓘ
surface form:
Cercopithecoidea
|
| taxonRank | superfamily ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
subtropical forests
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ |
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: Hominoidea Description of subject: Hominoidea is the biological superfamily of tailless primates that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, gibbons, and their extinct relatives.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.