Chordata
E2257
Chordata is a major animal phylum that includes all vertebrates and their closest invertebrate relatives, characterized by having a notochord at some stage of development.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chordata canonical | 4,205 |
| phylum Chordata | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T29667 — 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: Chordata Context triple: [Mojave Desert tortoise, phylum, Chordata]
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A.
Animalia
Animalia is the biological kingdom comprising all multicellular animals, characterized by eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that typically have specialized tissues and the ability to move.
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B.
ichthys
Ichthys is an early Christian symbol depicting a simple fish outline, historically used by believers as a secret sign of their faith.
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C.
Odontophoridae
Odontophoridae is a family of New World quails, small ground-dwelling game birds known for their rounded bodies, short tails, and often elaborate head plumes.
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D.
Galliformes
Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied, ground-feeding birds that includes quails, pheasants, turkeys, grouse, and chickens.
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E.
Plantae
Plantae is the biological kingdom comprising all multicellular, primarily photosynthetic organisms commonly known as plants, including trees, flowers, grasses, and ferns.
- 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: Chordata Target entity description: Chordata is a major animal phylum that includes all vertebrates and their closest invertebrate relatives, characterized by having a notochord at some stage of development.
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A.
Animalia
Animalia is the biological kingdom comprising all multicellular animals, characterized by eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that typically have specialized tissues and the ability to move.
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B.
ichthys
Ichthys is an early Christian symbol depicting a simple fish outline, historically used by believers as a secret sign of their faith.
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C.
Odontophoridae
Odontophoridae is a family of New World quails, small ground-dwelling game birds known for their rounded bodies, short tails, and often elaborate head plumes.
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D.
Galliformes
Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied, ground-feeding birds that includes quails, pheasants, turkeys, grouse, and chickens.
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E.
Plantae
Plantae is the biological kingdom comprising all multicellular, primarily photosynthetic organisms commonly known as plants, including trees, flowers, grasses, and ferns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
phylum
ⓘ
taxonomic group ⓘ |
| alternativeName | chordates ⓘ |
| bodyPlan |
bilaterally symmetrical
ⓘ
triploblastic ⓘ |
| characteristic |
presence of a dorsal hollow nerve cord
ⓘ
presence of a notochord at some stage ⓘ presence of a post-anal tail at some stage ⓘ presence of an endostyle or thyroid gland ⓘ presence of pharyngeal slits at some stage ⓘ |
| coelomType | coelomate ⓘ |
| contains | deuterostomes ⓘ |
| describedBy | William Bateson ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1885 ⓘ |
| developmentalMode | deuterostomic development ⓘ |
| domain | Eukaryota ⓘ |
| fossilRecord | present since at least the Cambrian period ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater environments
ⓘ
marine environments ⓘ terrestrial environments ⓘ |
| hasEcologicalRole | dominant large animals in most ecosystems ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance | yes ⓘ |
| hasSubphylum |
Cephalochordata
ⓘ
Urochordata ⓘ Vertebrata ⓘ |
| includes |
Cephalochordata
ⓘ
Vertebrata ⓘ
surface form:
Craniata
Urochordata ⓘ Vertebrata ⓘ all vertebrates ⓘ amphibians ⓘ birds ⓘ bony fishes ⓘ cartilaginous fishes ⓘ hagfishes ⓘ lampreys ⓘ lancelets ⓘ mammals ⓘ reptiles ⓘ tunicates ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nervousSystem | centralized nervous system ⓘ |
| notableFeature | includes humans ⓘ |
| reproduction | primarily sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| skeletonType | endoskeleton in most members ⓘ |
| superphylum | Deuterostomia ⓘ |
| symmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| taxonomicAuthority | Bateson, 1885 ⓘ |
| taxonRank | phylum ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | not applicable ⓘ |
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: Chordata Description of subject: Chordata is a major animal phylum that includes all vertebrates and their closest invertebrate relatives, characterized by having a notochord at some stage of development.
Referenced by (4,206)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Manx shearwater
subject surface form:
Northern pintail