Dromaeosauridae
E364195
Dromaeosauridae is a family of agile, feathered predatory dinosaurs—often called "raptors"—that includes well-known genera like Velociraptor and Deinonychus.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dromaeosauridae canonical | 4 |
| Deinonychus | 1 |
| Dromaeosaurinae | 1 |
| Eudromaeosauria | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3502255 — 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: Dromaeosauridae Context triple: [Theropoda, includes, Dromaeosauridae]
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A.
Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae is a family of large, bipedal, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs that includes iconic genera such as Tyrannosaurus.
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B.
Theropoda
Theropoda is a major group of mostly bipedal, primarily carnivorous dinosaurs that includes famous species like Tyrannosaurus rex and the ancestors of modern birds.
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C.
Avetheropoda
Avetheropoda is a clade of advanced theropod dinosaurs that includes birds and their closest non-avian relatives.
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D.
Allosauridae
Allosauridae is a family of large, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs that includes the well-known predator Allosaurus and its close relatives from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods.
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E.
Ceratosaurus
Ceratosaurus was a medium-sized, horned theropod dinosaur known for its prominent nasal horn and blade-like teeth, which lived in what is now North America and Europe.
- 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: Dromaeosauridae Target entity description: Dromaeosauridae is a family of agile, feathered predatory dinosaurs—often called "raptors"—that includes well-known genera like Velociraptor and Deinonychus.
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A.
Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae is a family of large, bipedal, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs that includes iconic genera such as Tyrannosaurus.
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B.
Theropoda
Theropoda is a major group of mostly bipedal, primarily carnivorous dinosaurs that includes famous species like Tyrannosaurus rex and the ancestors of modern birds.
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C.
Avetheropoda
Avetheropoda is a clade of advanced theropod dinosaurs that includes birds and their closest non-avian relatives.
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D.
Allosauridae
Allosauridae is a family of large, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs that includes the well-known predator Allosaurus and its close relatives from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods.
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E.
Ceratosaurus
Ceratosaurus was a medium-sized, horned theropod dinosaur known for its prominent nasal horn and blade-like teeth, which lived in what is now North America and Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dinosaur family
ⓘ
theropod clade ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Aves
ⓘ
Troodontidae ⓘ |
| commonName |
dromaeosaurids
ⓘ
raptors ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Achillobator
ⓘ
Adasaurus ⓘ Atrociraptor ⓘ Bambiraptor ⓘ Buitreraptor ⓘ Deinonychus ⓘ Dromaeosaurus ⓘ Microraptor ⓘ Rahonavis ⓘ Saurornitholestes ⓘ Tsaagan ⓘ Unenlagia ⓘ Utahraptor ⓘ Velociraptor ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| fossilType |
feather impressions
ⓘ
skeletons ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | bipedal ⓘ |
| notableBehaviorInference |
active predation
ⓘ
possible pack hunting in some genera ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
agile, cursorial locomotion
ⓘ
feathered body covering ⓘ grasping forelimbs ⓘ relatively large brain for body size ⓘ sickle-shaped claw on second toe ⓘ stiffened tail used for balance ⓘ |
| order | Saurischia ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Coelurosauria
ⓘ
Paraves ⓘ
surface form:
Deinonychosauria
Paraves ⓘ Theropoda ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| suborder | Theropoda ⓘ |
| superorder | Dinosauria ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| temporalRange |
Cretaceous
ⓘ
Late Jurassic ⓘ |
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: Dromaeosauridae Description of subject: Dromaeosauridae is a family of agile, feathered predatory dinosaurs—often called "raptors"—that includes well-known genera like Velociraptor and Deinonychus.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dromaeosaurinae
this entity surface form:
Eudromaeosauria