Chelonia mydas
E38414
Chelonia mydas, commonly known as the green sea turtle, is a large, primarily herbivorous marine turtle found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chelonia mydas canonical | 4 |
| Hawaiian green sea turtle | 2 |
| Chelonia agassizii | 1 |
| green sea turtle Chelonia mydas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T296246 — 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: Chelonia mydas Context triple: [Testudines, hasNotableSpecies, Chelonia mydas]
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A.
Stigmochelys
Stigmochelys is a genus of tortoises best known for the leopard tortoise, a large, high-domed species native to the savannas of eastern and southern Africa.
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B.
Aldabrachelys
Aldabrachelys is a genus of large tortoises best known for the Aldabra giant tortoise native to the Aldabra Atoll in the Indian Ocean.
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C.
Testudinidae
Testudinidae is a family of land-dwelling tortoises known for their domed shells, sturdy limbs, and adaptation to terrestrial habitats across many regions of the world.
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D.
American crocodile
The American crocodile is a large, primarily coastal crocodilian native to the Americas, known for inhabiting brackish and saltwater habitats such as mangrove swamps, estuaries, and coastal lagoons.
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E.
American alligator
The American alligator is a large, semi-aquatic reptile native to the southeastern United States, known for inhabiting freshwater wetlands and playing a key role as an apex predator in its ecosystems.
- 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: Chelonia mydas Target entity description: Chelonia mydas, commonly known as the green sea turtle, is a large, primarily herbivorous marine turtle found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
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A.
Stigmochelys
Stigmochelys is a genus of tortoises best known for the leopard tortoise, a large, high-domed species native to the savannas of eastern and southern Africa.
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B.
Aldabrachelys
Aldabrachelys is a genus of large tortoises best known for the Aldabra giant tortoise native to the Aldabra Atoll in the Indian Ocean.
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C.
Testudinidae
Testudinidae is a family of land-dwelling tortoises known for their domed shells, sturdy limbs, and adaptation to terrestrial habitats across many regions of the world.
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D.
American crocodile
The American crocodile is a large, primarily coastal crocodilian native to the Americas, known for inhabiting brackish and saltwater habitats such as mangrove swamps, estuaries, and coastal lagoons.
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E.
American alligator
The American alligator is a large, semi-aquatic reptile native to the southeastern United States, known for inhabiting freshwater wetlands and playing a key role as an apex predator in its ecosystems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marine reptile
ⓘ
sea turtle ⓘ species ⓘ |
| binomialName | Chelonia mydas self-link ⓘ |
| bodyColor | whitish to yellowish plastron ⓘ |
| breathing | air-breathing ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| commonName | green sea turtle ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet |
marine algae
ⓘ
seagrasses ⓘ |
| dietType | primarily herbivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| family | Cheloniidae ⓘ |
| genus | Chelonia ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal waters
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coral reefs ⓘ seagrass beds ⓘ subtropical oceans ⓘ tropical oceans ⓘ |
| iucnStatus | Endangered ⓘ |
| iucnStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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surface form:
IUCN Red List
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeStageDiet | juveniles more omnivorous ⓘ |
| locomotion | flipper-propelled swimming ⓘ |
| longevity | several decades ⓘ |
| maximumCarapaceLength | about 1.5 meters ⓘ |
| maximumMass | over 180 kilograms ⓘ |
| migration | highly migratory ⓘ |
| namedFor | greenish body fat ⓘ |
| nestingHabitat | sandy beaches ⓘ |
| order | Testudines ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| protectedBy |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
ⓘ
surface form:
CITES Appendix I
various national laws ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| sexualMaturityAge | about 20 to 50 years ⓘ |
| shellColor | olive to brown carapace ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
bycatch in fisheries
ⓘ
climate change ⓘ habitat loss ⓘ harvest for eggs ⓘ harvest for meat ⓘ marine pollution ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
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: Chelonia mydas Description of subject: Chelonia mydas, commonly known as the green sea turtle, is a large, primarily herbivorous marine turtle found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hawaiian green sea turtle
this entity surface form:
Chelonia agassizii
this entity surface form:
Hawaiian green sea turtle
subject surface form:
Thalassia testudinum
this entity surface form:
green sea turtle Chelonia mydas