Paraves
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Paraves is a clade of feathered theropod dinosaurs that includes birds and their closest non-avian relatives, such as dromaeosaurids and troodontids.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paraves canonical | 6 |
| Maniraptora | 2 |
| Coelurosauria | 1 |
| Deinonychosauria | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5278198 — 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: Paraves Context triple: [Velociraptor, higherClassification, Paraves]
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A.
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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B.
Ornithurae
Ornithurae is a clade of birds that includes all modern birds and their closest extinct relatives characterized by a shortened, fused tail (pygostyle).
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C.
Archosauria
Archosauria is a major group of diapsid reptiles that includes all living birds and crocodilians, as well as their extinct dinosaur and pterosaur relatives.
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D.
Ornithischia
Ornithischia is a major clade of primarily herbivorous, bird-hipped dinosaurs that includes groups such as stegosaurs, ankylosaurs, and ceratopsians.
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E.
Aegotheliformes
Aegotheliformes is an order of small, nocturnal insectivorous birds known as owlet-nightjars, native primarily to Australasia.
- 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: Paraves Target entity description: Paraves is a clade of feathered theropod dinosaurs that includes birds and their closest non-avian relatives, such as dromaeosaurids and troodontids.
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A.
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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B.
Ornithurae
Ornithurae is a clade of birds that includes all modern birds and their closest extinct relatives characterized by a shortened, fused tail (pygostyle).
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C.
Archosauria
Archosauria is a major group of diapsid reptiles that includes all living birds and crocodilians, as well as their extinct dinosaur and pterosaur relatives.
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D.
Ornithischia
Ornithischia is a major clade of primarily herbivorous, bird-hipped dinosaurs that includes groups such as stegosaurs, ankylosaurs, and ceratopsians.
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E.
Aegotheliformes
Aegotheliformes is an order of small, nocturnal insectivorous birds known as owlet-nightjars, native primarily to Australasia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | clade ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
asymmetrical flight feathers in many members
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avian-style feathers in many taxa ⓘ elongated forelimbs ⓘ enlarged sickle-shaped second toe in many non-avian members ⓘ feathers ⓘ lightly built skeletons ⓘ reduced tail length in many derived forms ⓘ semilunate carpal bone ⓘ |
| containsExtantTaxa |
modern birds
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yes ⓘ |
| containsExtinctTaxa | yes ⓘ |
| definedAs | clade including all taxa closer to birds than to oviraptorosaurs or other non-paravian maniraptorans ⓘ |
| etymology | from Latin "par" (near) and "aves" (birds) ⓘ |
| evolutionarySignificance |
includes origin of birds
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key group in evolution of flight ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Late Jurassic ⓘ |
| fossilRecordRegions |
Asia
NERFINISHED
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Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
birds
ⓘ
dromaeosaurids ⓘ non-avian feathered theropods ⓘ troodontids ⓘ |
| higherClassification |
Archosauria
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Reptilia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sauropsida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Anchiornithidae
NERFINISHED
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Archaeopteryx NERFINISHED ⓘ Aves NERFINISHED ⓘ Avialae NERFINISHED ⓘ Deinonychosauria NERFINISHED ⓘ Dromaeosauridae NERFINISHED ⓘ Eumaniraptora NERFINISHED ⓘ Microraptoria NERFINISHED ⓘ Troodontidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Unenlagiinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedBy | Paul Sereno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Coelurosauria
NERFINISHED
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Dinosauria ⓘ Maniraptora NERFINISHED ⓘ Saurischia NERFINISHED ⓘ Theropoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | clade ⓘ |
| temporalRange | Late Jurassic to present ⓘ |
| yearNamed | 1997 ⓘ |
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: Paraves Description of subject: Paraves is a clade of feathered theropod dinosaurs that includes birds and their closest non-avian relatives, such as dromaeosaurids and troodontids.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maniraptora
this entity surface form:
Maniraptora
this entity surface form:
Coelurosauria
this entity surface form:
Deinonychosauria