Lepidochelys olivacea
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Lepidochelys olivacea is a small, widely distributed marine turtle species known for its olive-colored shell and mass nesting events called arribadas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lepidochelys olivacea canonical | 2 |
| Lepidochelys | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6333599 — 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: Lepidochelys olivacea Context triple: [olive ridley sea turtle, scientificName, Lepidochelys olivacea]
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A.
Caretta caretta
Caretta caretta, commonly known as the loggerhead sea turtle, is a large, hard-shelled marine turtle species found in subtropical and temperate oceans worldwide and noted for its powerful jaws and long-distance migrations.
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B.
Chelonia mydas
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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C.
Leatherback
Leatherback is a massive, gorilla-like Category IV kaiju from the film "Pacific Rim," known for its brute strength and electromagnetic pulse abilities in battle against Jaegers.
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D.
Dermochelys coriacea
Dermochelys coriacea, commonly known as the leatherback sea turtle, is the largest living turtle species and a highly migratory marine reptile found in oceans worldwide.
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E.
Cheloniidae
Cheloniidae is a family of hard-shelled sea turtles that includes several widely distributed marine species found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
- 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: Lepidochelys olivacea Target entity description: Lepidochelys olivacea is a small, widely distributed marine turtle species known for its olive-colored shell and mass nesting events called arribadas.
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A.
Caretta caretta
Caretta caretta, commonly known as the loggerhead sea turtle, is a large, hard-shelled marine turtle species found in subtropical and temperate oceans worldwide and noted for its powerful jaws and long-distance migrations.
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B.
Chelonia mydas
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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C.
Leatherback
Leatherback is a massive, gorilla-like Category IV kaiju from the film "Pacific Rim," known for its brute strength and electromagnetic pulse abilities in battle against Jaegers.
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D.
Dermochelys coriacea
Dermochelys coriacea, commonly known as the leatherback sea turtle, is the largest living turtle species and a highly migratory marine reptile found in oceans worldwide.
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E.
Cheloniidae
Cheloniidae is a family of hard-shelled sea turtles that includes several widely distributed marine species found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
reptile
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species of sea turtle ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| averageAdultCarapaceLength | 60 to 70 centimeters ⓘ |
| averageAdultWeight | 35 to 45 kilograms ⓘ |
| carapaceShape | heart-shaped ⓘ |
| CITESListing | Appendix I ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clutchSize | about 100 to 120 eggs per nest ⓘ |
| commonName |
Pacific ridley sea turtle
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olive ridley sea turtle ⓘ |
| describedBy | Eschscholtz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature |
mass nesting behavior called arribada
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olive-colored carapace ⓘ relatively small size among sea turtles ⓘ |
| exhibitsBehavior | arribada nesting ⓘ |
| family | Cheloniidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Lepidochelys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
tropical regions of the Atlantic Ocean
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tropical regions of the Indian Ocean ⓘ tropical regions of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal waters
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open ocean ⓘ sandy beaches ⓘ subtropical oceans ⓘ tropical oceans ⓘ |
| incubationPeriod | about 45 to 60 days ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Vulnerable ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespan | more than 30 years in the wild ⓘ |
| majorNestingSite |
Gahirmatha beach, India
NERFINISHED
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La Escobilla, Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Ostional, Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ Rushikulya rookery, India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nestingType | synchronous mass nesting ⓘ |
| order | Testudines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| prey |
algae
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crustaceans ⓘ fish ⓘ jellyfish ⓘ mollusks ⓘ |
| protectedBy | international conservation agreements ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| sexualMaturityAge | about 10 to 15 years ⓘ |
| shellColor | olive ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
bycatch in fisheries
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coastal habitat loss ⓘ egg harvesting ⓘ illegal hunting ⓘ marine pollution ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1829 ⓘ |
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: Lepidochelys olivacea Description of subject: Lepidochelys olivacea is a small, widely distributed marine turtle species known for its olive-colored shell and mass nesting events called arribadas.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
olive ridley sea turtle
subject surface form:
olive ridley sea turtle
this entity surface form:
Lepidochelys