Neomonachus
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Neomonachus is a genus of monk seals that includes the endangered Hawaiian monk seal and the extinct Caribbean monk seal, both members of the true seal family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neomonachus canonical | 2 |
| Neomonachus schauinslandi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7389015 — 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: Neomonachus Context triple: [Phocidae, containsTaxon, Neomonachus]
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A.
Hesperethusa
Hesperethusa is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, known for species such as Hesperethusa crenulata (also called Limonia crenulata) that are native to South and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Dactylonax
Dactylonax is a genus of marsupials in the family Petauridae, which includes gliding possums and related arboreal species found in Australasia.
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C.
Zygomaturus
Zygomaturus is an extinct genus of large, herbivorous Australian marsupials related to wombats and diprotodontids that lived during the Pleistocene.
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D.
Hypsignathus
Hypsignathus is a genus of African megabats best known for the hammer-headed bat, a large fruit bat notable for the male’s distinctive, elongated head and loud vocalizations.
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E.
Moropus
Moropus is an extinct genus of horse-like, clawed herbivorous mammals that lived in North America during the Miocene epoch.
- 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: Neomonachus Target entity description: Neomonachus is a genus of monk seals that includes the endangered Hawaiian monk seal and the extinct Caribbean monk seal, both members of the true seal family.
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A.
Hesperethusa
Hesperethusa is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, known for species such as Hesperethusa crenulata (also called Limonia crenulata) that are native to South and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Dactylonax
Dactylonax is a genus of marsupials in the family Petauridae, which includes gliding possums and related arboreal species found in Australasia.
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C.
Zygomaturus
Zygomaturus is an extinct genus of large, herbivorous Australian marsupials related to wombats and diprotodontids that lived during the Pleistocene.
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D.
Hypsignathus
Hypsignathus is a genus of African megabats best known for the hammer-headed bat, a large fruit bat notable for the male’s distinctive, elongated head and loud vocalizations.
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E.
Moropus
Moropus is an extinct genus of horse-like, clawed herbivorous mammals that lived in North America during the Miocene epoch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | pinnipeds ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
Caribbean monk seal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hawaiian monk seal NERFINISHED ⓘ monk seals ⓘ |
| conservationStatus |
endangered
ⓘ
extinct ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of monk seals ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Monachus monachus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family |
Phocidae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phocidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Phocidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicAssociation |
Caribbean Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hawaiian Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasExtinctSpecies | Neomonachus tropicalis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLivingSpecies | Neomonachus schauinslandi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesCommonName |
Caribbean monk seal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hawaiian monk seal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Neomonachus schauinslandi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neomonachus tropicalis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| memberOf |
earless seals
ⓘ
true seals ⓘ |
| order |
Carnivora
ⓘ
Carnivora ⓘ Carnivora ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Monachinae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neomonachus NERFINISHED ⓘ Neomonachus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Monachus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Monachinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ species ⓘ |
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: Neomonachus Description of subject: Neomonachus is a genus of monk seals that includes the endangered Hawaiian monk seal and the extinct Caribbean monk seal, both members of the true seal family.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Neomonachus schauinslandi