Ptilocercidae
E728063
Ptilocercidae is a small family of nocturnal, arboreal treeshrews best known for the pen-tailed treeshrew, a Southeast Asian mammal with a distinctive feathered tail.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ptilocercidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8365844 — 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: Ptilocercidae Context triple: [Scandentia, hasMemberTaxon, Ptilocercidae]
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A.
Notopteridae
Notopteridae is a family of freshwater fishes commonly known as featherbacks or knifefishes, characterized by their elongated, laterally compressed bodies and continuous undulating anal fins.
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B.
Meropidae
Meropidae is a family of brightly colored, slender, insect-eating birds commonly known as bee-eaters, found across Africa, Asia, and parts of Europe and Australia.
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C.
Anguimorpha
Anguimorpha is a diverse clade of mostly carnivorous lizards that includes groups such as monitor lizards, glass lizards, and alligator lizards, characterized by elongated bodies and often reduced or absent limbs.
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D.
Polioptilidae
Polioptilidae is a family of small, insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as gnatcatchers and gnatwrens, found primarily in the Americas.
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E.
Camaroptera
Camaroptera is a genus of small, active warblers native to sub-Saharan Africa, known for their loud calls and preference for dense undergrowth.
- 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: Ptilocercidae Target entity description: Ptilocercidae is a small family of nocturnal, arboreal treeshrews best known for the pen-tailed treeshrew, a Southeast Asian mammal with a distinctive feathered tail.
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A.
Notopteridae
Notopteridae is a family of freshwater fishes commonly known as featherbacks or knifefishes, characterized by their elongated, laterally compressed bodies and continuous undulating anal fins.
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B.
Meropidae
Meropidae is a family of brightly colored, slender, insect-eating birds commonly known as bee-eaters, found across Africa, Asia, and parts of Europe and Australia.
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C.
Anguimorpha
Anguimorpha is a diverse clade of mostly carnivorous lizards that includes groups such as monitor lizards, glass lizards, and alligator lizards, characterized by elongated bodies and often reduced or absent limbs.
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D.
Polioptilidae
Polioptilidae is a family of small, insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as gnatcatchers and gnatwrens, found primarily in the Americas.
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E.
Camaroptera
Camaroptera is a genus of small, active warblers native to sub-Saharan Africa, known for their loud calls and preference for dense undergrowth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mammal family ⓘ |
| activityPeriod | night ⓘ |
| characteristicBehavior |
arboreal
ⓘ
nocturnal ⓘ |
| characteristicTrait | feathered tail in member species ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | pen-tailed treeshrew family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSpecies | Ptilocercus lowii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTaxon | Ptilocercus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | family of treeshrews ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy | long feathered tail of member species ⓘ |
| ecologicalNiche | arboreal insectivore-omnivore ⓘ |
| endothermy | endothermic ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Cenozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
arboreal habitats
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasBodyPlan | treeshrew-like ⓘ |
| hasHair | true ⓘ |
| hasMammaryGlands | true ⓘ |
| hasMember | pen-tailed treeshrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVertebralColumn | true ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Euarchontoglires NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | climbing ⓘ |
| memberOf | Scandentia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | pen-tailed treeshrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfExtantSpecies | 1 ⓘ |
| numberOfGenera | 1 ⓘ |
| order | Scandentia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Tupaiidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproductiveMode | viviparous ⓘ |
| sensoryAdaptation |
enhanced nocturnal vision
ⓘ
well-developed sense of smell ⓘ |
| subdivisionRanks | genus ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| temporalActivityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Ptilocercus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Ptilocercidae Description of subject: Ptilocercidae is a small family of nocturnal, arboreal treeshrews best known for the pen-tailed treeshrew, a Southeast Asian mammal with a distinctive feathered tail.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.