Amphibia
E90196
Amphibia is a class of cold-blooded vertebrate animals that typically have moist skin and undergo metamorphosis from aquatic larvae to more terrestrial adults, including frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amphibia canonical | 3 |
| Amphibians | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T696101 — 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: Amphibia Context triple: [Vertebrata, includesTaxon, Amphibia]
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A.
Grenouilles
Grenouilles is one of the prestigious Grand Cru vineyard sites in the Chablis wine region of Burgundy, France, known for producing high-quality Chardonnay wines.
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B.
Frog
Frog is the internal codename used by Apple for the Macintosh SE personal computer during its development.
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C.
Bufonidae
Bufonidae is a large family of true toads, comprising numerous species of warty, terrestrial amphibians found worldwide except in Antarctica.
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D.
Animalia
Animalia is the biological kingdom comprising all multicellular animals, characterized by eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that typically have specialized tissues and the ability to move.
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E.
Herpetarium
The Herpetarium is a specialized zoo exhibit dedicated to displaying and conserving reptiles and amphibians, often featuring a diverse collection of snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs, and related species.
- 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: Amphibia Target entity description: Amphibia is a class of cold-blooded vertebrate animals that typically have moist skin and undergo metamorphosis from aquatic larvae to more terrestrial adults, including frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians.
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A.
Grenouilles
Grenouilles is one of the prestigious Grand Cru vineyard sites in the Chablis wine region of Burgundy, France, known for producing high-quality Chardonnay wines.
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B.
Frog
Frog is the internal codename used by Apple for the Macintosh SE personal computer during its development.
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C.
Bufonidae
Bufonidae is a large family of true toads, comprising numerous species of warty, terrestrial amphibians found worldwide except in Antarctica.
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D.
Animalia
Animalia is the biological kingdom comprising all multicellular animals, characterized by eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that typically have specialized tissues and the ability to move.
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E.
Herpetarium
The Herpetarium is a specialized zoo exhibit dedicated to displaying and conserving reptiles and amphibians, often featuring a diverse collection of snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs, and related species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biological class
ⓘ
taxonomic rank ⓘ |
| adultHabitat |
semi-aquatic
ⓘ
terrestrial ⓘ |
| commonName | amphibians ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | many species threatened or endangered ⓘ |
| diet | mostly carnivorous as adults ⓘ |
| eggLayingHabitat | water ⓘ |
| eggType | jelly-coated eggs ⓘ |
| evolutionarySignificance | first vertebrates to colonize land extensively ⓘ |
| fertilizationType | mostly external fertilization ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | worldwide except Antarctica and some oceanic islands ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater ecosystems
ⓘ
terrestrial ecosystems near water ⓘ |
| hasBackbone | true ⓘ |
| hasLimbs | usually four limbs ⓘ |
| hasMetamorphosis | true ⓘ |
| hasMoistSkin | true ⓘ |
| hasScales | false ⓘ |
| hasTailInLarvae | true ⓘ |
| heartChambers | three-chambered heart ⓘ |
| includesCommonGroup |
caecilians
ⓘ
frogs ⓘ newts ⓘ salamanders ⓘ toads ⓘ |
| includesOrder |
Anura
ⓘ
Caudata ⓘ Gymnophiona ⓘ Urodela ⓘ |
| isColdBlooded | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| larvalDiet | often herbivorous or omnivorous ⓘ |
| larvalHabitat | aquatic ⓘ |
| lifeCycleStage |
adult
ⓘ
egg ⓘ larva ⓘ |
| osmoregulation | water easily lost or gained through skin ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductionType | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| respiration |
cutaneous respiration
ⓘ
gills in larvae ⓘ lungs in adults ⓘ |
| skeletonFeature | pedicellate teeth in many species ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony skeleton ⓘ |
| skinFeature | permeable skin ⓘ |
| skinGlands |
mucous glands
ⓘ
poison glands ⓘ |
| subphylum | Vertebrata ⓘ |
| thermoregulationType | ectothermic ⓘ |
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: Amphibia Description of subject: Amphibia is a class of cold-blooded vertebrate animals that typically have moist skin and undergo metamorphosis from aquatic larvae to more terrestrial adults, including frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Amphibians