Diplodocidae
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Diplodocidae is a family of long-necked, whip-tailed sauropod dinosaurs that includes some of the largest land animals to have ever lived.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diplodocidae canonical | 3 |
| Apatosaurinae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11516836 — 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: Diplodocidae Context triple: [Apatosaurus, family, Diplodocidae]
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A.
Brachiosauridae
Brachiosauridae is a family of large, long-necked sauropod dinosaurs characterized by their forelimbs being longer than their hindlimbs, giving them a distinctive, giraffe-like stance.
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B.
Sauropoda
Sauropoda is a major group of long-necked, large-bodied, herbivorous dinosaurs that includes some of the largest land animals in Earth’s history.
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C.
Diplodocus
Diplodocus is a long-necked, whip-tailed sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of North America, known for its great size and distinctive skeletal proportions.
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D.
Titanosauria
Titanosauria is a diverse clade of large, long-necked sauropod dinosaurs that includes some of the heaviest and most massive land animals known from the fossil record.
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E.
Camarasaurus
Camarasaurus was a large, long-necked herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of North America.
- 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: Diplodocidae Target entity description: Diplodocidae is a family of long-necked, whip-tailed sauropod dinosaurs that includes some of the largest land animals to have ever lived.
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A.
Brachiosauridae
Brachiosauridae is a family of large, long-necked sauropod dinosaurs characterized by their forelimbs being longer than their hindlimbs, giving them a distinctive, giraffe-like stance.
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B.
Sauropoda
Sauropoda is a major group of long-necked, large-bodied, herbivorous dinosaurs that includes some of the largest land animals in Earth’s history.
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C.
Diplodocus
Diplodocus is a long-necked, whip-tailed sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of North America, known for its great size and distinctive skeletal proportions.
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D.
Titanosauria
Titanosauria is a diverse clade of large, long-necked sauropod dinosaurs that includes some of the heaviest and most massive land animals known from the fossil record.
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E.
Camarasaurus
Camarasaurus was a large, long-necked herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dinosaur family
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sauropod clade ⓘ taxonomic family ⓘ |
| characteristicFeature |
elongated bodies
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herbivorous diet ⓘ long neck ⓘ peg-like teeth concentrated at front of jaws ⓘ quadrupedal stance ⓘ relatively light skulls ⓘ whip-like tail ⓘ |
| clade |
Diplodocoidea
NERFINISHED
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Neosauropoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Late Jurassic period ⓘ |
| fossilRecord | well represented in Late Jurassic formations ⓘ |
| fossilTypeLocalityRegion | Morrison Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Africa
NERFINISHED
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Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Apatosaurus
NERFINISHED
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Barosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Brontosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Dinheirosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Diplodocus NERFINISHED ⓘ Galeamopus NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaatedocus NERFINISHED ⓘ Leinkupal NERFINISHED ⓘ Seismosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Supersaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Tornieria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesSomeOf | largest land animals ever GENERATED ⓘ |
| infraorder | Sauropoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | obligate quadruped ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Diplodocus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Apatosaurus ajax
NERFINISHED
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Barosaurus lentus NERFINISHED ⓘ Brontosaurus excelsus NERFINISHED ⓘ Diplodocus carnegii NERFINISHED ⓘ Supersaurus vivianae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Saurischia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| sizeClass | giant terrestrial vertebrates ⓘ |
| suborder | Sauropodomorpha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| superorder | Dinosauria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | family ⓘ |
| temporalRange | Late Jurassic ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Diplodocus 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: Diplodocidae Description of subject: Diplodocidae is a family of long-necked, whip-tailed sauropod dinosaurs that includes some of the largest land animals to have ever lived.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Apatosaurinae