Diplodocinae
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Diplodocinae is a subfamily of long-necked, whip-tailed sauropod dinosaurs that includes genera closely related to Diplodocus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Diplodocinae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11591100 — 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: Diplodocinae Context triple: [Diplodocus, subfamily, Diplodocinae]
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A.
Diplodocidae
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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B.
Diplodocoidea
Diplodocoidea is a superfamily of long-necked, whip-tailed sauropod dinosaurs that includes iconic genera such as Diplodocus and Apatosaurus.
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C.
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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D.
Neosauropoda
Neosauropoda is a major clade of advanced sauropod dinosaurs that includes many of the largest land animals in history, such as diplodocids and brachiosaurids.
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E.
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.
- 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: Diplodocinae Target entity description: Diplodocinae is a subfamily of long-necked, whip-tailed sauropod dinosaurs that includes genera closely related to Diplodocus.
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A.
Diplodocidae
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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B.
Diplodocoidea
Diplodocoidea is a superfamily of long-necked, whip-tailed sauropod dinosaurs that includes iconic genera such as Diplodocus and Apatosaurus.
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C.
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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D.
Neosauropoda
Neosauropoda is a major clade of advanced sauropod dinosaurs that includes many of the largest land animals in history, such as diplodocids and brachiosaurids.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dinosaur subfamily
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taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup |
Diplodocoidea
NERFINISHED
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Neosauropoda NERFINISHED ⓘ Sauropoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Apatosaurinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinction | Early Cretaceous ⓘ |
| feedingType | high-browsing herbivore ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Late Jurassic ⓘ |
| fossilRecord |
body fossils
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trackways ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
bifurcated neural spines in some taxa
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elongated cervical vertebrae ⓘ herbivorous diet ⓘ long neck ⓘ quadrupedal stance ⓘ whip-like tail ⓘ |
| higherClassification |
Dinosauria
NERFINISHED
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Diplodocoidea NERFINISHED ⓘ Neosauropoda NERFINISHED ⓘ Saurischia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sauropoda NERFINISHED ⓘ Sauropodomorpha ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Barosaurus
NERFINISHED
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Diplodocus NERFINISHED ⓘ Galeamopus NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaatedocus NERFINISHED ⓘ Leinkupal NERFINISHED ⓘ Seismosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Supersaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Tornieria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livedInEra | Mesozoic ⓘ |
| livedInPeriod |
Early Cretaceous
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Late Jurassic ⓘ |
| livedOnContinent |
Africa
NERFINISHED
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Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locomotion | obligate quadruped ⓘ |
| memberOf | Diplodocidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Diplodocus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Diplodocidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproductionType | oviparous ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subfamily ⓘ |
| 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: Diplodocinae Description of subject: Diplodocinae is a subfamily of long-necked, whip-tailed sauropod dinosaurs that includes genera closely related to Diplodocus.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.