Nelson’s pocket mouse
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Nelson’s pocket mouse is a small North American rodent species of the genus Chaetodipus, known for its fur-lined cheek pouches used to carry seeds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nelson’s pocket mouse canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13529803 — 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: Nelson’s pocket mouse Context triple: [Edward William Nelson, hasNamesake, Nelson’s pocket mouse]
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A.
Nelson’s woodrat
Nelson’s woodrat is a rare species of rodent in the genus Neotoma, endemic to Mexico and notable for its highly restricted range and conservation concern.
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B.
Nelson’s small-eared shrew
Nelson’s small-eared shrew is a rare, small insectivorous mammal in the family Soricidae, endemic to Mexico and known for its limited distribution and conservation concern.
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C.
Harris's antelope squirrel
Harris's antelope squirrel is a small, ground-dwelling rodent native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, known for its quick movements, bushy tail, and adaptation to hot, arid environments.
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D.
Key Largo woodrat
The Key Largo woodrat is an endangered rodent species native to the hardwood hammocks of Key Largo in the Florida Keys, known for its stick nests and reliance on protected habitat for survival.
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E.
Dremomys
Dremomys is a genus of forest-dwelling rodents commonly known as Asian red-cheeked squirrels, found primarily in South and Southeast Asia.
- 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: Nelson’s pocket mouse Target entity description: Nelson’s pocket mouse is a small North American rodent species of the genus Chaetodipus, known for its fur-lined cheek pouches used to carry seeds.
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A.
Nelson’s woodrat
Nelson’s woodrat is a rare species of rodent in the genus Neotoma, endemic to Mexico and notable for its highly restricted range and conservation concern.
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B.
Nelson’s small-eared shrew
Nelson’s small-eared shrew is a rare, small insectivorous mammal in the family Soricidae, endemic to Mexico and known for its limited distribution and conservation concern.
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C.
Harris's antelope squirrel
Harris's antelope squirrel is a small, ground-dwelling rodent native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, known for its quick movements, bushy tail, and adaptation to hot, arid environments.
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D.
Key Largo woodrat
The Key Largo woodrat is an endangered rodent species native to the hardwood hammocks of Key Largo in the Florida Keys, known for its stick nests and reliance on protected habitat for survival.
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E.
Dremomys
Dremomys is a genus of forest-dwelling rodents commonly known as Asian red-cheeked squirrels, found primarily in South and Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal
ⓘ
pocket mouse ⓘ rodent species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| breathes | air ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| ecologicalRole | granivore ⓘ |
| family | Heteromyidae ⓘ |
| foundInHabitat |
arid regions
ⓘ
semi-arid regions ⓘ |
| genus | Chaetodipus ⓘ |
| hasAnatomicalFeature | fur-lined cheek pouches ⓘ |
| hasBodySize | small ⓘ |
| hasCheekPouches | yes ⓘ |
| hasDiet |
plant material
ⓘ
seeds ⓘ |
| hasFur | yes ⓘ |
| hasSkeletalType | internal skeleton ⓘ |
| hasSymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| hasVertebralColumn | yes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| nativeTo | North America ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| thermoregulation | endothermic ⓘ |
| usesCheekPouchesFor | carrying seeds ⓘ |
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: Nelson’s pocket mouse Description of subject: Nelson’s pocket mouse is a small North American rodent species of the genus Chaetodipus, known for its fur-lined cheek pouches used to carry seeds.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.