Bufo
E137495
Bufo is a genus of so-called “true toads,” comprising many common, warty-skinned terrestrial toad species found across much of the world.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bufo bufo | 2 |
| Anaxyrus | 1 |
| Bufo canonical | 1 |
| Bufo japonicus | 1 |
| Duttaphrynus | 1 |
| Rhinella | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1211572 — 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: Bufo Context triple: [Bufonidae, notableGenus, Bufo]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Atelopus
Atelopus is a genus of brightly colored, often highly endangered neotropical toads commonly known as harlequin frogs.
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D.
Frog
Frog is the internal codename used by Apple for the Macintosh SE personal computer during its development.
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E.
Amphibia
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.
- 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: Bufo Target entity description: Bufo is a genus of so-called “true toads,” comprising many common, warty-skinned terrestrial toad species found across much of the world.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Atelopus
Atelopus is a genus of brightly colored, often highly endangered neotropical toads commonly known as harlequin frogs.
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D.
Frog
Frog is the internal codename used by Apple for the Macintosh SE personal computer during its development.
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E.
Amphibia
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Bufonidae ⓘ |
| bodyCovering | glandular skin ⓘ |
| class | Amphibia ⓘ |
| commonName | true toads ⓘ |
| defenseMechanism | poisonous skin secretions ⓘ |
| development | tadpole larval stage ⓘ |
| diet |
insects
ⓘ
other small invertebrates ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
insect predator
ⓘ
prey for larger animals ⓘ |
| family | Bufonidae ⓘ |
| habitat |
agricultural areas
ⓘ
forests ⓘ grasslands ⓘ suburban areas ⓘ terrestrial habitats ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
poison glands
ⓘ
short legs ⓘ stocky body ⓘ terrestrial lifestyle ⓘ warty skin ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Bufo bankorensis
ⓘ
Bufo bufo ⓘ
linked to:
Bufo
Bufo gargarizans ⓘ Bufo japonicus ⓘ
linked to:
Bufo
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | mostly nocturnal ⓘ |
| locomotion |
short hops
ⓘ
walking ⓘ |
| order | Anura ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Bufonidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | lays eggs in water ⓘ |
| respiration |
cutaneous respiration
ⓘ
lungs ⓘ |
| skinTexture | warty ⓘ |
| subclass | Lissamphibia ⓘ |
| superorder | Batrachia ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| toxicSecretion | bufotoxins ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Bufo bufo ⓘ |
| vernacularName | true toads ⓘ |
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: Bufo Description of subject: Bufo is a genus of so-called “true toads,” comprising many common, warty-skinned terrestrial toad species found across much of the world.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bufo
linked to: Bufo
linked to: Bufo
linked to: Bufo
linked to: Bufo
linked to: Bufo