Lagorchestes
E153047
Lagorchestes is a genus of small, fast-moving Australian marsupials commonly known as hare-wallabies, belonging to the kangaroo family.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lagorchestes canonical | 3 |
| Lagorchestes conspicillatus | 2 |
| Lagorchestes asomatus | 1 |
| Lagorchestes hirsutus | 1 |
| Lagorchestes leporides | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1318294 — 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: Lagorchestes Context triple: [Macropodidae, containsGenus, Lagorchestes]
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A.
Kinixys
Kinixys is a genus of African hinge-back tortoises known for the movable hinge on their shells that allows them to partially close the rear portion for protection.
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B.
Tarsipes rostratus
Tarsipes rostratus, commonly known as the honey possum, is a tiny nectar- and pollen-feeding marsupial native to southwestern Australia, notable for its elongated snout and specialized brush-tipped tongue.
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C.
Hesperethusa
Hesperethusa is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, known for species such as Hesperethusa crenulata (also called Limonia crenulata) that are native to South and Southeast Asia.
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D.
Psammobates
Psammobates is a genus of small, terrestrial tortoises native to arid and semi-arid regions of southern Africa.
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E.
Oreocnide
Oreocnide is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae, comprising species typically found in tropical and subtropical regions of 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: Lagorchestes Target entity description: Lagorchestes is a genus of small, fast-moving Australian marsupials commonly known as hare-wallabies, belonging to the kangaroo family.
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A.
Kinixys
Kinixys is a genus of African hinge-back tortoises known for the movable hinge on their shells that allows them to partially close the rear portion for protection.
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B.
Tarsipes rostratus
Tarsipes rostratus, commonly known as the honey possum, is a tiny nectar- and pollen-feeding marsupial native to southwestern Australia, notable for its elongated snout and specialized brush-tipped tongue.
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C.
Hesperethusa
Hesperethusa is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, known for species such as Hesperethusa crenulata (also called Limonia crenulata) that are native to South and Southeast Asia.
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D.
Psammobates
Psammobates is a genus of small, terrestrial tortoises native to arid and semi-arid regions of southern Africa.
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E.
Oreocnide
Oreocnide is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae, comprising species typically found in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ species ⓘ species ⓘ species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | kangaroos and wallabies ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Macropodinae ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
hare-wallabies
ⓘ
rufous hare-wallaby ⓘ spectacled hare-wallaby ⓘ |
| conservationStatus |
extinct
ⓘ
extinct ⓘ |
| describedAs | small fast-moving Australian marsupials ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| family | Macropodidae ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
adapted for rapid hopping locomotion
ⓘ
long hind legs ⓘ relatively small body size ⓘ |
| hasMemberSpecies |
Lagorchestes asomatus
ⓘ
linked to:
Lagorchestes
Lagorchestes conspicillatus ⓘ
linked to:
Lagorchestes
Lagorchestes hirsutus ⓘ
linked to:
Lagorchestes
Lagorchestes leporides ⓘ
linked to:
Lagorchestes
|
| infraclass | Marsupialia ⓘ |
| isA |
macropod genus
ⓘ
marsupial genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | hopping ⓘ |
| movementCharacteristic | fast-moving ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Australia ⓘ |
| order | Diprotodontia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | gives birth to underdeveloped young carried in a pouch ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ species ⓘ species ⓘ species ⓘ |
| typicalActivityPattern | nocturnal or crepuscular ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat | arid and semi-arid regions ⓘ |
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: Lagorchestes Description of subject: Lagorchestes is a genus of small, fast-moving Australian marsupials commonly known as hare-wallabies, belonging to the kangaroo family.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lagorchestes
linked to: Lagorchestes
linked to: Lagorchestes
linked to: Lagorchestes
linked to: Lagorchestes