Sumba buttonquail
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The Sumba buttonquail is a small, ground-dwelling bird species of buttonquail found only on the Indonesian island of Sumba.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sumba buttonquail canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1384901 — 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: Sumba buttonquail Context triple: [Sumba, hasEndemicSpecies, Sumba buttonquail]
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A.
Sumba hornbill
The Sumba hornbill is a large, distinctive hornbill species native only to Indonesia’s Sumba Island, known for its prominent bill and role in the island’s forest ecosystem.
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B.
Nicobar megapode
The Nicobar megapode is a rare, ground-dwelling mound-building bird endemic to India’s Nicobar Islands, known for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decaying vegetation and sand.
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C.
Nancowry
Nancowry is a dialect of the Nicobarese language spoken by indigenous communities in the Nicobar Islands of India.
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D.
St Kilda wren
The St Kilda wren is a small, endemic subspecies of Eurasian wren found only on the remote St Kilda archipelago in Scotland, notable for its isolation-driven distinctiveness and conservation interest.
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E.
Acanthisitti
Acanthisitti is a small, ancient suborder of New Zealand wrens considered among the most basal and evolutionarily distinct lineages of passerine birds.
- 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: Sumba buttonquail Target entity description: The Sumba buttonquail is a small, ground-dwelling bird species of buttonquail found only on the Indonesian island of Sumba.
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A.
Sumba hornbill
The Sumba hornbill is a large, distinctive hornbill species native only to Indonesia’s Sumba Island, known for its prominent bill and role in the island’s forest ecosystem.
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B.
Nicobar megapode
The Nicobar megapode is a rare, ground-dwelling mound-building bird endemic to India’s Nicobar Islands, known for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decaying vegetation and sand.
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C.
Nancowry
Nancowry is a dialect of the Nicobarese language spoken by indigenous communities in the Nicobar Islands of India.
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D.
St Kilda wren
The St Kilda wren is a small, endemic subspecies of Eurasian wren found only on the remote St Kilda archipelago in Scotland, notable for its isolation-driven distinctiveness and conservation interest.
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E.
Acanthisitti
Acanthisitti is a small, ancient suborder of New Zealand wrens considered among the most basal and evolutionarily distinct lineages of passerine birds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird
ⓘ
buttonquail ⓘ species ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | threatened (general) ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| diet |
invertebrates
ⓘ
seeds ⓘ |
| endemicTo |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Sumba ⓘ |
| family | Turnicidae ⓘ |
| genus | Turnix ⓘ |
| habitat |
agricultural land
ⓘ
grassland ⓘ shrubland ⓘ |
| hasBeak | true ⓘ |
| hasFeathers | true ⓘ |
| hasWings | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| laysEggs | true ⓘ |
| locomotion | ground-dwelling ⓘ |
| movement | terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Lesser Sunda Islands
ⓘ
Sumba ⓘ |
| order | Charadriiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Sumba buttonquail Description of subject: The Sumba buttonquail is a small, ground-dwelling bird species of buttonquail found only on the Indonesian island of Sumba.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.