Ovis
E16657
Ovis is a genus of hoofed mammals that includes domestic sheep and several wild sheep species found across Eurasia, North Africa, and North America.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ovis aries | 7 |
| Dall sheep | 6 |
| Ovis canonical | 6 |
| Ovis ammon | 2 |
| Ovis nivicola | 2 |
| Shetland sheep | 2 |
| Lamb | 1 |
| Ovis canadensis | 1 |
| Ovis dalli | 1 |
| Ovis vignei | 1 |
| Polish Mountain Sheep | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T138937 — 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: Ovis Context triple: [Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, genus, Ovis]
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A.
Mouton
Mouton is an academic publishing house known for its influential works in linguistics and related fields.
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B.
Bison
Bison is the official mascot of Howard University, symbolizing the institution’s strength, resilience, and historic legacy.
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C.
Angus
Angus is a historic county and region on the east coast of Scotland known for its rural landscapes, agriculture, and coastal towns.
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D.
Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep
The Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep is an endangered subspecies of bighorn sheep native to California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, known for its impressive curved horns and adaptation to steep, rocky alpine terrain.
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E.
mule deer
The mule deer is a North American deer species known for its large, mule-like ears and adaptability to a wide range of habitats, from mountains and forests to deserts.
- 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: Ovis Target entity description: Ovis is a genus of hoofed mammals that includes domestic sheep and several wild sheep species found across Eurasia, North Africa, and North America.
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A.
Mouton
Mouton is an academic publishing house known for its influential works in linguistics and related fields.
-
B.
Bison
Bison is the official mascot of Howard University, symbolizing the institution’s strength, resilience, and historic legacy.
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C.
Angus
Angus is a historic county and region on the east coast of Scotland known for its rural landscapes, agriculture, and coastal towns.
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D.
Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep
The Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep is an endangered subspecies of bighorn sheep native to California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, known for its impressive curved horns and adaptation to steep, rocky alpine terrain.
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E.
mule deer
The mule deer is a North American deer species known for its large, mule-like ears and adaptability to a wide range of habitats, from mountains and forests to deserts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | genus ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Ruminantia ⓘ |
| bodyCovering |
hair
ⓘ
wool ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | sheep ⓘ |
| diet |
forbs
ⓘ
grasses ⓘ shrubs ⓘ |
| domesticatedRepresentative | Ovis aries ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
herbivorous
ⓘ
hoofed ⓘ ruminant ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Ovis ammon
ⓘ
linked to:
Ovis
Ovis aries ⓘ Ovis canadensis ⓘ
linked to:
Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep
Ovis dalli ⓘ
linked to:
Ovis
Ovis nivicola ⓘ
linked to:
Ovis
Ovis orientalis ⓘ Ovis vignei ⓘ
linked to:
Ovis
|
| includesDomesticForm | Ovis aries ⓘ |
| includesWildSheep |
Ovis ammon
ⓘ
linked to:
Ovis
Ovis canadensis ⓘ
linked to:
Ovis
Ovis dalli ⓘ Ovis nivicola ⓘ
linked to:
Ovis
Ovis orientalis ⓘ Ovis vignei ⓘ
linked to:
Ovis orientalis
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| malesOftenHave | horns ⓘ |
| nativeToContinent |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| nativeToRegion |
Eurasia
ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductionType | viviparous ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | present ⓘ |
| subfamily | Caprinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
grasslands
ⓘ
mountains ⓘ steppes ⓘ |
| usedByHumansFor |
hides
ⓘ
meat ⓘ milk ⓘ wool ⓘ |
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: Ovis Description of subject: Ovis is a genus of hoofed mammals that includes domestic sheep and several wild sheep species found across Eurasia, North Africa, and North America.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Bryndza Podhalańska (EU PDO)
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