Catagonus
E223417
Catagonus is a genus of peccaries that includes the Chacoan peccary, a pig-like hoofed mammal native to South America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Catagonus canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1997624 — 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: Catagonus Context triple: [Tayassuidae, includesGenus, Catagonus]
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A.
Catreus
Catreus is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of King Minos of Crete whose tragic fate is tied to a prophecy that he would be killed by one of his own children.
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B.
Nocte
The Nocte are an indigenous tribal community of northeastern India known for their distinct language, traditional village-based social structure, and rich cultural practices.
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C.
Sileni
Sileni are mythological woodland spirits or companions of Dionysus in Greek mythology, often depicted as older, drunken satyrs associated with revelry and rustic wisdom.
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D.
Hyas
Hyas is a figure in Greek mythology, often associated with the Hyades as their brother and linked to myths explaining the origin of certain constellations or rain-bringing stars.
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E.
Asterope
Asterope is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with tending the gods’ blissful garden and its golden apples.
- 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: Catagonus Target entity description: Catagonus is a genus of peccaries that includes the Chacoan peccary, a pig-like hoofed mammal native to South America.
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A.
Catreus
Catreus is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of King Minos of Crete whose tragic fate is tied to a prophecy that he would be killed by one of his own children.
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B.
Nocte
The Nocte are an indigenous tribal community of northeastern India known for their distinct language, traditional village-based social structure, and rich cultural practices.
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C.
Sileni
Sileni are mythological woodland spirits or companions of Dionysus in Greek mythology, often depicted as older, drunken satyrs associated with revelry and rustic wisdom.
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D.
Hyas
Hyas is a figure in Greek mythology, often associated with the Hyades as their brother and linked to myths explaining the origin of certain constellations or rain-bringing stars.
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E.
Asterope
Asterope is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with tending the gods’ blissful garden and its golden apples.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
mammal ⓘ species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToFamily | Tayassuidae ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | peccaries ⓘ |
| class |
Mammalia
ⓘ
Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
Chacoan peccary
ⓘ
peccaries ⓘ tagua ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of peccaries ⓘ |
| diet |
cactus specialist
ⓘ
herbivorous ⓘ |
| distribution | South America ⓘ |
| family |
Tayassuidae
ⓘ
Tayassuidae ⓘ |
| genus | Catagonus ⓘ |
| habitat |
dry shrubland
ⓘ
thorn forest ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
even-toed ungulate
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pig-like hoofed mammal ⓘ pig-like hoofed mammals ⓘ social animal ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpecies | Catagonus wagneri ⓘ |
| includesTaxon | Catagonus wagneri ⓘ |
| kingdom |
Animalia
ⓘ
Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Argentina
ⓘ
Bolivia ⓘ Gran Chaco ⓘ Paraguay ⓘ South America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| order |
Artiodactyla
ⓘ
Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum |
Chordata
ⓘ
Chordata ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ |
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: Catagonus Description of subject: Catagonus is a genus of peccaries that includes the Chacoan peccary, a pig-like hoofed mammal native to South America.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.