Tayassu
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Tayassu is a genus of New World peccaries, medium-sized pig-like mammals native to Central and South American forests and scrublands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tayassu canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1997623 — 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: Tayassu Context triple: [Tayassuidae, includesGenus, Tayassu]
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A.
Tayassu pecari
Tayassu pecari, commonly known as the white-lipped peccary, is a social, pig-like hoofed mammal native to Central and South American forests and savannas.
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B.
Tiburon
Tiburon is a small, affluent waterfront town in Marin County, California, known for its scenic views of San Francisco Bay and ferry access to nearby islands.
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C.
Melipilla
Melipilla is a city and commune in central Chile known for its agricultural production and location southwest of Santiago.
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D.
Cudder
Cudder is a nickname and alias of American rapper, singer, and actor Kid Cudi, known for his introspective, genre-blending music.
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E.
Colubrina
Colubrina is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their hard wood and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
- 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: Tayassu Target entity description: Tayassu is a genus of New World peccaries, medium-sized pig-like mammals native to Central and South American forests and scrublands.
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A.
Tayassu pecari
Tayassu pecari, commonly known as the white-lipped peccary, is a social, pig-like hoofed mammal native to Central and South American forests and savannas.
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B.
Tiburon
Tiburon is a small, affluent waterfront town in Marin County, California, known for its scenic views of San Francisco Bay and ferry access to nearby islands.
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C.
Melipilla
Melipilla is a city and commune in central Chile known for its agricultural production and location southwest of Santiago.
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D.
Cudder
Cudder is a nickname and alias of American rapper, singer, and actor Kid Cudi, known for his introspective, genre-blending music.
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E.
Colubrina
Colubrina is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their hard wood and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | New World pigs ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
peccaries
ⓘ
white-lipped peccary ⓘ |
| describedAs |
New World peccaries
ⓘ
medium-sized pig-like mammals ⓘ |
| dietIncludes |
fruits
ⓘ
roots ⓘ seeds ⓘ small invertebrates ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | true pigs ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| endemicTo |
Neotropics
ⓘ
linked to:
Neotropical realm
|
| family | Tayassuidae ⓘ |
| foundInBiome |
dry forest
ⓘ
savanna woodland ⓘ tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Neotropical region ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
cloven hooves
ⓘ
pig-like snout ⓘ social behavior ⓘ |
| hasSpecies | Tayassu pecari ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
mammalogy
ⓘ
neotropical ecology ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central America
ⓘ
South America ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Tayassu
ⓘ
Tayassuidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Suidae ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| superfamily |
Suiformes
ⓘ
linked to:
Artiodactyla
|
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trophicGuild | omnivore ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Tayassu pecari ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
forests
ⓘ
scrublands ⓘ |
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: Tayassu Description of subject: Tayassu is a genus of New World peccaries, medium-sized pig-like mammals native to Central and South American forests and scrublands.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.