Angora goat
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The Angora goat is a domestic goat breed renowned for producing mohair, a luxurious, silky fiber used in high-quality textiles.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Angora goat canonical | 2 |
| Ankara goat | 1 |
| Changthangi goat | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2986672 — 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: Angora goat Context triple: [Angora, associatedWithAnimalBreed, Angora goat]
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A.
Angora
Angora is the former Western name for Ankara, the capital city of modern Turkey.
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B.
Angora
Angora is a residential neighborhood in Southwest Philadelphia known for its rowhouses, local parks, and proximity to Cobbs Creek.
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C.
Angora cats
Angora cats are a long-haired, elegant domestic cat breed originating from Turkey, prized for their silky coats, plumed tails, and graceful, affectionate nature.
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D.
Ovis
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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E.
Ovis orientalis
Ovis orientalis is a wild sheep species native to parts of Asia and the Middle East, considered an important ancestor of domestic sheep.
- 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: Angora goat Target entity description: The Angora goat is a domestic goat breed renowned for producing mohair, a luxurious, silky fiber used in high-quality textiles.
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A.
Angora
Angora is the former Western name for Ankara, the capital city of modern Turkey.
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B.
Angora
Angora is a residential neighborhood in Southwest Philadelphia known for its rowhouses, local parks, and proximity to Cobbs Creek.
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C.
Angora cats
Angora cats are a long-haired, elegant domestic cat breed originating from Turkey, prized for their silky coats, plumed tails, and graceful, affectionate nature.
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D.
Ovis
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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E.
Ovis orientalis
Ovis orientalis is a wild sheep species native to parts of Asia and the Middle East, considered an important ancestor of domestic sheep.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
domestic goat breed
ⓘ
livestock breed ⓘ |
| adultWeightFemale | approximately 30–45 kilograms ⓘ |
| adultWeightMale | approximately 45–70 kilograms ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ankara goat
ⓘ
linked to:
Angora goat
|
| annualMohairYieldPerHead | approximately 4–5 kilograms ⓘ |
| climateAdaptation |
semi-arid regions
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temperate climates ⓘ |
| coatCharacteristic |
curly fleece
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long hair ⓘ lustrous fiber ⓘ |
| color |
also found in colored varieties
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predominantly white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Turkey ⓘ |
| diet | browsing on shrubs and pasture plants ⓘ |
| domesticated | yes ⓘ |
| fiberMicronRange | approximately 24–40 microns ⓘ |
| fiberQuality |
high luster
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luxurious ⓘ silky ⓘ |
| fiberTypeProduced | mohair ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 150 days ⓘ |
| hornStatus | usually horned ⓘ |
| litterSize | often single or twin kids ⓘ |
| majorProductionRegion |
New Mexico
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South Africa ⓘ Texas ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ankara ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Ankara ⓘ |
| primaryExportCountries |
South Africa
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Turkey ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| produces | mohair ⓘ |
| recognizedFor |
fine, lustrous fleece
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high-quality mohair production ⓘ |
| shearingFrequency | typically twice a year ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Capra aegagrus hircus
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goat ⓘ |
| taxonRank | breed ⓘ |
| temperament | generally docile ⓘ |
| use |
fiber production
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textile production ⓘ |
| usedIn |
blankets and throws
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high-end knitwear ⓘ suits and coats ⓘ upholstery fabrics ⓘ |
| vulnerableTo |
cold wet weather due to fine fleece
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external parasites ⓘ |
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: Angora goat Description of subject: The Angora goat is a domestic goat breed renowned for producing mohair, a luxurious, silky fiber used in high-quality textiles.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Angora goat
linked to: Angora goat