Bubalus
E393956
Bubalus is a genus of large bovids that includes the domestic water buffalo and several wild buffalo species native mainly to Asia.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indian gaur | 4 |
| Bubalus canonical | 2 |
| Bubalus arnee | 2 |
| Bubalus bubalis | 2 |
| Bubalus depressicornis | 1 |
| Bubalus mindorensis | 1 |
| Bubalus quarlesi | 1 |
| Carabao (water buffalo) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3834451 — 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: Bubalus Context triple: [Bovinae, includesTaxon, Bubalus]
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A.
Bos taurus
Bos taurus is the domesticated cattle species widely raised worldwide for meat, milk, and labor.
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B.
Gaur
Gaur is a ruined medieval city on the India–Bangladesh border, historically a major capital of Bengal known for its Islamic architecture and archaeological remains.
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C.
Bos indicus
Bos indicus is the domesticated zebu cattle species, characterized by a prominent shoulder hump, drooping ears, and heat tolerance, widely raised in tropical and subtropical regions.
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D.
Bos primigenius
Bos primigenius, commonly known as the aurochs, was a large wild cattle species that once roamed much of Europe, Asia, and North Africa and is now extinct.
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E.
Dicerorhinus
Dicerorhinus is a genus of rhinoceros that includes the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, the smallest and most primitive living rhino species.
- 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: Bubalus Target entity description: Bubalus is a genus of large bovids that includes the domestic water buffalo and several wild buffalo species native mainly to Asia.
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A.
Bos taurus
Bos taurus is the domesticated cattle species widely raised worldwide for meat, milk, and labor.
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B.
Gaur
Gaur is a ruined medieval city on the India–Bangladesh border, historically a major capital of Bengal known for its Islamic architecture and archaeological remains.
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C.
Bos indicus
Bos indicus is the domesticated zebu cattle species, characterized by a prominent shoulder hump, drooping ears, and heat tolerance, widely raised in tropical and subtropical regions.
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D.
Bos primigenius
Bos primigenius, commonly known as the aurochs, was a large wild cattle species that once roamed much of Europe, Asia, and North Africa and is now extinct.
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E.
Dicerorhinus
Dicerorhinus is a genus of rhinoceros that includes the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, the smallest and most primitive living rhino species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Ruminantia ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
domestic water buffalo
ⓘ
lowland anoa ⓘ
linked to:
mountain anoa
mountain anoa ⓘ tamaraw ⓘ wild water buffalo ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Bubalus arnee
ⓘ
linked to:
Bubalus
Bubalus bubalis ⓘ
linked to:
Bubalus
Bubalus depressicornis ⓘ
linked to:
Bubalus
Bubalus mindorensis ⓘ
linked to:
Bubalus
Bubalus quarlesi ⓘ
linked to:
Bubalus
|
| describedAs | large bovids ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Charles Hamilton Smith ⓘ |
| habitat |
grasslands
ⓘ
swamps ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
horned mammals
ⓘ
ruminant ⓘ |
| hasMember |
anoa
ⓘ
domestic water buffalo ⓘ tamaraw ⓘ wild water buffalo ⓘ |
| hasUse |
domesticated for draught power
ⓘ
domesticated for hide production ⓘ domesticated for meat production ⓘ domesticated for milk production ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Bovidae
ⓘ
Bovinae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| subfamily | Bovinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tribe | Bovini ⓘ |
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: Bubalus Description of subject: Bubalus is a genus of large bovids that includes the domestic water buffalo and several wild buffalo species native mainly to Asia.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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