Rusa unicolor
E40000
Rusa unicolor, commonly known as the sambar deer, is a large, dark-coated deer native to the Indian subcontinent, southern China, and Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rusa unicolor canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T298126 — 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: Rusa unicolor Context triple: [Cervidae, includesSpecies, Rusa unicolor]
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A.
Hydropotes inermis
Hydropotes inermis, commonly known as the water deer, is a small East Asian deer species notable for its lack of antlers and prominent tusk-like canine teeth.
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B.
Capreolus pygargus
Capreolus pygargus, commonly known as the Siberian roe deer, is a small to medium-sized deer species native to northern and eastern Asia, recognized for its adaptability to cold climates and forest-steppe habitats.
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C.
Aquila verreauxii
Aquila verreauxii, commonly known as Verreaux's eagle or the black eagle, is a large, predominantly black bird of prey native to mountainous and rocky regions of sub-Saharan Africa.
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D.
Lynx
Lynx is a high-speed serial computer bus interface standard, better known as IEEE 1394 or FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices.
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E.
Aquila nipalensis
Aquila nipalensis, commonly known as the steppe eagle, is a large migratory bird of prey found across Eurasian steppes and parts of Africa, recognized for its powerful build and long-distance movements.
- 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: Rusa unicolor Target entity description: Rusa unicolor, commonly known as the sambar deer, is a large, dark-coated deer native to the Indian subcontinent, southern China, and Southeast Asia.
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A.
Hydropotes inermis
Hydropotes inermis, commonly known as the water deer, is a small East Asian deer species notable for its lack of antlers and prominent tusk-like canine teeth.
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B.
Capreolus pygargus
Capreolus pygargus, commonly known as the Siberian roe deer, is a small to medium-sized deer species native to northern and eastern Asia, recognized for its adaptability to cold climates and forest-steppe habitats.
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C.
Aquila verreauxii
Aquila verreauxii, commonly known as Verreaux's eagle or the black eagle, is a large, predominantly black bird of prey native to mountainous and rocky regions of sub-Saharan Africa.
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D.
Lynx
Lynx is a high-speed serial computer bus interface standard, better known as IEEE 1394 or FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices.
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E.
Aquila nipalensis
Aquila nipalensis, commonly known as the steppe eagle, is a large migratory bird of prey found across Eurasian steppes and parts of Africa, recognized for its powerful build and long-distance movements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal
ⓘ
species of deer ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mainly nocturnal ⓘ |
| antlers | present in males only ⓘ |
| antlerType | three-tined antlers ⓘ |
| binomialName | Rusa unicolor ⓘ |
| bodySize | large deer ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor | dark brown ⓘ |
| commonName |
sambar
ⓘ
sambar deer ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Vulnerable ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
bark
ⓘ
fruits ⓘ grasses ⓘ leaves ⓘ |
| family | Cervidae ⓘ |
| genus | Rusa ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | approximately 8 months ⓘ |
| habitat |
evergreen forests
ⓘ
grasslands near forests ⓘ subtropical forests ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Australia
ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ United States (Florida and other areas) ⓘ
linked to:
Florida
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| litterSize | usually one fawn ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
Indonesia ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Thailand ⓘ southern China ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| previousGenus | Cervus ⓘ |
| primarySense |
keen hearing
ⓘ
keen sense of smell ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | males larger than females ⓘ |
| socialStructure | solitary or small groups ⓘ |
| taxonRank | 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: Rusa unicolor Description of subject: Rusa unicolor, commonly known as the sambar deer, is a large, dark-coated deer native to the Indian subcontinent, southern China, and Southeast Asia.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.