Alcelaphus
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Alcelaphus is a genus of African antelopes best known for including the hartebeest, a large, long-faced grazer of open savannas and grasslands.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alcelaphus canonical | 5 |
| Alcelaphus buselaphus | 2 |
| Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii | 1 |
| Alcelaphus caama | 1 |
| Alcelaphus lelwel | 1 |
| Alcelaphus lichtensteinii | 1 |
| Alcelaphus swaynei | 1 |
| Alcelaphus tora | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3925780 — 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: Alcelaphus Context triple: [Alcelaphinae, containsTaxon, Alcelaphus]
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A.
Tragelaphus
Tragelaphus is a genus of spiral-horned African antelopes that includes species such as kudus, bushbucks, and nyalas.
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B.
Boselaphus
Boselaphus is a genus of large Asian antelopes in the cattle subfamily that includes the nilgai, known for its robust build and sexual dimorphism.
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C.
Aepyceros melampus
Aepyceros melampus, commonly known as the impala, is a medium-sized African antelope renowned for its agility, leaping ability, and prominence in savanna ecosystems.
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D.
Elaphodus cephalophus
Elaphodus cephalophus, commonly known as the tufted deer, is a small, shy Asian deer species notable for its prominent tuft of dark hair on the forehead and short, fang-like upper canines.
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E.
Elaphodus
Elaphodus is a genus of small Asian deer best known for the tufted deer, characterized by its distinctive tuft of hair and short antlers.
- 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: Alcelaphus Target entity description: Alcelaphus is a genus of African antelopes best known for including the hartebeest, a large, long-faced grazer of open savannas and grasslands.
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A.
Tragelaphus
Tragelaphus is a genus of spiral-horned African antelopes that includes species such as kudus, bushbucks, and nyalas.
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B.
Boselaphus
Boselaphus is a genus of large Asian antelopes in the cattle subfamily that includes the nilgai, known for its robust build and sexual dimorphism.
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C.
Aepyceros melampus
Aepyceros melampus, commonly known as the impala, is a medium-sized African antelope renowned for its agility, leaping ability, and prominence in savanna ecosystems.
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D.
Elaphodus cephalophus
Elaphodus cephalophus, commonly known as the tufted deer, is a small, shy Asian deer species notable for its prominent tuft of dark hair on the forehead and short, fang-like upper canines.
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E.
Elaphodus
Elaphodus is a genus of small Asian deer best known for the tufted deer, characterized by its distinctive tuft of hair and short antlers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mainly diurnal ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor | including the hartebeest ⓘ |
| characteristicMorphology |
elongated limbs
ⓘ
high shoulders ⓘ long-faced antelopes ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | Alcelaphus ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | some species threatened by habitat loss ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of African antelopes ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | large grazer in open ecosystems ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
sub-Saharan Africa
ⓘ
linked to:
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
| hornPresence | both sexes horned in most species ⓘ |
| hornShape | ringed horns often lyrate or curved ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Alcelaphus bucelaphus major
ⓘ
Alcelaphus buselaphus ⓘ
linked to:
Alcelaphus
Alcelaphus caama ⓘ
linked to:
Alcelaphus
Alcelaphus lelwel ⓘ
linked to:
Alcelaphus
Alcelaphus lichtensteinii ⓘ
linked to:
Alcelaphus
Alcelaphus swaynei ⓘ
linked to:
Alcelaphus
Alcelaphus tora ⓘ
linked to:
Alcelaphus
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | cursorial ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Africa ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
hartebeest
ⓘ
linked to:
Jackson’s hartebeest
|
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | viviparous ⓘ |
| socialStructure | often forms herds ⓘ |
| subfamily | Alcelaphinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Alcelaphus buselaphus
ⓘ
linked to:
Alcelaphus
|
| typicalFeedingType | grazer ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
grasslands
ⓘ
savannas ⓘ |
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: Alcelaphus Description of subject: Alcelaphus is a genus of African antelopes best known for including the hartebeest, a large, long-faced grazer of open savannas and grasslands.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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