Hippotragus
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Hippotragus is a genus of large African antelopes that includes species such as the roan antelope and the sable antelope.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hippotragus niger | 3 |
| Hippotragus canonical | 2 |
| Hippotragus equinus | 2 |
| Hippotragus leucophaeus | 2 |
| Roan antelope | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3969597 — 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: Hippotragus Context triple: [Hippotraginae, includesTaxon, Hippotragus]
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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.
Alcelaphus
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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C.
Damaliscus
Damaliscus is a genus of African antelopes in the subfamily Alcelaphinae, which includes species such as topi and tsessebe known for their speed and open-grassland habitats.
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D.
Taurotragus
Taurotragus is a genus of large African antelopes, including the common and giant elands, known for their impressive size and spiral horns.
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E.
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.
- 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: Hippotragus Target entity description: Hippotragus is a genus of large African antelopes that includes species such as the roan antelope and the sable antelope.
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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.
Alcelaphus
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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C.
Damaliscus
Damaliscus is a genus of African antelopes in the subfamily Alcelaphinae, which includes species such as topi and tsessebe known for their speed and open-grassland habitats.
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D.
Taurotragus
Taurotragus is a genus of large African antelopes, including the common and giant elands, known for their impressive size and spiral horns.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ species ⓘ species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Ruminantia ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
bluebuck
ⓘ
roan antelope ⓘ sable antelope ⓘ |
| conservationStatus |
extinct
ⓘ
least concern ⓘ near threatened ⓘ |
| describedByTaxonAuthor | Charles Hamilton Smith ⓘ |
| diet | grasses ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Holocene ⓘ |
| habitat |
savanna
ⓘ
woodland ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
large body size
ⓘ
long ringed horns ⓘ sexual dimorphism ⓘ |
| hasExtinctSpecies |
Hippotragus leucophaeus
ⓘ
linked to:
Hippotragus
|
| hasHeadBodyLength | approximately 190–240 cm ⓘ |
| hasHornLength | up to about 165 cm ⓘ |
| hasLifespan | up to about 17 years in the wild ⓘ |
| hasShoulderHeight | approximately 120–150 cm ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Hippotragus equinus
ⓘ
Hippotragus leucophaeus ⓘ
linked to:
Hippotragus
Hippotragus niger ⓘ
linked to:
Hippotragus
|
| isEndemicTo | Africa ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Africa ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
forms herds
ⓘ
gregarious ⓘ |
| subfamily | Hippotraginae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trophicGuild | herbivore ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Hippotragus equinus
ⓘ
linked to:
Hippotragus
|
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: Hippotragus Description of subject: Hippotragus is a genus of large African antelopes that includes species such as the roan antelope and the sable antelope.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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