Diana monkey
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The Diana monkey is a colorful and agile Old World monkey species native to the forests of West Africa, known for its distinctive white throat and brow markings.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cercopithecus diana | 1 |
| Diana monkey canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4242158 — 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: Diana monkey Context triple: [Guinean forests of West Africa, containsSpecies, Diana monkey]
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A.
Bale monkey
The Bale monkey is a primate species endemic to Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains, known for its specialized bamboo forest habitat and limited geographic range.
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B.
L'Hoest's monkey
L'Hoest's monkey is a forest-dwelling Old World monkey native to the montane and lowland rainforests of Central Africa, known for its dark fur and distinctive white bib.
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C.
Thomas’s leaf monkey
Thomas’s leaf monkey is a distinctive, long-tailed colobine primate native to the forests of northern Sumatra, known for its striking facial markings and arboreal, leaf-eating lifestyle.
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D.
Lion-tailed macaque
The lion-tailed macaque is an endangered, dark-furred Old World monkey distinguished by its silver-white mane and tufted tail, found only in the rainforests of India’s Western Ghats.
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E.
Hanuman langur
The Hanuman langur is a widespread South Asian Old World monkey species known for its long tail, grayish fur, and cultural significance in Hindu mythology.
- 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: Diana monkey Target entity description: The Diana monkey is a colorful and agile Old World monkey species native to the forests of West Africa, known for its distinctive white throat and brow markings.
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A.
Bale monkey
The Bale monkey is a primate species endemic to Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains, known for its specialized bamboo forest habitat and limited geographic range.
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B.
L'Hoest's monkey
L'Hoest's monkey is a forest-dwelling Old World monkey native to the montane and lowland rainforests of Central Africa, known for its dark fur and distinctive white bib.
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C.
Thomas’s leaf monkey
Thomas’s leaf monkey is a distinctive, long-tailed colobine primate native to the forests of northern Sumatra, known for its striking facial markings and arboreal, leaf-eating lifestyle.
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D.
Lion-tailed macaque
The lion-tailed macaque is an endangered, dark-furred Old World monkey distinguished by its silver-white mane and tufted tail, found only in the rainforests of India’s Western Ghats.
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E.
Hanuman langur
The Hanuman langur is a widespread South Asian Old World monkey species known for its long tail, grayish fur, and cultural significance in Hindu mythology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old World monkey
ⓘ
mammal ⓘ primate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Cercopithecus diana
ⓘ
linked to:
Diana monkey
|
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor |
black
ⓘ
chestnut ⓘ white ⓘ |
| commonName | Diana monkey ⓘ |
| communication |
alarm calls
ⓘ
vocalizations ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Endangered ⓘ |
| diet |
folivorous
ⓘ
frugivorous ⓘ insectivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature |
black face
ⓘ
colorful pelage ⓘ white brow band ⓘ white throat ⓘ |
| family | Cercopithecidae ⓘ |
| foundIn | Guinean forests of West Africa ⓘ |
| genus | Cercopithecus ⓘ |
| habitat |
primary forest
ⓘ
rainforest ⓘ secondary forest ⓘ tropical forest ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInCaptivity | up to 20 years ⓘ |
| locomotion |
arboreal
ⓘ
quadrupedal ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Roman goddess Diana
ⓘ
linked to:
Artemis
|
| nativeTo |
Ghana
ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ Ivory Coast ⓘ
linked to:
Côte d'Ivoire
Liberia ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ West Africa ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
group-living
ⓘ
multi-female groups ⓘ single adult male groups ⓘ |
| subfamily | Cercopithecinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
bushmeat trade
ⓘ
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: Diana monkey Description of subject: The Diana monkey is a colorful and agile Old World monkey species native to the forests of West Africa, known for its distinctive white throat and brow markings.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Diana monkey