Bos taurus
E43395
Bos taurus is the domesticated cattle species widely raised worldwide for meat, milk, and labor.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bos taurus canonical | 17 |
| Cow | 2 |
| Bos taurus complex | 1 |
| Charolais cattle | 1 |
| Holstein | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T343256 — 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: Bos taurus Context triple: [Artiodactyla, includesExampleSpecies, Bos taurus]
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A.
Bison
Bison is the official mascot of Howard University, symbolizing the institution’s strength, resilience, and historic legacy.
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B.
Angus
Angus is a historic county and region on the east coast of Scotland known for its rural landscapes, agriculture, and coastal towns.
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C.
Ovis
Ovis is a genus of hoofed mammals that includes domestic sheep and several wild sheep species found across Eurasia, North Africa, and North America.
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D.
Bovidae
Bovidae is a large family of hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes antelopes, sheep, goats, and cattle, characterized by permanent bony horns and typically complex social behavior.
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E.
Mouton
Mouton is an academic publishing house known for its influential works in linguistics and related fields.
- 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: Bos taurus Target entity description: Bos taurus is the domesticated cattle species widely raised worldwide for meat, milk, and labor.
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A.
Bison
Bison is the official mascot of Howard University, symbolizing the institution’s strength, resilience, and historic legacy.
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B.
Angus
Angus is a historic county and region on the east coast of Scotland known for its rural landscapes, agriculture, and coastal towns.
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C.
Ovis
Ovis is a genus of hoofed mammals that includes domestic sheep and several wild sheep species found across Eurasia, North Africa, and North America.
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D.
Bovidae
Bovidae is a large family of hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes antelopes, sheep, goats, and cattle, characterized by permanent bony horns and typically complex social behavior.
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E.
Mouton
Mouton is an academic publishing house known for its influential works in linguistics and related fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bovid
ⓘ
domesticated animal ⓘ mammal ⓘ species ⓘ |
| ancestralSpecies | Bos primigenius ⓘ |
| binomialName | Bos taurus ⓘ |
| bodyTemperatureRegulation | endothermic ⓘ |
| breeding | selective breeding common ⓘ |
| chamber |
abomasum
ⓘ
omasum ⓘ reticulum ⓘ rumen ⓘ |
| chromosomeNumber | 60 ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
cattle
ⓘ
cow ⓘ domestic cattle ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| domesticated | true ⓘ |
| domesticationRegion | Eurasia ⓘ |
| domesticationStatus | domesticated ⓘ |
| domesticRange | worldwide ⓘ |
| economicImportance | high ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae ⓘ |
| feedingType | ruminant ⓘ |
| femaleName | cow ⓘ |
| genus | Bos ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 9 months ⓘ |
| hasHorns | often ⓘ |
| juvenileName | calf ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespan | 15–20 years ⓘ |
| maleName | bull ⓘ |
| meatUse | human consumption ⓘ |
| milkUse | human consumption ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
draft power
ⓘ
hides ⓘ manure ⓘ meat production ⓘ milk production ⓘ |
| product |
beef
ⓘ
butter ⓘ cheese ⓘ leather ⓘ milk ⓘ veal ⓘ yogurt ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | viviparous ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | present ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | herd-living ⓘ |
| stomachType | four-chambered stomach ⓘ |
| subfamily | Bovinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
grasslands
ⓘ
pastures ⓘ |
| usedFor |
plowing
ⓘ
transport ⓘ |
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: Bos taurus Description of subject: Bos taurus is the domesticated cattle species widely raised worldwide for meat, milk, and labor.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
UniGene database
subject linked to:
Japanese Black (Kuroge Washu)