Sus scrofa
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Sus scrofa is the wild boar, a widespread Eurasian mammal that is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sus scrofa canonical | 4 |
| Iberian pig | 2 |
| Axis porcinus | 1 |
| Eurasian wild pig | 1 |
| Suini | 1 |
| Sus scrofa lybicus | 1 |
| Sus scrofa ussuricus | 1 |
| Swine | 1 |
| Wild Boar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T343264 — 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: Sus scrofa Context triple: [Artiodactyla, includesExampleSpecies, Sus scrofa]
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A.
Suidae
Suidae is the biological family of pigs and their relatives, including domestic pigs, wild boars, and warthogs.
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B.
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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C.
Bos taurus
Bos taurus is the domesticated cattle species widely raised worldwide for meat, milk, and labor.
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D.
Pan paniscus
Pan paniscus, commonly known as the bonobo, is a great ape species native to the Congo Basin in Central Africa, noted for its matriarchal social structure, high intelligence, and relatively peaceful, cooperative behavior.
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E.
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.
- 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: Sus scrofa Target entity description: Sus scrofa is the wild boar, a widespread Eurasian mammal that is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig.
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A.
Suidae
Suidae is the biological family of pigs and their relatives, including domestic pigs, wild boars, and warthogs.
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B.
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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C.
Bos taurus
Bos taurus is the domesticated cattle species widely raised worldwide for meat, milk, and labor.
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D.
Pan paniscus
Pan paniscus, commonly known as the bonobo, is a great ape species native to the Congo Basin in Central Africa, noted for its matriarchal social structure, high intelligence, and relatively peaceful, cooperative behavior.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal
ⓘ
species ⓘ wild boar ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mainly nocturnal ⓘ |
| averageLifespanWild | 10 years ⓘ |
| binomialName | Sus scrofa ⓘ |
| bodyMassFemale | typically up to about 100 kg ⓘ |
| bodyMassMale | up to about 150 kg or more in some populations ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor | usually brown to dark grey ⓘ |
| commonName |
Eurasian wild pig
ⓘ
linked to:
Sus scrofa
wild boar ⓘ wild pig ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| domesticatedDescendant | domestic pig ⓘ |
| ecologicalImpact | can be an invasive species ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
seed disperser
ⓘ
seed predator ⓘ |
| family | Suidae ⓘ |
| genus | Sus ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 115 days ⓘ |
| habitat |
agricultural areas
ⓘ
forests ⓘ scrublands ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasTusk | yes ⓘ |
| humanUse |
game species
ⓘ
hunted for meat ⓘ |
| introducedRange |
Australia
ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ many oceanic islands ⓘ |
| isWildAncestorOf | Sus scrofa domesticus ⓘ |
| iucnStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| juvenilePattern | striped piglets ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| litterSize | typically 4–6 piglets ⓘ |
| maximumLifespanCaptivity | 20 years ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Europe
ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ much of Asia ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Sus ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| socialStructure | lives in groups called sounders ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | omnivore ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
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: Sus scrofa Description of subject: Sus scrofa is the wild boar, a widespread Eurasian mammal that is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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UniGene database
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