wattled crane
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The wattled crane is a large, wetland-dwelling African crane species distinguished by its long legs, gray-and-white plumage, and characteristic facial wattles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| wattled crane canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4857488 — 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: wattled crane Context triple: [Kafue National Park, majorHabitatFor, wattled crane]
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A.
sandhill crane
The sandhill crane is a tall, long-legged North American crane species known for its bugling calls, elaborate courtship dances, and large migratory flocks that gather in wetlands and refuges.
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B.
Secretary bird
The secretary bird is a large, long-legged bird of prey native to sub-Saharan Africa, known for its distinctive eagle-like body, crane-like legs, and habit of hunting snakes on foot.
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C.
Kori bustard
The Kori bustard is one of the world’s heaviest flying birds, a large terrestrial species native to African savannas and grasslands.
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D.
Cape Bird
Cape Bird is an ice-free volcanic headland on Ross Island in Antarctica, known for its large Adélie penguin colonies and scientific research stations.
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E.
Goliath heron
The Goliath heron is the world’s largest heron species, a towering wading bird of African wetlands known for its massive size, chestnut plumage, and solitary hunting behavior.
- 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: wattled crane Target entity description: The wattled crane is a large, wetland-dwelling African crane species distinguished by its long legs, gray-and-white plumage, and characteristic facial wattles.
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A.
sandhill crane
The sandhill crane is a tall, long-legged North American crane species known for its bugling calls, elaborate courtship dances, and large migratory flocks that gather in wetlands and refuges.
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B.
Secretary bird
The secretary bird is a large, long-legged bird of prey native to sub-Saharan Africa, known for its distinctive eagle-like body, crane-like legs, and habit of hunting snakes on foot.
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C.
Kori bustard
The Kori bustard is one of the world’s heaviest flying birds, a large terrestrial species native to African savannas and grasslands.
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D.
Cape Bird
Cape Bird is an ice-free volcanic headland on Ross Island in Antarctica, known for its large Adélie penguin colonies and scientific research stations.
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E.
Goliath heron
The Goliath heron is the world’s largest heron species, a towering wading bird of African wetlands known for its massive size, chestnut plumage, and solitary hunting behavior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
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crane ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| bodySize | large crane ⓘ |
| breedingBehavior | ground nester ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 1–2 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName | wattled crane ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Vulnerable ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Ethiopian Highlands
ⓘ
Okavango Delta ⓘ Zambezi River floodplains ⓘ |
| eats |
aquatic plants
ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ seeds ⓘ small vertebrates ⓘ tubers ⓘ |
| family | Gruidae ⓘ |
| genus | Grus ⓘ |
| habitat |
floodplains
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marshes ⓘ shallow lakes ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| hasDistinctiveFeature |
facial wattles
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long neck ⓘ very long legs ⓘ |
| hasPlumageColor |
black
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gray ⓘ white ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| maximumHeight | about 175 cm ⓘ |
| movementPattern |
locally nomadic
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partially migratory ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
linked to:
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
| nestSite | wetland vegetation ⓘ |
| order | Gruiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| scientificName | Grus carunculata ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
forms pairs
ⓘ
forms small family groups ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
agricultural expansion
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ human disturbance ⓘ wetland drainage ⓘ |
| wingspan | about 230–260 cm ⓘ |
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: wattled crane Description of subject: The wattled crane is a large, wetland-dwelling African crane species distinguished by its long legs, gray-and-white plumage, and characteristic facial wattles.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.