Setonix brachyurus
E598920
Setonix brachyurus, commonly known as the quokka, is a small herbivorous marsupial native to southwestern Australia, famous for its friendly appearance and “smiling” face.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Setonix brachyurus canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6634337 — 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: Setonix brachyurus Context triple: [Setonix, containsTaxon, Setonix brachyurus]
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A.
Ariaspes
Ariaspes was a Persian prince of the Achaemenid dynasty, known as one of the sons of King Artaxerxes II of Persia.
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B.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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C.
Notoncus
Notoncus is a genus of ants within the subfamily Formicinae, known for species commonly found in Australia and nearby regions.
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D.
Tanyoxarces
Tanyoxarces is an alternative name for Bardiya, the son of Cyrus the Great who briefly ruled the Achaemenid Persian Empire before being overthrown by Darius I.
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E.
Plagiolepis
Plagiolepis is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants in the subfamily Formicinae, found primarily in warm and temperate regions.
- 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: Setonix brachyurus Target entity description: Setonix brachyurus, commonly known as the quokka, is a small herbivorous marsupial native to southwestern Australia, famous for its friendly appearance and “smiling” face.
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A.
Ariaspes
Ariaspes was a Persian prince of the Achaemenid dynasty, known as one of the sons of King Artaxerxes II of Persia.
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B.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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C.
Notoncus
Notoncus is a genus of ants within the subfamily Formicinae, known for species commonly found in Australia and nearby regions.
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D.
Tanyoxarces
Tanyoxarces is an alternative name for Bardiya, the son of Cyrus the Great who briefly ruled the Achaemenid Persian Empire before being overthrown by Darius I.
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E.
Plagiolepis
Plagiolepis is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants in the subfamily Formicinae, found primarily in warm and temperate regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
herbivorous mammal
ⓘ
marsupial ⓘ species ⓘ |
| activityPattern |
crepuscular
ⓘ
nocturnal ⓘ |
| averageBodyLength | about 40–54 cm ⓘ |
| averageTailLength | about 25–30 cm ⓘ |
| averageWeight | about 2.5–5 kg ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor | brownish-grey ⓘ |
| commonName | quokka ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Vulnerable ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| diet | herbivore ⓘ |
| distinctiveFeature |
short rounded ears
ⓘ
short tail ⓘ “smiling” facial expression ⓘ |
| eats |
grasses
ⓘ
leaves ⓘ shrubs ⓘ succulents ⓘ |
| endemicTo |
southwestern Australia
ⓘ
linked to:
Southwestern Australia
|
| family | Macropodidae ⓘ |
| foundIn | Western Australia ⓘ |
| genus | Setonix ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal heath
ⓘ
dense vegetation ⓘ scrubland ⓘ woodland thickets ⓘ |
| hasReproductiveMode | marsupial reproduction ⓘ |
| hasReproductiveTrait |
pouch-bearing females
ⓘ
single joey per pregnancy ⓘ |
| introducedPredators |
feral cats
ⓘ
foxes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | about 10 years ⓘ |
| locomotion | hopping ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Bald Island
ⓘ
Rottnest Island ⓘ southwestern Australia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
popularity in wildlife photography
ⓘ
tameness toward humans ⓘ |
| order | Diprotodontia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
kangaroos
ⓘ
wallabies ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | gregarious ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
introduced predators ⓘ |
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: Setonix brachyurus Description of subject: Setonix brachyurus, commonly known as the quokka, is a small herbivorous marsupial native to southwestern Australia, famous for its friendly appearance and “smiling” face.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.