Buru babirusa
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The Buru babirusa is a rare wild pig species native to Indonesia, notable for the males’ dramatically curved tusks and its restricted range on the island of Buru.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Buru babirusa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7355293 — 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: Buru babirusa Context triple: [Buru, endemicSpecies, Buru babirusa]
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A.
Malayan tapir
The Malayan tapir is a large, nocturnal herbivorous mammal native to Southeast Asian rainforests, easily recognized by its distinctive black-and-white coloration and short, flexible trunk-like snout.
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B.
Tapanuli orangutan
The Tapanuli orangutan is a critically endangered great ape species native to a small forest region in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, and is one of the rarest and most recently identified orangutan species.
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C.
Javan langur
The Javan langur is an Old World monkey species endemic to the Indonesian island of Java, known for its arboreal lifestyle and distinctive dark or orange fur.
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D.
Sumatran elephant
The Sumatran elephant is a critically endangered subspecies of Asian elephant native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, known for its relatively small size and significant role in tropical forest ecosystems.
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E.
Boi-ngo
Boi-ngo is a 1987 studio album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, showcasing their blend of rock, ska, and quirky, theatrical pop.
- 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: Buru babirusa Target entity description: The Buru babirusa is a rare wild pig species native to Indonesia, notable for the males’ dramatically curved tusks and its restricted range on the island of Buru.
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A.
Malayan tapir
The Malayan tapir is a large, nocturnal herbivorous mammal native to Southeast Asian rainforests, easily recognized by its distinctive black-and-white coloration and short, flexible trunk-like snout.
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B.
Tapanuli orangutan
The Tapanuli orangutan is a critically endangered great ape species native to a small forest region in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, and is one of the rarest and most recently identified orangutan species.
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C.
Javan langur
The Javan langur is an Old World monkey species endemic to the Indonesian island of Java, known for its arboreal lifestyle and distinctive dark or orange fur.
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D.
Sumatran elephant
The Sumatran elephant is a critically endangered subspecies of Asian elephant native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, known for its relatively small size and significant role in tropical forest ecosystems.
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E.
Boi-ngo
Boi-ngo is a 1987 studio album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, showcasing their blend of rock, ska, and quirky, theatrical pop.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
babirusa
ⓘ
mammal ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ wild pig ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mainly diurnal ⓘ |
| binomialName | Babyrousa babyrussa ⓘ |
| bodyType | medium-sized pig ⓘ |
| breathes | air ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
Buru babirousa
ⓘ
Buru babirusa ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | rare species ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| digitigrade | true ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Buru ⓘ |
| family | Suidae ⓘ |
| foundInProvince |
Maluku
ⓘ
linked to:
Maluku Islands
|
| foundOnIsland | Buru ⓘ |
| genus |
Babyrousa
ⓘ
linked to:
Babyrousa babyrussa
|
| geographicRangeCharacteristic | restricted range ⓘ |
| habitat |
riverine forest
ⓘ
tropical forest ⓘ |
| hasHooves | true ⓘ |
| hasSexualDimorphism | true ⓘ |
| hasTail | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeBiome | tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| nativeRegion | Wallacea ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Indonesia ⓘ |
| notableFeature | males have dramatically curved tusks ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| reproductionMode | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| reproductiveClass | placental mammal ⓘ |
| socialStructure | small groups ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| thermoregulation | endothermic ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ |
| tuskCurvature | tusks curve backward toward the forehead ⓘ |
| tuskType | upper canines grow upward through the snout ⓘ |
| typicalFood |
fruits
ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ leaves ⓘ roots ⓘ |
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: Buru babirusa Description of subject: The Buru babirusa is a rare wild pig species native to Indonesia, notable for the males’ dramatically curved tusks and its restricted range on the island of Buru.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.