zebra
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A zebra is an African equid known for its distinctive black-and-white striped coat and social herd behavior on savannas and grasslands.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7613800 — 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: zebra Context triple: [Gonarezhou National Park, hasWildlife, zebra]
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A.
Gazelle
Gazelle is a lethal, acrobatic assassin from the Kingsman film series, recognizable for her bladed prosthetic legs and role as Richmond Valentine’s chief enforcer.
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B.
Zebilla
Zebilla is a town in Ghana’s Upper East Region that serves as a local commercial and administrative center.
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Hartmann's mountain zebra
Hartmann's mountain zebra is a subspecies of mountain zebra native to the arid, rocky regions of southwestern Africa, characterized by its bold striping, lack of shadow stripes, and adaptation to steep, rugged terrain.
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D.
Cape mountain zebra
The Cape mountain zebra is an endangered, stocky, and sure-footed zebra subspecies native to South Africa’s mountainous regions, recognizable by its narrow stripes, grid-like rump pattern, and lack of shadow stripes.
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E.
Marty the Zebra
Marty the Zebra is a main character from the "Madagascar" animated film series, known as the optimistic, adventure-seeking zebra and best friend of Alex the Lion.
- 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: zebra Target entity description: A zebra is an African equid known for its distinctive black-and-white striped coat and social herd behavior on savannas and grasslands.
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A.
Gazelle
Gazelle is a lethal, acrobatic assassin from the Kingsman film series, recognizable for her bladed prosthetic legs and role as Richmond Valentine’s chief enforcer.
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B.
Zebilla
Zebilla is a town in Ghana’s Upper East Region that serves as a local commercial and administrative center.
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C.
Hartmann's mountain zebra
Hartmann's mountain zebra is a subspecies of mountain zebra native to the arid, rocky regions of southwestern Africa, characterized by its bold striping, lack of shadow stripes, and adaptation to steep, rugged terrain.
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D.
Cape mountain zebra
The Cape mountain zebra is an endangered, stocky, and sure-footed zebra subspecies native to South Africa’s mountainous regions, recognizable by its narrow stripes, grid-like rump pattern, and lack of shadow stripes.
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E.
Marty the Zebra
Marty the Zebra is a main character from the "Madagascar" animated film series, known as the optimistic, adventure-seeking zebra and best friend of Alex the Lion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animal
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equid ⓘ herbivore ⓘ mammal ⓘ placental mammal ⓘ |
| adultFemaleName | mare ⓘ |
| adultMaleName | stallion ⓘ |
| antiParasiteHypothesis | stripes may deter biting flies ⓘ |
| antiPredatorHypothesis | stripes may confuse predators ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatPattern | striped ⓘ |
| communication |
body language
ⓘ
vocalizations ⓘ |
| conservationThreat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ |
| defenseMechanism |
biting
ⓘ
flight response ⓘ kicking ⓘ |
| diet |
grasses
ⓘ
herbs ⓘ shrubs ⓘ |
| domesticationStatus | not fully domesticated ⓘ |
| family | Equidae ⓘ |
| genus | Equus ⓘ |
| habitat |
grassland
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open woodland ⓘ savanna ⓘ |
| hasDistinctiveFeature | black-and-white stripes ⓘ |
| hasSense |
good eyesight
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good smell ⓘ keen hearing ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInCaptivity | up to 40 years ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | 20–25 years ⓘ |
| locomotion | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Africa ⓘ |
| offspringName | foal ⓘ |
| order | Perissodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| predator |
African wild dog
ⓘ
hyena ⓘ leopard ⓘ lion ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
donkey
ⓘ
horse ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | gregarious ⓘ |
| socialStructure | herd-living ⓘ |
| thermoregulationHypothesis | stripes may help with heat management ⓘ |
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: zebra Description of subject: A zebra is an African equid known for its distinctive black-and-white striped coat and social herd behavior on savannas and grasslands.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: zebra
linked to: zebra
linked to: zebra