western grey kangaroo
E680594
The western grey kangaroo is a large, herbivorous marsupial native to southern Australia, known for its grey-brown fur, powerful hind legs, and social behavior in groups called mobs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| western grey kangaroo canonical | 4 |
| Western grey kangaroo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7646485 — 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: western grey kangaroo Context triple: [Macropus, hasCommonName, western grey kangaroo]
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A.
eastern grey kangaroo
The eastern grey kangaroo is a large, common Australian marsupial known for its powerful hind legs, long tail, and social groups called mobs, typically inhabiting open forests and grasslands.
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B.
red kangaroo
The red kangaroo is the largest marsupial in the world, a powerful, long-legged herbivore native to Australia’s arid and semi-arid regions.
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C.
Kangaroo
"Kangaroo" is a 1923 political and psychological novel by D. H. Lawrence set in Australia, exploring themes of power, loyalty, and individual freedom.
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D.
Kangaroo
Kangaroo is a classic family-friendly amusement ride known for its gentle hopping motion, featured at Kennywood amusement park.
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E.
Tammar wallabies
Tammar wallabies are small, nocturnal marsupials native to southern and western Australia, known for their agile hopping, social behavior, and importance in coastal and island ecosystems.
- 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: western grey kangaroo Target entity description: The western grey kangaroo is a large, herbivorous marsupial native to southern Australia, known for its grey-brown fur, powerful hind legs, and social behavior in groups called mobs.
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A.
eastern grey kangaroo
The eastern grey kangaroo is a large, common Australian marsupial known for its powerful hind legs, long tail, and social groups called mobs, typically inhabiting open forests and grasslands.
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B.
red kangaroo
The red kangaroo is the largest marsupial in the world, a powerful, long-legged herbivore native to Australia’s arid and semi-arid regions.
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C.
Kangaroo
Kangaroo is a classic family-friendly amusement ride known for its gentle hopping motion, featured at Kennywood amusement park.
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D.
Kangaroo
"Kangaroo" is a 1923 political and psychological novel by D. H. Lawrence set in Australia, exploring themes of power, loyalty, and individual freedom.
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E.
Tammar wallabies
Tammar wallabies are small, nocturnal marsupials native to southern and western Australia, known for their agile hopping, social behavior, and importance in coastal and island ecosystems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
herbivore
ⓘ
marsupial ⓘ species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | crepuscular ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Macropus fuliginosus
ⓘ
linked to:
Macropus
|
| bodyLength | up to about 1.3 metres head-body length in males ⓘ |
| bodyMass | up to about 54 kilograms in males ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor | grey-brown ⓘ |
| commonName |
western gray kangaroo
ⓘ
western grey kangaroo ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
grasses
ⓘ
leaves ⓘ shrubs ⓘ |
| family | Macropodidae ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest ⓘ |
| foundIn | Australia ⓘ |
| genus | Macropus ⓘ |
| groupName | mob ⓘ |
| habitat |
grassland
ⓘ
open woodland ⓘ semi-arid regions ⓘ shrubland ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
grey-brown fur
ⓘ
large ears ⓘ long muscular tail ⓘ powerful hind legs ⓘ |
| hasReproductiveTrait |
gives birth to underdeveloped young
ⓘ
pouch for carrying young ⓘ young called joeys ⓘ |
| hasSubspecies |
Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus
ⓘ
linked to:
Macropus
Macropus fuliginosus melanops ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | saltatory ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Kangaroo Island
ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ South Australia ⓘ Victoria ⓘ Western Australia ⓘ southern Australia ⓘ |
| order | Diprotodontia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | males larger than females ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | forms mobs ⓘ |
| tailLength | up to about 1 metre ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1817 ⓘ |
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: western grey kangaroo Description of subject: The western grey kangaroo is a large, herbivorous marsupial native to southern Australia, known for its grey-brown fur, powerful hind legs, and social behavior in groups called mobs.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.