Manis
E735579
Manis is a genus of Asian pangolins, scaly anteater mammals known for their protective keratin scales and insectivorous diet.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manis canonical | 2 |
| Manis pentadactyla | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8476959 — 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: Manis Context triple: [Pholidota, containsTaxon, Manis]
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A.
Mangseng
Mangseng is an Oceanic language spoken in parts of western Melanesia, belonging to the Western Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family.
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B.
Sawanih
Sawanih is a notable literary work by the Indian poet Faizi, recognized for its contribution to classical Persian literature in South Asia.
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C.
Mamburao
Mamburao is a coastal municipality in the Philippines that serves as the capital of the province of Occidental Mindoro in the Mimaropa region.
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D.
Mandegusu
Mandegusu is an alternate name for Simbo, an island in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific.
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E.
Kabuna
Kabuna is a small village located on the atoll of Tabiteuea in the island nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean.
- 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: Manis Target entity description: Manis is a genus of Asian pangolins, scaly anteater mammals known for their protective keratin scales and insectivorous diet.
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A.
Mangseng
Mangseng is an Oceanic language spoken in parts of western Melanesia, belonging to the Western Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family.
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B.
Sawanih
Sawanih is a notable literary work by the Indian poet Faizi, recognized for its contribution to classical Persian literature in South Asia.
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C.
Mamburao
Mamburao is a coastal municipality in the Philippines that serves as the capital of the province of Occidental Mindoro in the Mimaropa region.
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D.
Mandegusu
Mandegusu is an alternate name for Simbo, an island in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific.
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E.
Kabuna
Kabuna is a small village located on the atoll of Tabiteuea in the island nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | pangolins ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
Asian pangolins
ⓘ
scaly anteaters ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | many species threatened by illegal wildlife trade ⓘ |
| defenseMechanism |
rolls into a tight ball
ⓘ
uses sharp-edged scales for protection ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of Asian pangolins ⓘ |
| diet |
ants
ⓘ
other small invertebrates ⓘ termites ⓘ |
| family | Manidae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
East Asia
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| habitat |
subtropical forests
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasAnatomicalFeature |
elongated tongue adapted for insect feeding
ⓘ
lack of teeth ⓘ powerful claws for digging ⓘ |
| hasBodyCovering | keratin scales ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
covered with protective keratin scales
ⓘ
insectivorous diet ⓘ myrmecophagous (ant- and termite-eating) ⓘ nocturnal behavior ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Manis crassicaudata
ⓘ
Manis culionensis ⓘ Manis javanica ⓘ Manis pentadactyla ⓘ
linked to:
Manis
|
| infraclass | Eutheria ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
primarily terrestrial
ⓘ
some species partly arboreal ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Asia ⓘ |
| order | Pholidota ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Manidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
gives birth to live young
ⓘ
low reproductive rate ⓘ |
| subclass | Theria ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
poaching for meat ⓘ poaching for scales ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Manis pentadactyla ⓘ |
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: Manis Description of subject: Manis is a genus of Asian pangolins, scaly anteater mammals known for their protective keratin scales and insectivorous diet.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Manis