Crax
E79518
Crax is a genus of large, ground-dwelling curassows—game birds native to Central and South American forests—known for their distinctive crests and sexual dimorphism.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crax canonical | 9 |
| Crax alector | 2 |
| Crax alberti | 1 |
| Crax globulosa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T612518 — 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: Crax Context triple: [Cracidae, notableGenus, Crax]
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A.
Kinixys
Kinixys is a genus of African hinge-back tortoises known for the movable hinge on their shells that allows them to partially close the rear portion for protection.
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B.
Cruquius
Cruquius is a village in North Holland, Netherlands, known for its historic steam pumping station that helped drain the Haarlemmermeer lake.
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C.
Pavo
Pavo is a genus of large, colorful birds in the pheasant family that includes the well-known peafowls.
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D.
Critobulus
Critobulus was an ancient Athenian known from Plato’s dialogues as the son of Crito and an associate of Socrates.
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E.
Colinus
Colinus is a genus of New World quails best known for species like the Northern bobwhite, small ground-dwelling game birds found in the Americas.
- 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: Crax Target entity description: Crax is a genus of large, ground-dwelling curassows—game birds native to Central and South American forests—known for their distinctive crests and sexual dimorphism.
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A.
Kinixys
Kinixys is a genus of African hinge-back tortoises known for the movable hinge on their shells that allows them to partially close the rear portion for protection.
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B.
Cruquius
Cruquius is a village in North Holland, Netherlands, known for its historic steam pumping station that helped drain the Haarlemmermeer lake.
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C.
Pavo
Pavo is a genus of large, colorful birds in the pheasant family that includes the well-known peafowls.
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D.
Critobulus
Critobulus was an ancient Athenian known from Plato’s dialogues as the son of Crito and an associate of Socrates.
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E.
Colinus
Colinus is a genus of New World quails best known for species like the Northern bobwhite, small ground-dwelling game birds found in the Americas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Neotropical avifauna ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | curassows ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Crax alberti
ⓘ
linked to:
Crax
Crax alector ⓘ
linked to:
Crax
Crax blumenbachii ⓘ Crax daubentoni ⓘ Crax fasciolata ⓘ Crax globulosa ⓘ
linked to:
Crax
Crax rubra ⓘ |
| describedAs | large ground-dwelling birds ⓘ |
| diet |
frugivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalNiche | ground-dwelling bird ⓘ |
| family | Cracidae ⓘ |
| foragingStratum | forest floor ⓘ |
| gameBird | true ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Neotropics
ⓘ
linked to:
Neotropical realm
|
| habitat |
subtropical forests
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| mobility | capable of flight ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central America
ⓘ
South America ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctive crests
ⓘ
sexual dimorphism ⓘ |
| order | Galliformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Cracidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | often seen in pairs or small groups ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Crax alector
ⓘ
linked to:
Crax
|
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: Crax Description of subject: Crax is a genus of large, ground-dwelling curassows—game birds native to Central and South American forests—known for their distinctive crests and sexual dimorphism.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.