Hippotraginae
E92296
Hippotraginae is a subfamily of large, grazing African antelopes that includes species such as roan, sable, and oryx.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hippotraginae canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T774096 — 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: Hippotraginae Context triple: [Bovidae, includesSubfamily, Hippotraginae]
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A.
Nomadinae
Nomadinae is a subfamily of parasitic cuckoo bees within the family Apidae, known for laying their eggs in the nests of other bee species.
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B.
Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae is a family of large, mostly herbivorous, semi-aquatic mammals that includes the common hippopotamus and its relatives.
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C.
Giraffidae
Giraffidae is a family of long-necked, even-toed ungulate mammals that includes giraffes and okapis.
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D.
Tragulidae
Tragulidae is a family of small, primitive, deer-like mammals known as chevrotains or mouse deer, found in parts of Africa and Asia.
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E.
Falacrinae
Falacrinae was a small ancient village in central Italy, best known as the birthplace of the Roman emperor Vespasian.
- 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: Hippotraginae Target entity description: Hippotraginae is a subfamily of large, grazing African antelopes that includes species such as roan, sable, and oryx.
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A.
Nomadinae
Nomadinae is a subfamily of parasitic cuckoo bees within the family Apidae, known for laying their eggs in the nests of other bee species.
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B.
Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae is a family of large, mostly herbivorous, semi-aquatic mammals that includes the common hippopotamus and its relatives.
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C.
Giraffidae
Giraffidae is a family of long-necked, even-toed ungulate mammals that includes giraffes and okapis.
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D.
Tragulidae
Tragulidae is a family of small, primitive, deer-like mammals known as chevrotains or mouse deer, found in parts of Africa and Asia.
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E.
Falacrinae
Falacrinae was a small ancient village in central Italy, best known as the birthplace of the Roman emperor Vespasian.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
subfamily
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Ruminantia ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | grazing antelopes ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | grazing ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Edward Blyth ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1863 ⓘ |
| habitat |
desert margins
ⓘ
grassland ⓘ savanna ⓘ semi-desert ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
adaptation to arid environments
ⓘ
long horns ⓘ ringed horns ⓘ robust build ⓘ sexual dimorphism in horn size ⓘ |
| hasConservationConcern | several species threatened ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfDigestiveSystem | ruminant ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Addax
ⓘ
linked to:
Oryx
Arabian oryx ⓘ East African oryx ⓘ Gemsbok ⓘ
linked to:
Oryx gazella
Hippotragus ⓘ Oryx ⓘ Roan antelope ⓘ
linked to:
Hippotragus
Sable antelope ⓘ Scimitar oryx ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Africa
ⓘ
Arabian Peninsula ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Hippotragus equinus
ⓘ
linked to:
Hippotragus
Hippotragus niger ⓘ
linked to:
Hippotragus
Oryx dammah ⓘ
linked to:
Scimitar oryx
Oryx gazella ⓘ Oryx leucoryx ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Bovidae
ⓘ
Bovinae-like antelopes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Bovidae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subfamily ⓘ |
| typicalBodySize | large ⓘ |
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: Hippotraginae Description of subject: Hippotraginae is a subfamily of large, grazing African antelopes that includes species such as roan, sable, and oryx.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.