Cephalophinae
E93357
Cephalophinae is a subfamily of small to medium-sized African antelopes commonly known as duikers, characterized by their forest-dwelling habits and secretive behavior.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cephalophinae canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T774098 — 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: Cephalophinae Context triple: [Bovidae, includesSubfamily, Cephalophinae]
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A.
Hippotraginae
Hippotraginae is a subfamily of large, grazing African antelopes that includes species such as roan, sable, and oryx.
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B.
Falacrinae
Falacrinae was a small ancient village in central Italy, best known as the birthplace of the Roman emperor Vespasian.
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C.
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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D.
Reduncinae
Reduncinae is a subfamily of African antelopes within the Bovidae family, including species such as reedbucks, kobs, and waterbucks that are typically associated with wetland and grassland habitats.
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E.
Alcelaphinae
Alcelaphinae is a subfamily of African antelopes that includes species such as hartebeests, wildebeests, and topis, known for their grazing habits and adaptation to open grassland habitats.
- 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: Cephalophinae Target entity description: Cephalophinae is a subfamily of small to medium-sized African antelopes commonly known as duikers, characterized by their forest-dwelling habits and secretive behavior.
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A.
Hippotraginae
Hippotraginae is a subfamily of large, grazing African antelopes that includes species such as roan, sable, and oryx.
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B.
Falacrinae
Falacrinae was a small ancient village in central Italy, best known as the birthplace of the Roman emperor Vespasian.
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C.
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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D.
Reduncinae
Reduncinae is a subfamily of African antelopes within the Bovidae family, including species such as reedbucks, kobs, and waterbucks that are typically associated with wetland and grassland habitats.
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E.
Alcelaphinae
Alcelaphinae is a subfamily of African antelopes that includes species such as hartebeests, wildebeests, and topis, known for their grazing habits and adaptation to open grassland habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
subfamily
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodySize | small to medium-sized antelopes ⓘ |
| characteristicBehavior |
crepuscular
ⓘ
secretive ⓘ shy ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | duikers ⓘ |
| conservationConcerns |
bushmeat hunting
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Cephalophus
ⓘ
Philantomba ⓘ Sylvicapra ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| distribution | Africa ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
browser
ⓘ
seed disperser ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae ⓘ |
| foragingStratum | understory ⓘ |
| hornPresence | horns present in males of most species ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Cephalophus dorsalis
ⓘ
Cephalophus niger ⓘ Cephalophus sylvicultor ⓘ Philantomba maxwellii ⓘ
linked to:
Philantomba monticola
Philantomba monticola ⓘ Sylvicapra grimmia ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Bovidae
ⓘ
Bovidae subfamily-level clade ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| primaryBiome | Afrotropical ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | viviparous ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | present ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Bovidae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subfamily ⓘ |
| typicalDietItems |
fruits
ⓘ
leaves ⓘ seeds ⓘ shoots ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
dense undergrowth
ⓘ
forests ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
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: Cephalophinae Description of subject: Cephalophinae is a subfamily of small to medium-sized African antelopes commonly known as duikers, characterized by their forest-dwelling habits and secretive behavior.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.