Nelson’s small-eared shrew
E1045494
Nelson’s small-eared shrew is a rare, small insectivorous mammal in the family Soricidae, endemic to Mexico and known for its limited distribution and conservation concern.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nelson’s small-eared shrew canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13529806 — 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: Nelson’s small-eared shrew Context triple: [Edward William Nelson, hasNamesake, Nelson’s small-eared shrew]
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A.
North American least shrew
The North American least shrew is one of the smallest mammals in North America, a tiny insectivorous shrew known for its high metabolism and secretive, burrowing lifestyle in grasslands and forests.
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B.
Nicobar tree shrew
The Nicobar tree shrew is a small, squirrel-like mammal endemic to India’s Nicobar Islands, known for its agile arboreal lifestyle and importance to the islands’ unique biodiversity.
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C.
Tenrec ecaudatus
Tenrec ecaudatus, commonly known as the common or tailless tenrec, is a small, spiny, hedgehog-like mammal native to Madagascar.
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D.
Aeromys
Aeromys is a genus of large flying squirrels native to Southeast Asia, known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle.
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E.
Petinomys
Petinomys is a genus of small flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
- 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: Nelson’s small-eared shrew Target entity description: Nelson’s small-eared shrew is a rare, small insectivorous mammal in the family Soricidae, endemic to Mexico and known for its limited distribution and conservation concern.
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A.
North American least shrew
The North American least shrew is one of the smallest mammals in North America, a tiny insectivorous shrew known for its high metabolism and secretive, burrowing lifestyle in grasslands and forests.
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B.
Nicobar tree shrew
The Nicobar tree shrew is a small, squirrel-like mammal endemic to India’s Nicobar Islands, known for its agile arboreal lifestyle and importance to the islands’ unique biodiversity.
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C.
Tenrec ecaudatus
Tenrec ecaudatus, commonly known as the common or tailless tenrec, is a small, spiny, hedgehog-like mammal native to Madagascar.
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D.
Aeromys
Aeromys is a genus of large flying squirrels native to Southeast Asia, known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle.
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E.
Petinomys
Petinomys is a genus of small flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal
ⓘ
shrew ⓘ species ⓘ |
| bloodTemperature | warm-blooded ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | threatened ⓘ |
| diet | insectivorous ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Soricidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
Mexican highlands
ⓘ
terrestrial ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
limited distribution
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small body size ⓘ small ears ⓘ |
| hasFur | true ⓘ |
| hasTeeth | true ⓘ |
| hasVertebralColumn | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| nativeRange | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Eulipotyphla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| primaryFoodSource | insects ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| respiration | lungs ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| thermoregulation | endothermic ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
restricted range ⓘ |
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: Nelson’s small-eared shrew Description of subject: Nelson’s small-eared shrew is a rare, small insectivorous mammal in the family Soricidae, endemic to Mexico and known for its limited distribution and conservation concern.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.