Bovidae
E16348
Bovidae is a large family of hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes antelopes, sheep, goats, and cattle, characterized by permanent bony horns and typically complex social behavior.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bovidae canonical | 104 |
| Caprinae | 4 |
| Antilopinae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T138938 — 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: Bovidae Context triple: [Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, family, Bovidae]
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A.
Cervidae
Cervidae is the biological family of hoofed ruminant mammals commonly known as deer, which includes species such as elk, moose, reindeer, and mule deer.
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B.
Artiodactyla
Artiodactyla is a large order of even-toed hoofed mammals that includes animals such as deer, cattle, pigs, and camels.
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C.
Bison
Bison is the official mascot of Howard University, symbolizing the institution’s strength, resilience, and historic legacy.
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D.
Numididae
Numididae is a family of African birds commonly known as guineafowl, characterized by their stout bodies, featherless heads, and ground-dwelling habits.
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E.
mule deer
The mule deer is a North American deer species known for its large, mule-like ears and adaptability to a wide range of habitats, from mountains and forests to deserts.
- 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: Bovidae Target entity description: Bovidae is a large family of hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes antelopes, sheep, goats, and cattle, characterized by permanent bony horns and typically complex social behavior.
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A.
Cervidae
Cervidae is the biological family of hoofed ruminant mammals commonly known as deer, which includes species such as elk, moose, reindeer, and mule deer.
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B.
Artiodactyla
Artiodactyla is a large order of even-toed hoofed mammals that includes animals such as deer, cattle, pigs, and camels.
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C.
Bison
Bison is the official mascot of Howard University, symbolizing the institution’s strength, resilience, and historic legacy.
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D.
Numididae
Numididae is a family of African birds commonly known as guineafowl, characterized by their stout bodies, featherless heads, and ground-dwelling habits.
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E.
mule deer
The mule deer is a North American deer species known for its large, mule-like ears and adaptability to a wide range of habitats, from mountains and forests to deserts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade of mammals
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | bovids ⓘ |
| describedBy | John Edward Gray ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1821 ⓘ |
| diet |
browsing on leaves and shrubs
ⓘ
grazing on grasses ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
source of hides
ⓘ
source of meat ⓘ source of milk ⓘ source of wool ⓘ used as draft animals ⓘ |
| habitat |
deserts
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ mountains ⓘ savannas ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
cloven hooves
ⓘ
even-toed ungulate ⓘ four-chambered stomach ⓘ herbivorous diet ⓘ horns not shed annually ⓘ possesses permanent bony horns ⓘ ruminant ⓘ typically complex social behavior ⓘ |
| includesSubfamily |
Aepycerotinae
ⓘ
Alcelaphinae ⓘ Bovidae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Antilopinae
Bovinae ⓘ Caprinae ⓘ Caprini ⓘ Cephalophinae ⓘ Hippotraginae ⓘ Pantholopinae ⓘ Peleinae ⓘ Reduncinae ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Aepyceros melampus
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Alcelaphinae ⓘ
surface form:
Alcelaphus buselaphus
Indian gazelle ⓘ
surface form:
Antilope cervicapra
Bison bison ⓘ Bos taurus ⓘ Capra hircus ⓘ Oryx gazella ⓘ Ovis ⓘ
surface form:
Ovis aries
Syncerus caffer ⓘ |
| infraorder | Pecora ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Africa
ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ North America ⓘ parts of Arctic regions ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| suborder | Ruminantia ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Bos taurus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Bovidae Description of subject: Bovidae is a large family of hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes antelopes, sheep, goats, and cattle, characterized by permanent bony horns and typically complex social behavior.
Referenced by (109)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.