Gorilla
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Gorilla is a large, predominantly herbivorous great ape native to the forests of central Sub-Saharan Africa and known for its strength, complex social groups, and close genetic relationship to humans.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gorilla canonical | 3 |
| Gorilla beringei | 3 |
| Gorilla gorilla | 3 |
| Cross River gorilla | 2 |
| western lowland gorilla | 2 |
| Gorillas | 1 |
| Gorillini | 1 |
| Grauer’s gorilla | 1 |
| Western lowland gorilla | 1 |
| eastern gorilla | 1 |
| eastern gorilla subspecies Gorilla beringei beringei | 1 |
| eastern lowland gorilla | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1526145 — 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: Gorilla Context triple: [Hominidae, includesTaxon, Gorilla]
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A.
Pan paniscus
Pan paniscus, commonly known as the bonobo, is a great ape species native to the Congo Basin in Central Africa, noted for its matriarchal social structure, high intelligence, and relatively peaceful, cooperative behavior.
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B.
Gorilla at Large
Gorilla at Large is a 1954 American mystery–horror film set in a carnival, notable for its 3D cinematography and cast including Cameron Mitchell and Anne Bancroft.
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C.
Lion
Lion is a 2016 biographical drama film about an Indian boy separated from his family and adopted in Australia who later uses Google Earth to find his way home.
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D.
Lion
Lion was a prominent warship of the Royal Scots Navy, recognized for its significant role in Scotland’s early modern naval history.
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E.
Notamacropus
Notamacropus is a genus of medium-sized marsupials that includes several species of wallabies native to Australia and nearby regions.
- 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: Gorilla Target entity description: Gorilla is a large, predominantly herbivorous great ape native to the forests of central Sub-Saharan Africa and known for its strength, complex social groups, and close genetic relationship to humans.
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A.
Pan paniscus
Pan paniscus, commonly known as the bonobo, is a great ape species native to the Congo Basin in Central Africa, noted for its matriarchal social structure, high intelligence, and relatively peaceful, cooperative behavior.
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B.
Gorilla at Large
Gorilla at Large is a 1954 American mystery–horror film set in a carnival, notable for its 3D cinematography and cast including Cameron Mitchell and Anne Bancroft.
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C.
Lion
Lion is a 2016 biographical drama film about an Indian boy separated from his family and adopted in Australia who later uses Google Earth to find his way home.
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D.
Lion
Lion was a prominent warship of the Royal Scots Navy, recognized for its significant role in Scotland’s early modern naval history.
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E.
Notamacropus
Notamacropus is a genus of medium-sized marsupials that includes several species of wallabies native to Australia and nearby regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
great ape ⓘ mammal ⓘ primate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| adultMaleCharacteristic | silverback hair on back ⓘ |
| averageLifespanInCaptivity | over 40 years ⓘ |
| averageLifespanInWild | 35 years ⓘ |
| canExhibit | bipedal stance ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| closestLivingRelatives |
chimpanzees
ⓘ
humans ⓘ |
| commonNameOf |
Gorilla
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
eastern gorilla
western gorilla ⓘ |
| communication |
facial expressions
ⓘ
gestures ⓘ vocalizations ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | threatened ⓘ |
| diet |
folivorous
ⓘ
frugivorous ⓘ predominantly herbivorous ⓘ |
| family | Hominidae ⓘ |
| geneticSimilarityToHumans | over 95 percent ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 8.5 months ⓘ |
| habitat |
subtropical forests
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Gorilla
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Gorilla beringei
Gorilla self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Gorilla gorilla
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
knuckle-walking
ⓘ
quadrupedal ⓘ |
| majorThreat |
disease
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ poaching ⓘ |
| nativeTo | central Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex social structure
ⓘ
great physical strength ⓘ large body size ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | single offspring per birth ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | males larger than females ⓘ |
| sleepingBehavior | builds nests ⓘ |
| sleepingSite |
ground nests
ⓘ
tree nests ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
multi-female groups
ⓘ
one dominant silverback male ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| toolUse | observed in wild populations ⓘ |
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: Gorilla Description of subject: Gorilla is a large, predominantly herbivorous great ape native to the forests of central Sub-Saharan Africa and known for its strength, complex social groups, and close genetic relationship to humans.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gorilla gorilla
this entity surface form:
Gorilla beringei
this entity surface form:
eastern lowland gorilla
this entity surface form:
eastern gorilla subspecies Gorilla beringei beringei
this entity surface form:
Gorillas
this entity surface form:
Gorilla beringei
this entity surface form:
Gorilla gorilla
this entity surface form:
Gorilla beringei
this entity surface form:
eastern gorilla
this entity surface form:
Gorilla gorilla
this entity surface form:
Western lowland gorilla
this entity surface form:
Grauer’s gorilla
this entity surface form:
western lowland gorilla
this entity surface form:
western lowland gorilla
this entity surface form:
Cross River gorilla
this entity surface form:
Cross River gorilla