house mouse (Mus musculus)
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The house mouse (Mus musculus) is a small, globally distributed rodent that is one of the most important mammalian model organisms in biomedical and genetic research.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mus musculus | 4 |
| house mouse (Mus musculus) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1772452 — 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: house mouse (Mus musculus) Context triple: [Rodentia, notableModelOrganism, house mouse (Mus musculus)]
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A.
Rat
Rat is a friendly, boat-loving water vole who serves as one of the central animal protagonists in Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel "The Wind in the Willows."
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B.
Mole
Mole is a gentle, home-loving animal and one of the central protagonists in Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel *The Wind in the Willows*, known for his friendship with Rat, Toad, and Badger.
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C.
The Rat
"The Rat" is a darkly satirical novel by Günter Grass that blends dystopian fantasy and political allegory to explore themes of human self-destruction and environmental catastrophe.
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D.
Mojave ground squirrel
The Mojave ground squirrel is a small, burrowing rodent native to arid regions of the southwestern United States, adapted to desert life with seasonal dormancy and a diet of seeds and vegetation.
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E.
Petauridae
Petauridae is a family of small, nocturnal Australasian marsupials that includes gliders and striped possums known for their ability to glide or leap between trees.
- 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: house mouse (Mus musculus) Target entity description: The house mouse (Mus musculus) is a small, globally distributed rodent that is one of the most important mammalian model organisms in biomedical and genetic research.
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A.
Rat
Rat is a friendly, boat-loving water vole who serves as one of the central animal protagonists in Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel "The Wind in the Willows."
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B.
Mole
Mole is a gentle, home-loving animal and one of the central protagonists in Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel *The Wind in the Willows*, known for his friendship with Rat, Toad, and Badger.
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C.
The Rat
"The Rat" is a darkly satirical novel by Günter Grass that blends dystopian fantasy and political allegory to explore themes of human self-destruction and environmental catastrophe.
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D.
Mojave ground squirrel
The Mojave ground squirrel is a small, burrowing rodent native to arid regions of the southwestern United States, adapted to desert life with seasonal dormancy and a diet of seeds and vegetation.
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E.
Petauridae
Petauridae is a family of small, nocturnal Australasian marsupials that includes gliders and striped possums known for their ability to glide or leap between trees.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
house mouse
ⓘ
rodent ⓘ species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| associatedWith | human commensalism ⓘ |
| binomialName |
house mouse (Mus musculus)
self-link
ⓘ
surface form:
Mus musculus
|
| bodyLength | about 7.5–10 cm ⓘ |
| breedingSystem | polygynous ⓘ |
| chromosomeNumber | 20 autosome pairs plus sex chromosomes ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor | typically gray-brown ⓘ |
| commonName | house mouse ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| family | Muridae ⓘ |
| genus | Mus ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 19–21 days ⓘ |
| habitat |
agricultural areas
ⓘ
human dwellings ⓘ urban environments ⓘ |
| hasGenomeSequenced | true ⓘ |
| hasSubspecies |
Mus musculus castaneus
ⓘ
Mus musculus domesticus ⓘ Mus musculus musculus ⓘ |
| hearingRange | ultrasonic communication ⓘ |
| introducedRange | worldwide ⓘ |
| karyotype | 2n=40 ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInCaptivity | up to 2–3 years ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | about 1 year ⓘ |
| litterSize | typically 5–8 young ⓘ |
| modelOrganismFor |
cancer research
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developmental biology ⓘ genetics ⓘ immunology ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ |
| nativeRange | Eurasia ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| predators |
cats
ⓘ
owls ⓘ snakes ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | high fecundity ⓘ |
| senses |
sensitive hearing
ⓘ
well-developed olfaction ⓘ |
| sexualMaturity | about 6–8 weeks ⓘ |
| socialStructure | group-living ⓘ |
| status | least concern ⓘ |
| tailLength | about 5–10 cm ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedFor |
knockout mouse models
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transgenic mouse models ⓘ |
| usedIn |
biomedical research
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toxicology studies ⓘ |
| vectorFor | various pathogens ⓘ |
| weight | about 10–25 g ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
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: house mouse (Mus musculus) Description of subject: The house mouse (Mus musculus) is a small, globally distributed rodent that is one of the most important mammalian model organisms in biomedical and genetic research.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mus musculus
this entity surface form:
Mus musculus
this entity surface form:
Mus musculus
this entity surface form:
Mus musculus
this entity surface form:
Mus musculus