Macrocephalon
E209720
Macrocephalon is a monotypic bird genus that contains only the maleo, a distinctive megapode species endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macrocephalon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1891790 — 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: Macrocephalon Context triple: [Macrocephalon maleo, genus, Macrocephalon]
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A.
Kyllopodion
Kyllopodion is an epithet of the Greek god Hephaestus that highlights his lameness or crippled foot.
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B.
Metopium
Metopium is a small genus of tropical trees in the cashew family, best known for species like the poisonwood tree that can cause severe skin irritation.
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C.
Kourotrophos
Kourotrophos is an epithet meaning “nurturer of children,” highlighting a deity’s role as protector and caretaker of the young.
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D.
Monrupino
Monrupino is a small municipality in northeastern Italy near the Slovenian border, known for its Karst landscape and bilingual Italian-Slovene cultural heritage.
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E.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
- 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: Macrocephalon Target entity description: Macrocephalon is a monotypic bird genus that contains only the maleo, a distinctive megapode species endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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A.
Kyllopodion
Kyllopodion is an epithet of the Greek god Hephaestus that highlights his lameness or crippled foot.
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B.
Metopium
Metopium is a small genus of tropical trees in the cashew family, best known for species like the poisonwood tree that can cause severe skin irritation.
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C.
Kourotrophos
Kourotrophos is an epithet meaning “nurturer of children,” highlighting a deity’s role as protector and caretaker of the young.
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D.
Monrupino
Monrupino is a small municipality in northeastern Italy near the Slovenian border, known for its Karst landscape and bilingual Italian-Slovene cultural heritage.
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E.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird genus
ⓘ
monotypic genus ⓘ |
| associatedWith | megapodes ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Macrocephalon maleo
ⓘ
maleo ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of megapodes ⓘ |
| distributionCountry | Indonesia ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Celebes
ⓘ
surface form:
Sulawesi
|
| endemicTo |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Celebes ⓘ
surface form:
Sulawesi
|
| family | Megapodiidae ⓘ |
| habitatRegion | Wallacea ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
contains only one species
ⓘ
contains the maleo ⓘ monotypic bird genus ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | maleo genus ⓘ |
| isMonotypic | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| memberOf | Megapodiidae ⓘ |
| nativeToBiogeographicRealm | Australasian realm ⓘ |
| order | Galliformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Megapodiidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Macrocephalon Description of subject: Macrocephalon is a monotypic bird genus that contains only the maleo, a distinctive megapode species endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.