Hydropotes inermis
E38900
Hydropotes inermis, commonly known as the water deer, is a small East Asian deer species notable for its lack of antlers and prominent tusk-like canine teeth.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hydropotes | 3 |
| Hydropotes inermis canonical | 2 |
| Chinese water deer | 1 |
| Moschus moschiferus | 1 |
| water deer is known for lacking antlers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T298119 — 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: Hydropotes inermis Context triple: [Cervidae, includesSpecies, Hydropotes inermis]
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A.
Capreolus pygargus
Capreolus pygargus, commonly known as the Siberian roe deer, is a small to medium-sized deer species native to northern and eastern Asia, recognized for its adaptability to cold climates and forest-steppe habitats.
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B.
Beaver
Beaver was one of the British ships in Boston Harbor whose tea cargo was destroyed during the Boston Tea Party protest in 1773.
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C.
Beavers
The Beavers are the athletic teams representing Oregon State University in NCAA Division I sports.
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D.
Lynx
Lynx is a high-speed serial computer bus interface standard, better known as IEEE 1394 or FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices.
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E.
Ethiopian wolf
The Ethiopian wolf is a rare, slender canid found only in the high-altitude regions of Ethiopia, known as one of the world’s most endangered and specialized wolf species.
- 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: Hydropotes inermis Target entity description: Hydropotes inermis, commonly known as the water deer, is a small East Asian deer species notable for its lack of antlers and prominent tusk-like canine teeth.
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A.
Capreolus pygargus
Capreolus pygargus, commonly known as the Siberian roe deer, is a small to medium-sized deer species native to northern and eastern Asia, recognized for its adaptability to cold climates and forest-steppe habitats.
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B.
Beaver
Beaver was one of the British ships in Boston Harbor whose tea cargo was destroyed during the Boston Tea Party protest in 1773.
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C.
Beavers
The Beavers are the athletic teams representing Oregon State University in NCAA Division I sports.
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D.
Lynx
Lynx is a high-speed serial computer bus interface standard, better known as IEEE 1394 or FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices.
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E.
Ethiopian wolf
The Ethiopian wolf is a rare, slender canid found only in the high-altitude regions of Ethiopia, known as one of the world’s most endangered and specialized wolf species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deer
ⓘ
mammal ⓘ species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | crepuscular ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
Hydropotes inermis
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese water deer
water deer ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Vulnerable ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
grasses
ⓘ
herbs ⓘ leaves ⓘ young shoots ⓘ |
| family | Cervidae ⓘ |
| genus |
Hydropotes inermis
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Hydropotes
|
| genusCharacteristic | only extant member of genus Hydropotes ⓘ |
| habitat |
marshes
ⓘ
riversides ⓘ wet grasslands ⓘ |
| hasBodyLengthRange | approximately 75–100 centimeters ⓘ |
| hasBodyMassRange | approximately 9–15 kilograms ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
has elongated upper canine teeth
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lacks antlers ⓘ relatively long legs ⓘ short tail ⓘ small body size ⓘ tusk-like canines in males ⓘ |
| hasSexualDimorphism | males have larger canines than females ⓘ |
| hasTailLengthRange | approximately 6–8 centimeters ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
France
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ other parts of Europe ⓘ |
| isOnlySpeciesInGenus | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | about 10–12 years ⓘ |
| locomotion | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
China
ⓘ
Korean Peninsula ⓘ
surface form:
Korea
|
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Hydropotes inermis
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Hydropotes
|
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
sexual
ⓘ
viviparous ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | generally solitary ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ |
| usesCaninesFor | male–male competition ⓘ |
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: Hydropotes inermis Description of subject: Hydropotes inermis, commonly known as the water deer, is a small East Asian deer species notable for its lack of antlers and prominent tusk-like canine teeth.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Moschus moschiferus
this entity surface form:
Hydropotes
this entity surface form:
water deer is known for lacking antlers
this entity surface form:
Hydropotes
this entity surface form:
Hydropotes
this entity surface form:
Chinese water deer